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Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
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Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 48 131 229 31
Medicine 155 556 806 59

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1633
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1574
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 57
SCIMAGO H-index: 207
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.704
Impact Factor: 7.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Brain Behavior and Immunity?

The journal facilitates discussions on Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Immunology, Immune system and Inflammation. The Internal medicine works featured in Brain Behavior and Immunity incorporate elements from Oncology and Depression (differential diagnoses). The Depression (differential diagnoses) study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Anxiety.

Endocrinology and Interleukin are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. The in-depth study on Immunology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Disease. Specifically, studies on Immunity are prevalent in the Immune system works discussed.

Systemic inflammation is a primary topic of Inflammation research in Brain Behavior and Immunity. The work on Microglia tackled in Brain Behavior and Immunity brings together disciplines like Neuroinflammation and Neuroscience.

  • Internal medicine (38.11%)
  • Endocrinology (29.44%)
  • Immunology (29.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Immune modulation of learning, memory, neural plasticity and neurogenesis (1023 citations)
  • Twenty years of research on cytokine-induced sickness behavior (985 citations)
  • Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and insomnia among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (938 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Brain Behavior and Immunity:

The journal articles facilitate discussions on Immunology, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Immune system and Inflammation. The works on Internal medicine tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Oncology and Depression (differential diagnoses). Endocrinology research in the most cited papers connects with the study of Receptor.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Brain Behavior and Immunity is to combine knowledge in the areas of Inflammation, Immune system, Depression (differential diagnoses), Immunology and Neuroinflammation. The works on Inflammation deal in particular with Proinflammatory cytokine. The C3a receptor studies presented in it fall under the field of Immune system, but it also has connections to other fields such as Return on investment.

The research on Depression (differential diagnoses) featured in Brain Behavior and Immunity combines topics in other fields like Mendelian randomization, MEDLINE, Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming), Physical therapy and Perceived Stress Scale. The main emphasis of Brain Behavior and Immunity is the subject of Immunology, focusing on Respiratory virus. In addition to Neuroinflammation research, it aims to explore topics under Oxidative stress, Downregulation and upregulation, GABAergic and Hippocampus, Neuroscience.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Impact of mind-body intervention on proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 6 and 1β: A three-arm randomized controlled trial for persons with sleep disturbance and depression. (0 citations)
  • Mendelian randomization of cytokines in schizophrenia and depression: What does this tell us about causal chains in these illnesses? (0 citations)
  • Beneficial effects of QTC-4-MeOBnE in an LPS-induced mouse model of depression and cognitive impairments: The role of blood-brain barrier permeability, NF-κB signaling, and microglial activation. (0 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 Brain Behavior and Immunity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert Dantzer (109 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John F. Sheridan (93 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Linda R. Watkins (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carmine M. Pariante (81 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Michael R. Irwin (78 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Brain Behavior and Immunity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ohio State University (314 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (203 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (203 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Colorado Boulder (161 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Emory University (146 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.26% of all publications and 63.16% 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

  • Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses

    Yeshun Wu;Xiaolin Xu;Zijun Chen;Jiahao Duan

    (2020)
    2135 Citations
  • Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Rebecca De Lorenzo;Caterina Conte;Sara Poletti

    (2020)
    1803 Citations
  • Vicarious traumatization in the general public, members, and non-members of medical teams aiding in COVID-19 control

    Zhenyu Li;Jingwu Ge;Meiling Yang;Jianping Feng

    (2020)
    1280 Citations
  • Do psychiatric patients experience more psychiatric symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown? A case-control study with service and research implications for immunopsychiatry.

    Fengyi Hao;Wanqiu Tan;Li Jiang;Ling Zhang

    (2020)
    1035 Citations
  • Is returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic stressful? A study on immediate mental health status and psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures of Chinese workforce.

    Wanqiu Tan;Fengyi Hao;Roger S. McIntyre;Li Jiang

    (2020)
    640 Citations
  • Lifestyle risk factors, inflammatory mechanisms, and COVID-19 hospitalization: A community-based cohort study of 387,109 adults in UK.

    Mark Hamer;Mika Kivimäki;Catharine R. Gale;G. David Batty

    (2020)
    577 Citations
  • Inflammatory markers in depression: A meta-analysis of mean differences and variability in 5,166 patients and 5,083 controls.

    Emanuele F. Osimo;Toby Pillinger;Irene Mateos Rodriguez;Golam M. Khandaker

    (2020)
    556 Citations
  • Persistent psychopathology and neurocognitive impairment in COVID-19 survivors: Effect of inflammatory biomarkers at three-month follow-up.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Mariagrazia Palladini;Rebecca De Lorenzo;Cristiano Magnaghi

    (2021)
    505 Citations

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