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Biostatistics
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Biostatistics

1465-4644

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/biostatistics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 211 37 51 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 167
Documents by Best Scientists*: 168
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 96
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.372
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biostatistics?

The journal focuses on Statistics, Econometrics, Covariate, Artificial intelligence and Estimator. Statistics and Inference are closely related fields of research discussed in Biostatistics. The study on Inference presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Data mining.

It focused on Data mining research but expanded to cover Cluster analysis. In the journal, Outcome (probability), Proportional hazards model, Missing data and Random effects model are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Econometrics research. Topics in Artificial intelligence were tackled in line with various other fields like Machine learning and Pattern recognition.

The journal covers various topics on Bayesian probability such as Bayes' theorem, Bayesian inference and Markov chain Monte Carlo.

  • Statistics (48.64%)
  • Econometrics (28.21%)
  • Covariate (17.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Exploration, normalization, and summaries of high density oligonucleotide array probe level data (9313 citations)
  • Adjusting batch effects in microarray expression data using empirical Bayes methods (4429 citations)
  • Sparse inverse covariance estimation with the graphical lasso (3978 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biostatistics:

The journal papers focus on Statistics, Econometrics, Data mining, Bayesian probability and Covariate. The most cited papers address concerns in the field of Econometrics by exploring it in line with topics in Markov chain Monte Carlo which intersect with Markov chain and Multivariate statistics subjects. The most cited articles explore issues in Data mining which can be linked to other research areas like Normalization (statistics), Parametric statistics, Inference and Gene chip analysis, DNA microarray.

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

  • Statistics
  • Internal medicine
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Statistics, Artificial intelligence, Inference, Bayesian probability and Covariate. It explores topics in Artificial intelligence which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Breast cancer, False discovery rate, Machine learning and Pattern recognition. The featured Machine learning studies mainly concentrate on Bayes' theorem but also cover areas of interest in Algorithm.

It explores research in Inference alongside concepts in Econometrics and other areas of study in Random effects model. The presented Covariate research focuses mostly on Linear regression and, on occasion, topics in Sample size determination. The research on Feature selection tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Regression analysis, Count data and Data mining.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A fast divide-and-conquer sparse Cox regression (14 citations)
  • Better-than-chance classification for signal detection. (10 citations)
  • Copula-based semiparametric regression method for bivariate data under general interval censoring. (10 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 Biostatistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert Tibshirani (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Raymond J. Carroll (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Brent A. Coull (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tianxi Cai (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Rafael A. Irizarry (14 papers) published 1 paper 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 Biostatistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (123 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (76 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (75 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Washington (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (54 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 9.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 39.78% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.43% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.35% of all publications and 20.43% 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

  • Time-to-event model-assisted designs for dose-finding trials with delayed toxicity.

    Ruitao Lin;Ying Yuan

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Model selection and parameter estimation for dynamic epidemic models via iterated filtering: application to rotavirus in Germany.

    Theresa Stocks;Tom Britton;Michael Höhle

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Bayesian adaptive basket trial design using model averaging.

    Matthew A Psioda;Jiawei Xu;Qi Jiang;Chunlei Ke

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • A flexible parametric accelerated failure time model and the extension to time-dependent acceleration factors

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Pointless spatial modeling.

    Katie Wilson;Jon Wakefield

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Two-Stage TMLE to reduce bias and improve efficiency in cluster randomized trials

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Fast Lasso method for large-scale and ultrahigh-dimensional Cox model with applications to UK Biobank.

    Ruilin Li;Christopher Chang;Johanne M Justesen;Yosuke Tanigawa

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Adaptive group-regularized logistic elastic net regression

    Magnus M Münch;Carel F W Peeters;Aad W Van Der Vaart;Mark A Van De Wiel

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Efficient model-based bioequivalence testing.

    Kathrin Möllenhoff;Florence Loingeville;Julie Bertrand;Thu Thuy Nguyen

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • An ensemble method for interval-censored time-to-event data

    Weichi Yao;Halina Frydman;Jeffrey S Simonoff

    (2021)
    17 Citations

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