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Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1219 54 76 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 68
Documents by Best Scientists*: 92
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 108
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.377
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology?

Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology tackles a plethora of topics, such as Pregnancy, Obstetrics, Surgery, Gynecology and Internal medicine. The journal holds forums on Pregnancy that merges themes from other disciplines such as Disease, Pediatrics and Intensive care medicine. The concepts on Obstetrics presented in Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology can also apply to other research fields, including Abortion, Gestational age and Caesarean section.

Topics in Surgery explored in Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology were investigated in conjunction with research in Cervical cancer and General surgery. The study on Gynecology presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Infertility. Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology explores topics in Internal medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Endocrinology and Oncology.

  • Pregnancy (28.95%)
  • Obstetrics (21.91%)
  • Surgery (18.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Psychological impact of infertility. (580 citations)
  • Epidemiology of pre-eclampsia and the other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (543 citations)
  • Worldwide burden of gynaecological cancer: the size of the problem (542 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology:

The most cited publications mostly deal with topics like Pregnancy, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Internal medicine and Surgery. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Pregnancy, it also covers topics in Pediatrics and Intensive care medicine. Aside from discussions in Obstetrics, the journal publications also deal with the subject of Obesity which intersects with Gestational diabetes disciplines.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Pregnancy, Obstetrics, Disease, Endometriosis and Cervical cancer. Pregnancy research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Diabetes mellitus, Increased risk, Intensive care medicine, Vaccination and Pandemic. While Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology focused on Obstetrics, it was also able to explore topics like Adverse effect, Caesarean section, Fetus, Advanced maternal age and Assisted reproductive technology.

It features research on Disease in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Internal medicine. It facilitates discussions on Endometriosis that incorporate concepts from other fields like Radiology, Laparoscopy, Surgery and Rectosigmoid Colon. While Cervical cancer is the key highlight in Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, it also covered some subjects on General surgery and Cancer and Fertility preservation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The impact of advanced maternal age on pregnancy outcome. (11 citations)
  • Maternal vaccines-safety in pregnancy. (6 citations)
  • Advanced maternal age and adverse pregnancy outcomes. (6 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 Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George Condous (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ian S. Fraser (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jacques Donnez (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Jagidesa Moodley (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Tom Bourne (10 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Best Practice & Research in Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Imperial College London (42 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • St George's Hospital (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University College London (32 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • St George's, University of London (30 papers) published 3 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, 11.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.52% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.19% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.13% of all publications and 53.16% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Fertility preservation in women for medical and social reasons: Oocytes vs ovarian tissue.

    Marie-Madeleine Dolmans;Marie-Madeleine Dolmans;Jacques Donnez

    (2021)
    101 Citations
  • Ovarian cancer screening: Current status and future directions

    Zachary Nash;Usha Menon

    (2020)
    93 Citations
  • A comparison of recent guidelines in the diagnosis and management of placenta accreta spectrum disorders.

    Eric Jauniaux;John C. Kingdom;Robert M. Silver

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Effects of the COVID pandemic on pregnancy outcomes.

    Maab Elsaddig;Asma Khalil

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • Risk-based breast cancer screening strategies in women.

    Elaine F. Harkness;Elaine F. Harkness;Susan M. Astley;D.Gareth Evans

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Breast cancer during pregnancy: epidemiology, phenotypes, presentation during pregnancy and therapeutic modalities.

    (2022)
    59 Citations
  • Uptake of vaccination in pregnancy.

    Mercede Sebghati;Asma Khalil;Asma Khalil

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • Autoimmune-mediated congenital heart block

    Benjamin Wainwright;Rohit Bhan;Catherine Trad;Rebecca Cohen

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Menopause Review: Emerging treatments for menopausal symptoms

    Bijal Patel;Waljit Dhillo

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Breast cancer screening in low and middle-income countries.

    (2022)
    38 Citations

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