Cell Death and Differentiation

Top Research Topics at Cell Death & Differentiation?

The journal focuses on Cell biology, Apoptosis, Programmed cell death, Cancer research and Molecular biology. The journal focuses on Cell biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Autophagy, Caspase and Cell growth. While work presented in Cell Death & Differentiation provided substantial information on Apoptosis, it also covered topics in Cell, Cell culture, Immunology and Downregulation and upregulation.

It holds forums on Programmed cell death that merges themes from other disciplines such as DNA damage, Neurodegeneration and Kinase. The concepts on Cancer research presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Cancer cell, Cancer, Carcinogenesis, Transcription factor and Phosphorylation.

• Cell biology (60.27%)
• Apoptosis (37.45%)
• Programmed cell death (31.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (2658 citations)
• Emerging roles of caspase-3 in apoptosis (2520 citations)
• Roles of CHOP/GADD153 in endoplasmic reticulum stress. (2169 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cell Death & Differentiation:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Cell biology, Apoptosis, Programmed cell death, Caspase and Cancer research. In addition to Cell biology research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Autophagy, Cell and Cell growth. The journal papers with studies in Apoptosis featured incorporate elements of Necrosis and Molecular biology.

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

• Gene
• Enzyme
• Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Cell Death & Differentiation mostly deals with topics like Cell biology, Cancer research, Programmed cell death, Ubiquitin and Apoptosis. The tackled Cell biology research is interrelated with Autophagy which concerns subjects like Lysosome. It deals with Cancer research in conjunction with Carcinogenesis and similar fields in Cell growth.

It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Programmed cell death and Inflammation. The Ubiquitin study tackling the subject of Ubiquitin ligase is the focus of Cell Death & Differentiation. The overlapping concepts between Mitochondrion and Mitophagy are the key highlights of Apoptosis study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• COVID-19 vaccines: where we stand and challenges ahead. (179 citations)
• Brain organoids: an ensemble of bioassays to investigate human neurodevelopment and disease. (31 citations)
• Ubiquitin signaling in cell cycle control and tumorigenesis. (19 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 Cell Death & Differentiation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Guido Kroemer (94 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Andreas Strasser (69 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Peter Vandenabeele (60 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Sharad Kumar (56 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Gerry Melino (54 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Cell Death & Differentiation (based on the number of publications) are:

• French Institute of Health and Medical Research (217 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (162 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Rome Tor Vergata (149 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• National Institutes of Health (113 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Melbourne (112 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 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 2021 edition, 1.05% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.12% of all publications and 62.06% 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.