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Biofouling
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Biofouling

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gbif20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 167 23 31 13
Environmental Sciences 672 10 10 6
Chemistry 748 20 24 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 113
Documents by Best Scientists*: 114
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 110
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.476
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biofouling?

Biofouling tackles a plethora of topics, such as Biofilm, Biofouling, Microbiology, Fouling and Bacteria. While Biofilm is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Food science, Microorganism, Antimicrobial, Biochemistry and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. While work presented in Biofouling provided substantial information on Biofouling, it also covered topics in Adhesion, Ecology, Environmental engineering, Environmental chemistry and Chemical engineering.

The journal links adjacent topics like Adhesion with Biophysics. Larva, Balanus and Barnacle are Ecology topics of special interest in the journal. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Chemical engineering, apply to Polymer as well.

Biofouling addresses concerns in Microbiology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Quorum sensing, Virulence, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Biofouling explores topics in Fouling which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Composite material and Coating. It centers on topics in Candida albicans, with a focus on Corpus albicans.

  • Biofilm (42.98%)
  • Biofouling (32.54%)
  • Microbiology (27.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recent developments in superhydrophobic surfaces and their relevance to marine fouling: a review (888 citations)
  • Economic impact of biofouling on a naval surface ship (779 citations)
  • Effects of coating roughness and biofouling on ship resistance and powering. (498 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biofouling:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Biofouling, Biofilm, Fouling, Microbiology and Ecology. The journal articles explore topics in Biofouling which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Adhesion, Botany, Chemical engineering, Environmental chemistry and Coating. While Biofilm is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Microorganism, Antimicrobial, Biochemistry, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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

  • Bacteria
  • Enzyme
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Biofouling are Biofilm, Microbiology, Biofouling, Antimicrobial and Candida albicans. Biofouling explores studies in Biofilm as part of the wider topic of Bacteria. While the journal focused on Microbiology, it was also able to explore topics like Quorum sensing, Virulence, In vitro and Anti biofilm.

In the journal, Amphiphile, Methacrylate, Environmentally friendly, Oceanography and Chemical engineering are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Biofouling research. The studies in Chemical engineering featured incorporate elements of Ulva linza, Amphibalanus amphitrite, Coating and Adhesion. The studies in Microbial resistance under the umbrella field of Antimicrobial overlap with concepts in Mycovirus.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Marine natural products as antifouling molecules – a mini-review (2014–2020) (6 citations)
  • In vitro anti-biofilm efficacy of sanguinarine against carbapenem-resistant Serratia marcescens. (3 citations)
  • Antifouling performance of copper-containing fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3-D printing polymer filaments for marine applications. (3 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 Biofouling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Maureen E. Callow (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James A. Callow (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anthony S. Clare (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pei-Yuan Qian (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Geoffrey Swain (33 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 Biofouling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Birmingham (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Newcastle University (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minho (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Florida Institute of Technology (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Montana State University (40 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.68% of all publications and 67.61% 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

  • Impediment to growth and yeast-to-hyphae transition in Candida albicans by copper oxide nanoparticles.

    Alwar Ramanujam Padmavathi;P Sriyutha Murthy;P Sriyutha Murthy;Arindam Das;Arindam Das;Arumugam Priya

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Marine natural products as antifouling molecules – a mini-review (2014–2020)

    Ling-Li Liu;Ling-Li Liu;Chuan-Hai Wu;Pei-Yuan Qian

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Inhibition of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms by centipede oil and linoleic acid.

    Yong-Guy Kim;Jin-Hyung Lee;Jae Gyu Park;Jintae Lee

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Effect of sub-lethal chemical disinfection on the biofilm forming ability, resistance to antibiotics and expression of virulence genes of Salmonella Enteritidis biofilm-surviving cells.

    Maria João Romeu;Diana Rodrigues;Joana Azeredo

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Tracing the origins of extracellular DNA in bacterial biofilms: story of death and predation to community benefit.

    Davide Campoccia;Lucio Montanaro;Carla Renata Arciola

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Effects of crosslink density in zwitterionic hydrogel coatings on their antifouling performance and susceptibility to silt uptake.

    Julian Koc;Eric Schönemann;Robin Wanka;Nick Aldred

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Heteroleptic pincer palladium(II) complex coated orthopedic implants impede the AbaI/AbaR quorum sensing system and biofilm development by Acinetobacter baumannii

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Biofilm formation under high shear stress increases resilience to chemical and mechanical challenges.

    L C Simões;I B Gomes;H Sousa;A Borges

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Plumbagin inhibits quorum sensing-regulated virulence and biofilms of Gram-negative bacteria: in vitro and in silico investigations.

    Faizan Abul Qais;Mohammad Shavez Khan;Iqbal Ahmad;Fohad Mabood Husain

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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