BMC Endocrine Disorders

Top Research Topics at BMC Endocrine Disorders?

BMC Endocrine Disorders primarily focuses on research topics in Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Endocrinology, Type 2 diabetes and Gastroenterology. It primarily discusses Internal medicine topics, particularly Insulin resistance, Metabolic syndrome, Odds ratio, Blood pressure and Glycemic. Diabetes mellitus research presented in BMC Endocrine Disorders encompasses a variety of subjects, including Body mass index, Obesity, Insulin and Cross-sectional study.

Research on Body mass index presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Overweight and Waist. Hormone, Type 1 diabetes, Thyroid and Vitamin D and neurology are among the concentrations of Endocrinology that garnered much attention in BMC Endocrine Disorders. The main emphasis of the journal is the research on Thyroid, emphasizing the topic of Thyroid function.

Research on Type 2 diabetes addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Randomized controlled trial.

• Internal medicine (62.47%)
• Diabetes mellitus (61.03%)
• Endocrinology (32.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Extremely short duration high intensity interval training substantially improves insulin action in young healthy males (314 citations)
• The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolically healthy obesity in Europe: a collaborative analysis of ten large cohort studies. (314 citations)
• Insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) cut-off values and the metabolic syndrome in a general adult population: effect of gender and age: EPIRCE cross-sectional study (265 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at BMC Endocrine Disorders:

The journal papers mainly tackle studies in Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Endocrinology, Type 2 diabetes and Pediatrics. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gastroenterology and Pioglitazone. In addition to Diabetes mellitus research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Cross-sectional study, Obesity and Insulin.

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

• Internal medicine
• Gene
• Diabetes mellitus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Type 2 diabetes and Gastroenterology are the subjects of interest in BMC Endocrine Disorders. The study of Diabetes mellitus encompasses disciplines such as Disease, as well as fields such as Pediatrics, all of which overlap with one another. Internal medicine, which encompasses Body mass index, Insulin resistance, Insulin, Odds ratio and Obesity, is the main subject of the journal.

Endocrinology research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Adiponectin. It links adjacent topics like Type 2 diabetes with Hazard ratio. Gastroenterology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Incidence (epidemiology), Thyroid and Fatty liver.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Glycemic and lipid variability for predicting complications and mortality in diabetes mellitus using machine learning. (7 citations)
• Uric acid-induced pancreatic β-cell dysfunction. (7 citations)
• Interactions between Caveolin-1 (rs3807992) polymorphism and major dietary patterns on cardio-metabolic risk factors among obese and overweight women. (4 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in BMC Endocrine Disorders (based on the number of publications) are:

• Fereidoun Azizi (10 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Amar Agha (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Greet Cardon (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stavros Liatis (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Konstantinos Makrilakis (8 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in BMC Endocrine Disorders (based on the number of publications) are:

• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• Tehran University of Medical Sciences (24 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (23 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• National Institutes of Health (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• Boston Children's Hospital (21 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, 4.74% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.94% of all publications and 58.21% 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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