BMC Medicine

Top Research Topics at BMC Medicine?

BMC Medicine generally zeroes in on subjects such as Internal medicine, Disease, Randomized controlled trial, MEDLINE and Immunology. The research on Internal medicine featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Endocrinology and Oncology. Topics in Randomized controlled trial were tackled in line with various other fields like Physical therapy and Clinical trial.

The work on MEDLINE tackled in it brings together disciplines like Alternative medicine, Family medicine and Intensive care medicine. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Hazard ratio, apply to Proportional hazards model as well. The Cohort study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Cohort study.

The journal focused on Cohort study research but expanded to cover Prospective cohort study.

• Internal medicine (23.64%)
• Disease (10.30%)
• Randomized controlled trial (9.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Toward the future of psychiatric diagnosis: the seven pillars of RDoC (1689 citations)
• Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode (1185 citations)
• Collagen reorganization at the tumor-stromal interface facilitates local invasion (1134 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at BMC Medicine:

The journal articles cover a variety of subjects, including Internal medicine, MEDLINE, Psychiatry, Immunology and Meta-analysis. In addition to Internal medicine research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Diabetes mellitus, Endocrinology and Oncology. Aside from discussions in MEDLINE, the most cited papers also deal with the subject of Psychological intervention which intersects with Health care disciplines.

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

• Internal medicine
• Disease
• Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Internal medicine, Cohort, Cohort study, Environmental health and Hazard ratio are the focal point of discussions in BMC Medicine. The work tackled in BMC Medicine goes beyond the discipline of Internal medicine as it also encompasses Oncology. While BMC Medicine focused on Oncology, it was also able to explore topics like Cancer and Breast cancer.

The Cohort study study featured in it draws connections with the study of Retrospective cohort study. Environmental health research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Epidemiology, Transmission (medicine), Disease, Vaccination and Pandemic. The close relationship between Prospective cohort study and Risk factor is one of the points of interest dissected in Hazard ratio research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission across 130 countries and territories. (66 citations)
• Evaluation and improvement of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) for COVID-19: a multi-hospital study. (31 citations)
• What neurological and psychiatric effects does COVID-19 have on its survivors? (25 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 Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michael Berk (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Philippe Ravaud (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alan D. Lopez (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mark Jit (21 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Anne Tjønneland (21 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• University of Oxford (219 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 27 less than at the previous edition,
• University of London (194 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 26 less than at the previous edition,
• Imperial College London (160 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (154 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• University College London (144 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 14 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, 1.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.28% of all publications and 37.11% 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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