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Biologicals
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Biologicals

1045-1056

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/biologicals

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 186 24 18 7
Microbiology 227 22 19 8
Biology and Biochemistry 620 17 19 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 86
Documents by Best Scientists*: 55
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 68
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.346
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biologicals?

Biologicals explores disciplines such as Virology, Immunology, Virus, Antibody and Microbiology. Some problems in Virology that were presented in Biologicals overlapped with concepts under Cell culture, Potency, Molecular biology and Antigen. The in-depth study on Molecular biology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Recombinant DNA.

In the Immunology research discussed, Immune system and Immunogenicity are all tackled. The Virus research dealing mostly with Infectivity is the focus of the journal. The Antibody study tackling the subject of Monoclonal antibody is the focus of it.

  • Virology (34.09%)
  • Immunology (16.99%)
  • Virus (15.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mechanism of inactivation of enveloped viruses by the biosurfactant surfactin from Bacillus subtilis. (285 citations)
  • Economic impact of BVDV infection in dairies. (274 citations)
  • Vaccine instability in the cold chain: mechanisms, analysis and formulation strategies. (192 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biologicals:

The published papers focus on Virology, Virus, Immunology, Microbiology and Antibody. The published articles facilitate discussions on Virology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Cell culture, Immune system and Antigen. The journal papers address concerns in the field of Antibody by exploring it in line with topics in Biochemistry which intersect with Chromatography subjects.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Virology, Antibody, Virus, Immune system and Computational biology. While Biologicals focused on Virology, it was also able to explore topics like RNA and Human plasma. The work on Virus tackled in Biologicals brings together disciplines like Cell culture, Direct fluorescent antibody and Vaccination.

Issues in Immune system were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Adjuvant, Microbiology, Antigen and PLGA. Coinfection and BALB/c are some topics wherein Microbiology research discussed in the journal have an impact. It explores research in Chinese hamster ovary cell and overlapping concepts in Yield (chemistry), HIV vaccine, Glycosylation, Glycoprotein and HIV envelope protein to expand the discourse in Computational biology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Next-generation vaccines and the impacts of state-of-the-art in-silico technologies. (6 citations)
  • Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. (4 citations)
  • Evaluation of adjuvant activity of Astragaloside VII and its combination with different immunostimulating agents in Newcastle Disease vaccine. (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 Biologicals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ivana Knezevic (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Rigsby (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Philip D. Minor (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael J. Corbel (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan Heath (20 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 Biologicals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (167 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • World Health Organization (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Paul Ehrlich Institute (48 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 19.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.24% of all publications and 45.45% 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

  • The regulatory landscape of biosimilars: WHO efforts and progress made from 2009 to 2019

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Animal testing for vaccines. Implementing replacement, reduction and refinement: challenges and priorities

    Arnoud Akkermans;Jean-Michel Chapsal;Eliana M. Coccia;Hilde Depraetere

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Isolation and characterization of phage (ETP-1) specific to multidrug resistant pathogenic Edwardsiella tarda and its in vivo biocontrol efficacy in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

    Chamilani Nikapitiya;H.P.S.U. Chandrarathna;S.H.S. Dananjaya;Mahanama De Zoysa

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Towards rabies elimination in the Asia-Pacific region: From theory to practice

    Charles E. Rupprecht;Bernadette Abela-Ridder;Ronello Abila;Anna Charinna Amparo

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Report of the second international conference on next generation sequencing for adventitious virus detection in biologics for humans and animals.

    Arifa S. Khan;Johannes Blümel;Dieter Deforce;Marion F. Gruber

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2 and the safety margins of cell-based biological medicinal products.

    Jens Modrof;Astrid Kerschbaum;Maria R. Farcet;Daniela Niemeyer

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Potent virucidal activity against Flaviviridae of a group IIA phospholipase A2 isolated from the venom of Bothrops asper.

    Hebleen Brenes;Gilbert D. Loría;Bruno Lomonte

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2: Virology, epidemiology, immunology and vaccine development.

    Marc Baay;Bruno Lina;Arnaud Fontanet;Arnaud Marchant

    (2020)
    18 Citations

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