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Briefings in Bioinformatics
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Briefings in Bioinformatics

1467-5463

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/bib

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 52 224 411 56
Engineering and Technology 358 32 65 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 927
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1358
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 29
SCIMAGO H-index: 159
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.39
Impact Factor: 7.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Briefings in Bioinformatics?

Briefings in Bioinformatics primarily focuses on research topics in Computational biology, Artificial intelligence, Data science, Genome and Machine learning. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Computational biology, it also covered topics in Genetics, In silico, Gene, DNA sequencing and Genomics. Gene research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Gene expression.

Briefings in Bioinformatics explores topics in Artificial intelligence which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Identification (information) and Pattern recognition.

  • Computational biology (34.99%)
  • Artificial intelligence (16.65%)
  • Data science (10.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • MEGA3: Integrated software for Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis and sequence alignment (11420 citations)
  • Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV): high-performance genomics data visualization and exploration (5033 citations)
  • MEGA: A biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences (2841 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Briefings in Bioinformatics:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Computational biology, Data science, Data mining, Genetics and Bioinformatics. The published articles facilitate discussions on Computational biology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Annotation, Genomics and microRNA, Gene, Sequence analysis. The most cited papers explore research in Data science alongside concepts in Systems biology and other areas of study in Artificial intelligence.

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

  • Gene
  • Artificial intelligence
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Briefings in Bioinformatics primarily tackles Computational biology, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Deep learning and Gene. The research on Computational biology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Transcriptome, Genome, microRNA, Disease and In silico. Identification (information) and Pattern recognition are some topics wherein Artificial intelligence research discussed in it have an impact.

The journal holds forums on Machine learning that merges themes from other disciplines such as Graph (abstract data type), Field (computer science), Representation (mathematics), Benchmark (computing) and Drug discovery. Specifically, studies on Gene expression are prevalent in the Gene works discussed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • MicroRNAs and complex diseases: from experimental results to computational models. (249 citations)
  • Current challenges and best-practice protocols for microbiome analysis. (58 citations)
  • Design powerful predictor for mRNA subcellular location prediction in Homo sapiens. (47 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 Briefings in Bioinformatics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jiangning Song (38 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • Quan Zou (36 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 15 more than at the previous edition,
  • Rongling Wu (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fuyi Li (19 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Bin Liu (18 papers) published 8 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Briefings in Bioinformatics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (56 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 19 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (56 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 30 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Medical University (50 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (41 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tianjin University (40 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 10.64% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.69% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.18% of all publications and 46.74% 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.

Career Opportunities Related to Bioinformatics

With such an expansive field and promising research topics, there are numerous career opportunities for those interested in bioinformatics. One such career, that combines knowledge of healthcare and computer science, is medical coding. Medical coding is necessary for the categorization and billing of medical procedures and diagnoses. This is an in-demand role especially in the field of bioinformatics where data from genomic sequencing needs careful interpretation.

If you are living in the South Dakota and consider pursuing this career, make sure to check our guide on how to be a medical coder in South Dakota. Through coding the outputs of bioinformatics studies, clinicians can better understand and provide appropriate therapeutic options for patients. The guide provides comprehensive information on how to start your career in medical coding in South Dakota including the skillsets required, the certification process and potential job prospects.

The medical coder role is only one of the many career paths related to bioinformatics. With the constant advancement in this field, a multitude of other emphases like computational biology, machine learning, and genomics can pave the way for numerous career opportunities including research scientists, data scientist, bioinformatics engineer, and many more.

Top Publications

  • Sensitivity and specificity of information criteria.

    John J. Dziak;Donna L. Coffman;Stephanie T. Lanza;Runze Li

    (2020)
    880 Citations
  • MicroRNAs and complex diseases: from experimental results to computational models.

    Xing Chen;Di Xie;Qi Zhao;Zhu-Hong You

    (2021)
    604 Citations
  • NetCoMi: network construction and comparison for microbiome data in R

    Stefanie Peschel;Christian L Müller;Erika von Mutius;Anne-Laure Boulesteix

    (2021)
    541 Citations
  • iLearn: an integrated platform and meta-learner for feature engineering, machine-learning analysis and modeling of DNA, RNA and protein sequence data.

    Zhen Chen;Pei Zhao;Fuyi Li;Tatiana T Marquez-Lago

    (2020)
    404 Citations
  • Graph convolutional networks for computational drug development and discovery.

    Mengying Sun;Sendong Zhao;Coryandar Gilvary;Olivier Elemento

    (2020)
    395 Citations
  • GSCA: an integrated platform for gene set cancer analysis at genomic, pharmacogenomic and immunogenomic levels

    (2022)
    335 Citations
  • LDBlockShow: a fast and convenient tool for visualizing linkage disequilibrium and haplotype blocks based on variant call format files.

    Shan-Shan Dong;Wei-Ming He;Jing-Jing Ji;Chi Zhang

    (2021)
    319 Citations
  • Expression profile of immune checkpoint genes and their roles in predicting immunotherapy response.

    Fei-Fei Hu;Chun-Jie Liu;Lan-Lan Liu;Qiong Zhang

    (2021)
    240 Citations
  • Utilizing graph machine learning within drug discovery and development.

    Thomas Gaudelet;Ben Day;Arian R Jamasb;Jyothish Soman

    (2021)
    209 Citations
  • AntiCP 2.0: an updated model for predicting anticancer peptides.

    Piyush Agrawal;Dhruv Bhagat;Manish Mahalwal;Neelam Sharma

    (2021)
    209 Citations

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