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Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
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Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

0092-8240

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11538

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 180 42 55 13
Engineering and Technology 660 27 59 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 169
Documents by Best Scientists*: 235
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 101
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.702
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bulletin of Mathematical Biology?

The journal investigates areas of study like Statistical physics, Ecology, Mathematical analysis, Applied mathematics and Biological system. The majority of Ecology studies are focused on the issues of Predation.

  • Statistical physics (8.29%)
  • Ecology (8.15%)
  • Mathematical analysis (6.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity (11350 citations)
  • Some aspects of the dynamics of populations important to the management of the commercial marine fisheries (1146 citations)
  • Continuous and Discrete Mathematical Models of Tumor-induced Angiogenesis (908 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bulletin of Mathematical Biology:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Statistical physics, Ecology, Mechanics, Control theory and Applied mathematics. The most cited publications focus on Statistical physics research which is adjacent to topics in Stochastic process. Specifically, studies on Predation are prevalent in the Ecology works discussed in the most cited publications.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Bulletin of Mathematical Biology are Statistical physics, Applied mathematics, Biological system, Cell biology and Basic reproduction number. While Statistical physics is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Abundance (ecology), Extinction, Allee effect, Pattern formation and Domain (mathematical analysis). The research on Applied mathematics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Pairwise comparison, Uniqueness, Ordinary differential equation and Stability theory.

In addition to Biological system research, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology aims to explore topics under Biofilm, Partial differential equation, Stability (probability) and Myosin. The close relationship between Epidemic model and Function (mathematics) is one of the points of interest dissected in Basic reproduction number research. The Predation study featured falls within the larger field of Ecology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Sequential Data Assimilation of the Stochastic SEIR Epidemic Model for Regional COVID-19 Dynamics. (19 citations)
  • Propagation of Epidemics Along Lines with Fast Diffusion. (17 citations)
  • Competitive Exclusion in a General Multi-species Chemostat Model with Stochastic Perturbations. (7 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 Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • N. Rashevsky (172 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Rosen (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • H. D. Landahl (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anatol Rapoport (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philip K. Maini (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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 Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Chicago (480 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Oxford (115 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (89 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alberta (70 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (59 papers) absent 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, 2.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.66% of all publications and 60.34% 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

  • Sequential Data Assimilation of the Stochastic SEIR Epidemic Model for Regional COVID-19 Dynamics.

    Ralf Engbert;Maximilian M. Rabe;Reinhold Kliegl;Sebastian Reich

    (2021)
    115 Citations
  • Mathematical Model of Tumour Spheroid Experiments with Real-Time Cell Cycle Imaging.

    Wang Jin;Loredana Spoerri;Nikolas K. Haass;Matthew J. Simpson

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Bespoke Turing systems

    Thomas E. Woolley;Andrew L. Krause;Eamonn A. Gaffney

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Competitive Exclusion in a General Multi-species Chemostat Model with Stochastic Perturbations.

    Chaoqun Xu;Chaoqun Xu;Sanling Yuan;Tonghua Zhang

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Propagation of Epidemics Along Lines with Fast Diffusion.

    Henri Berestycki;Henri Berestycki;Jean Michel Roquejoffre;Luca Rossi

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Global Dynamics of a Reaction–Diffusion Model of Zika Virus Transmission with Seasonality

    Fuxiang Li;Fuxiang Li;Xiao-Qiang Zhao

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Perspective on the Importance of Parameter Identifiability

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Derivation and Analysis of a Discrete Predator–Prey Model

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Assessing Age-Specific Vaccination Strategies and Post-vaccination Reopening Policies for COVID-19 Control Using SEIR Modeling Approach

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Towards Building a Sustainable Future: Positioning Ecological Modelling for Impact in Ecosystems Management.

    Donald L. DeAngelis;Donald L. DeAngelis;Daniel Franco;Alan Hastings;Alan Hastings;Frank M. Hilker

    (2021)
    23 Citations

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