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Cell Research
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Cell Research

1001-0602

Published by: Nature

https://www.nature.com/cr/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 18 71 120 40
Biology and Biochemistry 30 215 255 68

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 578
Documents by Best Scientists*: 532
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 28
SCIMAGO H-index: 232
SCIMAGO SJR: 8.74
Impact Factor: 25.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cell Research?

The discussions in Cell Research mainly cover the fields of Cell biology, Genetics, Molecular biology, Immunology and Cancer research. Cell Research explores issues in Cell biology which can be linked to other research areas like Embryonic stem cell, Transcription factor and Cellular differentiation. It emphasizes research on Embryonic stem cell, which includes concerns such as Induced pluripotent stem cell.

Genetics, which encompasses Gene and Genome, is the main subject of Cell Research. The study on Immunology featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Immune system in particular. Cancer research study tackled is connected to the field of Cancer.

The study on Stem cell presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Adult stem cell.

  • Cell biology (41.66%)
  • Genetics (16.25%)
  • Molecular biology (13.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro. (3783 citations)
  • Characterization of microRNAs in serum: a novel class of biomarkers for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases (3518 citations)
  • Regulation of chromatin by histone modifications (3165 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cell Research:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Cell biology, Genetics, Signal transduction, Immunology and Cancer research. The majority of Cell biology studies presented in the most cited papers zero in on Stem cell. The published articles explore topics in Cancer research which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Cancer cell and Cancer.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Cell biology, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Virology, Computational biology and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. The Cell biology works featured in Cell Research incorporate elements from Receptor and RNA interference. Receptor research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Protein subunit and Binding site.

Topics in Virology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Antibody and Immunity. The journal discusses concepts in Neutralization and Monoclonal antibody under Antibody and how they intertwine with disciplines like Structure based. The study of RNA and how it intertwines with concepts under Cell were explored in the presented Computational biology research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • AXL is a candidate receptor for SARS-CoV-2 that promotes infection of pulmonary and bronchial epithelial cells. (91 citations)
  • Ferroptosis: molecular mechanisms and health implications (85 citations)
  • Discriminating mild from critical COVID-19 by innate and adaptive immune single-cell profiling of bronchoalveolar lavages. (56 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 Cell Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Qi Zhou (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Guang-Hui Liu (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Guido Kroemer (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Gang Pei (20 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (806 papers) published 54 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (240 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (156 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (155 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fudan University (138 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 1.18% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 61.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.36% of all publications and 22.02% 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

  • Ferroptosis: molecular mechanisms and health implications

    Daolin Tang;Xin Chen;Xin Chen;Rui Kang;Guido Kroemer

    (2021)
    2426 Citations
  • Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 (previously 2019-nCoV) infection by a highly potent pan-coronavirus fusion inhibitor targeting its spike protein that harbors a high capacity to mediate membrane fusion.

    Shuai Xia;Meiqin Liu;Chao Wang;Wei Xu

    (2020)
    1619 Citations
  • The role of ferroptosis in ionizing radiation-induced cell death and tumor suppression.

    Guang Lei;Guang Lei;Yilei Zhang;Pranavi Koppula;Xiaoguang Liu

    (2020)
    890 Citations
  • Cuproptosis: a copper-triggered modality of mitochondrial cell death

    (2022)
    886 Citations
  • Manganese is critical for antitumor immune responses via cGAS-STING and improves the efficacy of clinical immunotherapy

    Mengze Lv;Mengze Lv;Meixia Chen;Rui Zhang;Wen Zhang;Wen Zhang

    (2020)
    594 Citations
  • A pan-cancer blueprint of the heterogeneous tumor microenvironment revealed by single-cell profiling.

    Junbin Qian;Siel Olbrecht;Bram Boeckx;Hanne Vos

    (2020)
    548 Citations
  • AXL is a candidate receptor for SARS-CoV-2 that promotes infection of pulmonary and bronchial epithelial cells.

    Shuai Wang;Zongyang Qiu;Zongyang Qiu;Yingnan Hou;Yingnan Hou;Xiya Deng;Xiya Deng

    (2021)
    474 Citations
  • COVID-19: towards understanding of pathogenesis

    (2020)
    418 Citations
  • Discriminating mild from critical COVID-19 by innate and adaptive immune single-cell profiling of bronchoalveolar lavages.

    Els Wauters;Pierre Van Mol;Abhishek Dinkarnath Garg;Sander Jansen

    (2021)
    353 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2 infects human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids.

    Bao-Zhong Zhang;Bao-Zhong Zhang;Hin Chu;Shuo Han;Huiping Shuai

    (2020)
    322 Citations

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