Brain Research Bulletin

Top Research Topics at Brain Research Bulletin?

Brain Research Bulletin aims to foster the development of research in Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Neuroscience, Central nervous system and Anatomy. The journal connects the study in Internal medicine with the closely related area of Anesthesia. Many of the studies tackled connect Anesthesia with a similar field of study like Pharmacology.

The Endocrinology works featured in Brain Research Bulletin incorporate elements from Receptor and Serotonin. Hippocampus, Electrophysiology, Nucleus, Cerebral cortex and Excitatory postsynaptic potential are all topics related to Neuroscience research discussed. Studies on Hippocampus discussed in it link to the field of Hippocampal formation.

The study on Anatomy presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Spinal cord. Specifically, studies on Dopaminergic are prevalent in the Dopamine works discussed.

• Internal medicine (41.35%)
• Endocrinology (40.69%)
• Neuroscience (29.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The glial scar and central nervous system repair (1561 citations)
• The projections of the ventral tegmental area and adjacent regions: A combined fluorescent retrograde tracer and immunofluorescence study in the rat (1475 citations)
• Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: a hypothesis. (854 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Brain Research Bulletin:

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Neuroscience, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Central nervous system and Anatomy. The published papers hold forums on Internal medicine that merge themes from other disciplines such as Anesthesia and Pharmacology. The most cited articles address concerns in Endocrinology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Receptor and Serotonin.

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

• Internal medicine
• Gene
• Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Hippocampus. Brain Research Bulletin features Internal medicine research that overlaps with concepts in Apoptosis. The research on Endocrinology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Elevated plus maze, Inflammation and Prefrontal cortex.

Neuroscience research discussed connects with the study of Disease. The research on Pharmacology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Receptor and Opioid. The work on Hippocampus tackled in it brings together disciplines like Hippocampal formation and Synaptic plasticity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Naringenin improves depressive- and anxiety-like behaviors in mice exposed to repeated hypoxic stress through modulation of oxido-inflammatory mediators and NF-kB/BDNF expressions. (8 citations)
• Research on developing drugs for Parkinson's disease. (6 citations)
• Cannabidiol attenuated the maintenance and reinstatement of extinguished methylphenidate-induced conditioned place preference in rats. (5 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 Brain Research Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

• Theodore A. Slotkin (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Frederic J. Seidler (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stephen B. Dunnett (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• R.D. Myers (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yutaka Oomura (37 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 Brain Research Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

• National Institutes of Health (124 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences (116 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Los Angeles (98 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of São Paulo (90 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Duke University (90 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 4.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 3.01% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.39% of all publications and 87.22% 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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