Acta Virologica

Top Research Topics at Acta Virologica?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Virology, Virus, Microbiology, Molecular biology and Antigen. Encephalitis is the primary subject of Virology works presented in Acta Virologica. It tackles issues in Encephalitis, particularly in the topics of Tick-borne encephalitis virus and Tick-borne encephalitis.

Acta Virologica holds forums on Virus that merges themes from other disciplines such as RNA and Gene. The Gene research discussed is included in the broader subject of Genetics. The main emphasis of Acta Virologica is the subject of Immunology, focusing on Immune system.

• Virology (70.94%)
• Virus (41.82%)
• Microbiology (15.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Isolation of five strains of herpesviruses from two species of free living small rodents. (226 citations)
• Isolation of a virus causing respiratory disease in horses. (169 citations)
• The RNA polymerase of influenza a virus: mechanisms of viral transcription and replication. (136 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Virologica:

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Virology, Virus, Microbiology, Antibody and Antigen. While Virology is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Gene, Virulence and Immunology. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Virus, it also covers topics in Molecular biology, Inoculation and Cell culture.

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

• Virus
• Gene
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Acta Virologica explores disciplines such as Virus, Virology, Phylogenetic tree, Genetics and Immunology. The research on Virus tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Host (biology), Immune system and Genome. Acta Virologica features studies on Virology, including topics such as Vaccination.

The journal explores issues in Phylogenetic tree which can be linked to other research areas like Veterinary medicine, Ribosomal frameshift, Phylogenetics and Genomic organization. The journal holds forums on Immunology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Hpv genotypes and HPV infection. The research on Immunity featured in it combines topics in other fields like Titer, Potency, Antigen, Oncovirus and Infectivity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Intergenic recombination in feline calicivirus associated with a hemorrhagic-like disease in the Republic of Korea (1 citations)
• Specific synonymous mutations tightly correlate with HIV-1 co-receptor usage and differentially affect the secondary structure of HIV-1 Env RNA. (1 citations)
• A novel tepovirus, Agave virus T, identified by the analysis of the transcriptome data of blue agave (Agave tequilana). (1 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 Virologica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kozuch O (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mistríková J (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Marcela Kúdelová (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nosek J (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Július Rajčáni (26 papers) absent at the last 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 Virologica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Slovak Academy of Sciences (239 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Indian Veterinary Research Institute (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Institute of Virology (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom (25 papers) absent at the last 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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.