ACS Infectious Diseases

Top Research Topics at ACS Infectious Diseases?

The objective of ACS Infectious Diseases is to combine knowledge in the areas of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Antibiotics, Bacteria and Virology. Some problems in Microbiology that were presented in ACS Infectious Diseases overlapped with concepts under Biofilm, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. The journal explores research in Biochemistry and the adjacent study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The main emphasis of it is the research on Antibiotics, emphasizing the topic of Multiple drug resistance. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Bacteria as it also encompasses Escherichia coli. The Virology study tackling the subject of Virus is the focus of ACS Infectious Diseases.

The study of In vitro encompasses disciplines such as In vivo, as well as fields such as Pharmacology, all of which overlap with one another. Pharmacology research is concerned with Drug in particular. The Antimicrobial study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Peptide.

• Microbiology (28.56%)
• Biochemistry (20.51%)
• Antibiotics (17.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Permeability Barrier of Gram-Negative Cell Envelopes and Approaches To Bypass It (260 citations)
• Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: An Antimicrobial Mainstay and Platform for Innovation to Address Bacterial Resistance (253 citations)
• Therapeutic Potential of Spirooxindoles as Antiviral Agents. (226 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at ACS Infectious Diseases:

Microbiology, Antibiotics, Biochemistry, Bacteria and Antibiotic resistance are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. Antimicrobial is a major topic of Microbiology research in the most cited publications. The studies on Biochemistry discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Molecular biology, Stereochemistry and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in ACS Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kelly Chibale (18 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Courtney C. Aldrich (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Mark A. T. Blaskovich (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Tony Velkov (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• William M. Wuest (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in ACS Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

• National Institutes of Health (32 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• GlaxoSmithKline (31 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Cornell University (27 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Washington University in St. Louis (26 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.28% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.52% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.36% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.73% of all publications and 53.39% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.