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AIDS Research and Therapy
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AIDS Research and Therapy

1742-6405

Published by: Springer

https://aidsrestherapy.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 165 37 38 10
Medicine 2038 65 57 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 175
Documents by Best Scientists*: 109
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 51
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.943
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aids Research and Therapy?

Aids Research and Therapy was organized to reinforce research efforts on Internal medicine, Immunology, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Virology and Viral load. Topics in Internal medicine were tackled in line with various other fields like Gastroenterology, Pharmacology and Antiretroviral therapy. Aside from discussions in Pharmacology, it also deals with the subject of Ritonavir which intersects with Lopinavir disciplines.

While work presented in Aids Research and Therapy provided substantial information on Immunology, it also covered topics in Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome and Disease. Some problems in Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Logistic regression, Incidence (epidemiology), Gerontology, Cross-sectional study and Pediatrics. The concepts on Pediatrics presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Retrospective cohort study and Tuberculosis.

Virology studies presented in it focus on topics such as Virus and Viral replication. Many of the studies tackled connect Viral load with a similar field of study like Drug resistance. The Cohort study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Cohort study.

  • Internal medicine (30.57%)
  • Immunology (26.64%)
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (21.40%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Predictors of disease progression in HIV infection: a review (240 citations)
  • Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS): review of common infectious manifestations and treatment options (225 citations)
  • Women and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa (163 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aids Research and Therapy:

The most cited papers focus largely on the fields of Immunology, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Internal medicine, Pediatrics and Gerontology. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Immunology, it also covers topics in Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, Epidemiology, Disease and Virology. The journal papers with studies in Internal medicine featured incorporate elements of Gastroenterology and Efavirenz.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Internal medicine, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Viral load, Psychological intervention and Logistic regression. Internal medicine works presented in it have a specific focus on Regimen. The journal explores research in Transmission (medicine) and overlapping concepts in Pregnancy to expand the discourse in Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Aids Research and Therapy holds forums on Viral load that merges themes from other disciplines such as Odds ratio, Viral suppression, Interquartile range, Cohort study and Public health. The journal explores research in Psychological intervention alongside concepts in Family medicine and other areas of study in Stigma (botany). Logistic regression research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cross-sectional study and Lost to follow-up.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Potential challenges to sustained viral load suppression in the HIV treatment programme in South Africa: a narrative overview (3 citations)
  • COVID-19 and HIV infection co-pandemics and their impact: a review of the literature. (2 citations)
  • Accelerating caregivers' HIV status disclosure to community-based lay social welfare volunteers in Tanzania. (2 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.

The top authors publishing in Aids Research and Therapy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jintanat Ananworanich (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gary Maartens (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Weerawat Manosuthi (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Somnuek Sungkanuparph (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anuradha Ganesan (9 papers) published 1 paper 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Aids Research and Therapy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (26 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cape Town (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of London (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, San Francisco (23 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chulalongkorn University (20 papers) published 2 papers 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, 5.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.94% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.72% of all publications and 50.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • COVID-19 and HIV infection co-pandemics and their impact: a review of the literature.

    Sivaporn Gatechompol;Anchalee Avihingsanon;Opass Putcharoen;Kiat Ruxrungtham

    (2021)
    86 Citations
  • Metformin effect on gut microbiota: insights for HIV-related inflammation.

    Jing Ouyang;Stéphane Isnard;John Lin;Brandon Fombuena;Brandon Fombuena

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Neuropsychiatric outcomes before and after switching to dolutegravir-based therapy in an acute HIV cohort.

    Phillip Chan;Orlanda Goh;Eugène Kroon;Donn Colby

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Social response to the delivery of HIV self-testing in households: experiences from four Zambian HPTN 071 (PopART) urban communities.

    Chiti Bwalya;Musonda Simwinga;Bernadette Hensen;Lwiindi Gwanu

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Research priorities for rehabilitation and aging with HIV: a framework from the Canada-International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative (CIHRRC).

    Kelly K O’Brien;Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco;Patricia Solomon;Richard Harding

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Early ART-initiation and longer ART duration reduces HIV-1 proviral DNA levels in children from the CHER trial.

    Helen Payne;Man K Chan;Sarah A Watters;Kennedy Otwombe

    (2021)
    21 Citations

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