Acta Neuropathologica

Top Research Topics at Acta Neuropathologica?

Acta Neuropathologica was organized to reinforce research efforts on Pathology, Anatomy, Internal medicine, Immunohistochemistry and Endocrinology. The studies in Pathology featured incorporate elements of Cerebral cortex, Central nervous system and Spinal cord. The research on Anatomy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Cerebellum, Myelin and White matter.

Alzheimer's disease research is the primary subject tackled in Acta Neuropathologica with a focus on Senile plaques.

• Pathology (60.25%)
• Anatomy (20.57%)
• Internal medicine (9.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System (11361 citations)
• Neuropathological stageing of Alzheimer-related changes. (11306 citations)
• The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary. (7101 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Neuropathologica:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Pathology, Alzheimer's disease, Anatomy, Immunohistochemistry and Internal medicine. While the journal papers focused on Pathology, they were also able to explore topics like Cerebral cortex and Microglia. The journal publications explore issues in Alzheimer's disease which can be linked to other research areas like Hippocampus, Neuroscience and Amyloid.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Internal medicine
• Gene
• Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Acta Neuropathologica are Pathology, Cell biology, Cancer research, Disease and Parkinson's disease. The research on Pathology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like White matter, Basal ganglia and Neuroepithelial cell. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Cell biology, it also covered topics in Substantia nigra, Neurodegeneration and Amyloid.

Acta Neuropathologica deals with Cancer research in conjunction with DNA methylation and similar fields in Mutation and Epigenetics. The featured Disease studies mainly concentrate on MEDLINE but also cover areas of interest in Bioinformatics. Some problems in Parkinson's disease that were presented in Acta Neuropathologica overlapped with concepts under Dementia with Lewy bodies and Human brain.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Plasma p-tau231: a new biomarker for incipient Alzheimer's disease pathology (30 citations)
• Evidence of distinct α-synuclein strains underlying disease heterogeneity. (25 citations)
• Accumulation of amyloid precursor protein C-terminal fragments triggers mitochondrial structure, function, and mitophagy defects in Alzheimer’s disease models and human brains (17 citations)

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 Acta Neuropathologica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Dennis W. Dickson (119 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Andreas von Deimling (114 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Stefan M. Pfister (112 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Kurt A. Jellinger (101 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• John Q. Trojanowski (100 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 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 Acta Neuropathologica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Mayo Clinic (231 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (214 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Pennsylvania (182 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (181 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• German Cancer Research Center (176 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 0.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.32% of all publications and 41.30% 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.

Further Resources for Neuropathologica Research

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