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Biology Methods and Protocols
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Biology Methods and Protocols

2396-8923

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/biomethods

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 614 20 21 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 77
Documents by Best Scientists*: 60
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 16
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.795
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biology Methods and Protocols?

The journal primarily tackles Computational biology, Gene, DNA, CRISPR and Chromatography. Biology Methods and Protocols focuses on Computational biology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Amplicon which is concerned with Nanopore sequencing. Biology Methods and Protocols investigates Gene research which frequently intersects with Molecular biology.

The featured Molecular biology studies mainly concentrate on Transcription (biology) but also cover areas of interest in RNA. The research on DNA featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like 5-Methylcytosine and Nucleotide. The tackled Nucleotide research is interrelated with Nuclease which concerns subjects like Oligonucleotide.

Topics in CRISPR explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Chromatin and Recombinant DNA. Biology Methods and Protocols explores themes in Chromatography like Extraction (chemistry), Mass spectrometry and Electrophoresis and links them with other fields of study like Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization. The majority of Genome studies in it are focused on the subject of Whole genome sequencing.

  • Computational biology (33.00%)
  • Gene (21.00%)
  • DNA (15.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Rapid and inexpensive whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 using 1200 bp tiled amplicons and Oxford Nanopore Rapid Barcoding. (38 citations)
  • Assessment of configurations and chemistries of bridged nucleic acids-containing oligomers as external guide sequences: a methodology for inhibition of expression of antibiotic resistance genes (16 citations)
  • Plasma or serum? A qualitative study on rodents and humans using high-throughput microRNA sequencing for circulating biomarkers. (16 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biology Methods and Protocols:

The journal papers primarily tackle Computational biology, DNA sequencing, Nucleic acid, Cancer and Transcriptome. Genome, Whole genome sequencing, Primer (molecular biology), Epigenetics and Nuclease are some topics wherein Computational biology research discussed in the journal papers has an impact. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Nucleic acid that incorporate concepts from other fields like Nucleic acid sequence, DNA, RNA, 18S ribosomal RNA and Molecular biology.

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

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Biology Methods and Protocols generally zeroes in on subjects such as Computational biology, Gene, Genome, Genetics and Phenotype. The research topics discussed in Biology Methods and Protocols include Computational biology as well as Pathogen detection. Biology Methods and Protocols explores Genome concepts, specifically Strain (biology) but expands to research in Alphasatellite.

The overlapping concepts between Mutagenesis (molecular biology technique) and Genotype are the key highlights of Phenotype study. It explores research in Virus and overlapping concepts in Cas9, Chromatin immunoprecipitation and Plasmid to expand the discourse in Sanger sequencing. The studies on Real-time polymerase chain reaction discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Polymerase chain reaction, Gene expression and Embryo.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Novel metric for hyperbolic phylogenetic tree embeddings. (3 citations)
  • Rapid and real-time identification of fungi up to species level with long amplicon nanopore sequencing from clinical samples. (3 citations)
  • MINTyper: an outbreak-detection method for accurate and rapid SNP typing of clonal clusters with noisy long reads. (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 Biology Methods and Protocols (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Alan Reeve (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hodaka Fujii (4 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Toshitsugu Fujita (4 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Denise Bachmann (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nasim Ahmed (2 papers) published 2 papers 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 Biology Methods and Protocols (based on the number of publications) are:

  • CABI (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hirosaki University (4 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Osaka University (3 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (2 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, 9.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 35.00% of all publications and 25.00% 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

  • A syngeneic MC38 orthotopic mouse model of colorectal cancer metastasis

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Eliminating primer dimers and improving SNP detection using self-avoiding molecular recognition systems.

    Zunyi Yang;Jennifer T Le;Daniel Hutter;Kevin M Bradley

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • ShinyButchR: Interactive NMF-based decomposition workflow of genome-scale datasets.

    Andres Quintero;Daniel Hübschmann;Nils Kurzawa;Sebastian Steinhauser

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • An efficient procedure for the recovery of DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • MINTyper: an outbreak-detection method for accurate and rapid SNP typing of clonal clusters with noisy long reads.

    Malte B Hallgren;Søren Overballe-Petersen;Ole Lund;Henrik Hasman

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Development of a LAMP assay using a portable device for the real-time detection of cotton leaf curl disease in field conditions.

    Amna Rafiq;Amna Rafiq;Waqas Rafique Ali;Muhammad Asif;Nasim Ahmed;Nasim Ahmed

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Circular DNA enrichment sequencing reveals the viral/satellites genetic diversity associated with the third epidemic of cotton leaf curl disease.

    Nasim Ahmed;Imran Amin;Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Saleem Ur Rahman

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Fine-mapping within eQTL credible intervals by expression CROP-seq

    Yidan Pan;Ruoyu Tian;Ciaran M. Lee;Gang Bao

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • In vitro fluorescence assay to measure GDP/GTP exchange of guanine nucleotide exchange factors of Rho family GTPases

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • A methodological primer of extracellular vesicles isolation and characterization via different techniques

    (2024)
    8 Citations

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