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BMC Infectious Diseases
H-index 45

BMC Infectious Diseases

1471-2334

Published by: Springer

https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 49 462 560 34
Medicine 414 619 616 38

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1580
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1409
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 54
SCIMAGO H-index: 137
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.035
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at BMC Infectious Diseases?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Medical microbiology, Internal medicine, Immunology, Tropical medicine and Parasitology. In addition to Medical microbiology research, BMC Infectious Diseases aims to explore topics under Epidemiology, Pathology and Pediatrics. Outbreak and Environmental health are some topics wherein Epidemiology research discussed in BMC Infectious Diseases have an impact.

BMC Infectious Diseases facilitates discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gastroenterology, Surgery and Tuberculosis. The Immunology works featured in BMC Infectious Diseases incorporate elements from Young adult and Disease. Tropical medicine research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Veterinary medicine, Logistic regression and Cross-sectional study.

The research on Parasitology discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Genotype. Virus is part of Virology studies tackled in BMC Infectious Diseases. BMC Infectious Diseases covers various topics on Microbiology such as Antibiotic resistance and Drug resistance.

  • Medical microbiology (37.25%)
  • Internal medicine (31.87%)
  • Immunology (20.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review (1590 citations)
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of antibiotic consumption on antibiotic resistance (524 citations)
  • Endemic and epidemic dynamics of cholera: the role of the aquatic reservoir (403 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at BMC Infectious Diseases:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Medical microbiology, Immunology, Internal medicine, Microbiology and Virology. While the most cited articles focused on Immunology, they were also able to explore topics like Incidence (epidemiology), Tuberculosis and Disease. The works on Internal medicine tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Gastroenterology and Surgery.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Internal medicine, Medical microbiology, Tropical medicine, Retrospective cohort study and Epidemiology. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Internal medicine as it also encompasses Gastroenterology. It addresses concerns in Medical microbiology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Antibiotics, Incidence (epidemiology), Parasitology, Outbreak and Tuberculosis.

It connects the study in Parasitology with the closely related area of Virology. The journal focuses on Tropical medicine but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Logistic regression and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Many of the studies tackled connect Epidemiology with a similar field of study like Environmental health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Serial interval and incubation period of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (31 citations)
  • Examining Australian public perceptions and behaviors towards a future COVID-19 vaccine. (23 citations)
  • JAK-inhibitor and type I interferon ability to produce favorable clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (23 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 BMC Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Adrian Streinu-Cercel (72 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anca Streinu-Cercel (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Victoria Aramă (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christopher K Fairley (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Joseph D. Tucker (32 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous 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 BMC Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (462 papers) published 39 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of London (262 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (182 papers) published 34 papers at the last edition, 21 more than at the previous edition,
  • Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (176 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • College of Health Sciences, Bahrain (176 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 7 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, 5.54% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.72% of all publications and 59.24% 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

  • SARS-CoV-2 vaccine effectiveness against infection, symptomatic and severe COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    (2022)
    355 Citations
  • Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in previously undiagnosed health care workers in New Jersey, at the onset of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic.

    Emily S. Barrett;Daniel B. Horton;Jason Roy;Maria Laura Gennaro

    (2020)
    188 Citations
  • STI in times of PrEP: high prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and mycoplasma at different anatomic sites in men who have sex with men in Germany

    Klaus Jansen;Gyde Steffen;Gyde Steffen;Anja Potthoff;Ann-Kathrin Schuppe

    (2020)
    170 Citations
  • Scent dog identification of samples from COVID-19 patients - a pilot study.

    Paula Jendrny;Claudia Schulz;Friederike Twele;Sebastian Meller

    (2020)
    168 Citations
  • Post-COVID-19 syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in plasma, stool, and urine in patients with persistent symptoms after COVID-19

    (2022)
    142 Citations
  • Modes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and evidence for preventive behavioral interventions

    Lucas Zhou;Samuel K. Ayeh;Vignesh Chidambaram;Petros C. Karakousis;Petros C. Karakousis

    (2021)
    128 Citations
  • Safety and effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: a systematic review.

    Sabine Vygen-Bonnet;Wiebke Hellenbrand;Edeltraut Garbe;Rüdiger von Kries

    (2020)
    115 Citations

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