Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Top Research Topics at Applied and Environmental Microbiology?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology primarily tackles Microbiology, Biochemistry, Bacteria, Escherichia coli and Genetics. Topics in Microbiology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Plasmid, Food science, Virology, Enterobacteriaceae and Virulence. Food science study tackled is connected to the field of Food microbiology.

Virus is a major topic of Virology research. Most of the Biochemistry studies addressed also intersect with Molecular biology. The research on Bacteria featured in it combines topics in other fields like Strain (chemistry) and Botany.

Genetics studies presented in it focus on topics such as Gene and Genome.

• Microbiology (34.57%)
• Biochemistry (27.17%)
• Bacteria (20.04%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities (13785 citations)
• Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy (12043 citations)
• Profiling of complex microbial populations by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified genes coding for 16S rRNA (10092 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied and Environmental Microbiology:

The main points discussed in the journal papers deal with Microbiology, Biochemistry, Bacteria, Botany and Ecology. The published articles explore topics in Microbiology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Food science, Biofilm, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli and Polymerase chain reaction. The most cited publications focus on Bacteria but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ribosomal RNA and Strain (chemistry).

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

• Enzyme
• Bacteria
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, Bacteria, Gene and Food science are the subjects of interest in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Applied and Environmental Microbiology aims to address concerns in Biochemistry, specifically in the areas of Enzyme, Biosynthesis and Metabolism. Virulence and Biofilm are some topics wherein Microbiology research discussed in Applied and Environmental Microbiology have an impact.

The Bacteria study featured in it draws connections with the study of Escherichia coli. The discussions emphasized the topic of Gene in an attempt to further explore the field of Genetics. The Food science study tackling the subject of Fermentation is the focus of the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Time Evolution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wastewater during the First Pandemic Wave of COVID-19 in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Spain. (21 citations)
• Development of wastewater pooled surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from congregate living settings. (11 citations)
• Persistence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Virus and Viral RNA in Relation to Surface Type and Contamination Concentration. (9 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 Applied and Environmental Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• James M. Tiedje (155 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rita R. Colwell (132 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Derek R. Lovley (110 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Charles P. Gerba (93 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Rudolf Amann (90 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 Applied and Environmental Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• United States Department of Agriculture (1000 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (668 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (585 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Michigan State University (514 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Cornell University (498 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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, 10.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.06% of all publications and 63.72% 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.