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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 193 33 115 10
Medicine 2817 31 48 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 98
Documents by Best Scientists*: 185
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 59
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.644
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases?

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is organized to address concerns in the fields of Internal medicine, Immunology, Virology, Microbiology and Surgery. Topics in Internal medicine were tackled in line with various other fields like Gastroenterology, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Tuberculosis. The Tuberculosis research dealing mostly with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the focus of it.

It investigates Immunology research which frequently intersects with Disease. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Virology and Genotype. It features Microbiology research that overlaps with concepts in Staphylococcus aureus.

  • Internal medicine (19.67%)
  • Immunology (14.89%)
  • Virology (12.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Antibiotics produced by Streptomyces. (297 citations)
  • Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in the clinical isolates (215 citations)
  • TLR2 and TLR4 mediated host immune responses in major infectious diseases: a review. (152 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases:

The journal publications cover a variety of subjects, including Internal medicine, Microbiology, Immunology, Surgery and Virology. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gastroenterology, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Tuberculosis. The published papers deal with Immunology in conjunction with Pediatrics and similar fields in Transmission (medicine).

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 generally zeroes in on subjects such as Humanities, Virology, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Internal medicine and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The COVID-19 second wave: A perspective to be explored. (7 citations)
  • Time-dependent decay of detectable antibodies against SARS-CoV-2: A comparison of ELISA with two batches of a lateral-flow test. (5 citations)
  • Serum ferritin at admission in hospitalized COVID-19 patients as a predictor of mortality. (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.

The top authors publishing in Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carlos Brites (75 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ana Cristina Gales (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Eduardo Martins Netto (34 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Helio S. Sader (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Felipe Francisco Tuon (24 papers) published 1 paper 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 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of São Paulo (318 papers) published 47 papers at the last edition, 35 more than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of São Paulo (232 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 15 more than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Bahia (167 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (141 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (102 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 50.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 47.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.91% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.64% of all publications and 17.82% 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

  • COVID-19: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy of commercial assays registered in Brazil.

    Rodolfo Castro;Paula M. Luz;Mayumi D. Wakimoto;Valdilea G. Veloso

    (2020)
    157 Citations
  • Deep impact of COVID-19 in the healthcare of Latin America: the case of Brazil.

    Sergio Cimerman;Alberto Chebabo;Clovis Arns da Cunha;Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales

    (2020)
    153 Citations
  • Telemedicine as a tool for PrEP delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large HIV prevention service in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil.

    Brenda Hoagland;Thiago S. Torres;Daniel R.B. Bezerra;Kim Geraldo

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • High acceptability of PrEP teleconsultation and HIV self-testing among PrEP users during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

    Brenda Hoagland;Thiago S. Torres;Daniel R.B. Bezerra;Marcos Benedetti

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Joint report of SBI (Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases), FEBRASGO (Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations), SBU (Brazilian Society of Urology) and SBPC/ML (Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine): recommendations for the clinical management of lower urinary tract infections in pregnant and non-pregnant women

    Patricia de Rossi;Sergio Cimerman;José Carlos Truzzi;Clóvis Arns da Cunha

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection and other severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in Brazil from January to November 2020.

    Lisiane F. Leal;Joanna Merckx;Deshayne B. Fell;Ricardo Kuchenbecker

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Human monkeypox preparedness in Latin America – Are we ready for the next viral zoonotic disease outbreak after COVID-19?

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • In vitro activity of ceftazidime-avibactam against Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected in Latin America as part of the ATLAS global surveillance program, 2017-2019.

    James A. Karlowsky;Krystyna M. Kazmierczak;Maria Lavínea Novis de Figueiredo Valente;Elkin Lemos Luengas

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Performance of an alternative RT-PCR procedure using residual sample from the Panbio™ Ag COVID-19 test.

    Terezinha Marta Pereira Pinto Castineiras;Érica Ramos Dos Santos Nascimento;Débora Souza Faffe;Rafael Mello Galliez

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Activity of ceftolozane-tazobactam and comparators against gram-negative bacilli: Results from the study for monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends (SMART - Brazil; 2016-2017).

    Elisa Maria Beirão;Suellen da Silva Rodrigues;Tarik Klain de Andrade;Fernando Brandão Serra

    (2020)
    16 Citations

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