Cells

Top Research Topics at Cells?

Cells was organized to reinforce research efforts on Cell biology, Cancer research, Internal medicine, Inflammation and Immune system. Autophagy and Cell are some topics wherein Cell biology research discussed in Cells have an impact. While work presented in Cells provided substantial information on Cancer research, it also covered topics in Cancer cell, Cancer, Metastasis and Apoptosis.

While Cells focused on Internal medicine, it was also able to explore topics like Endocrinology and Oncology. It explores the study of Immune system to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Immunology.

• Cell biology (34.59%)
• Cancer research (18.77%)
• Internal medicine (8.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Overview of Extracellular Vesicles, Their Origin, Composition, Purpose, and Methods for Exosome Isolation and Analysis. (431 citations)
• The Regulation of NF-κB Subunits by Phosphorylation (313 citations)
• Review of the Isolation, Characterization, Biological Function, and Multifarious Therapeutic Approaches of Exosomes (262 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cells:

Cell biology, Cancer research, Cancer, Autophagy and Inflammation are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The study on Cell biology presented in the published articles is investigated in conjunction with research in Cell. While Cancer research is the focus of the most cited articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Cancer cell, Metastasis, Immune system and Carcinogenesis.

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 Cells (based on the number of publications) are:

• Paul V. Lehmann (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Ralf Weiskirchen (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Bor Luen Tang (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Zubair Ahmed (11 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Robert David (10 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• French Institute of Health and Medical Research (114 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Milan (112 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (98 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• National Institutes of Health (91 papers) published 41 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
• Polish Academy of Sciences (89 papers) published 43 papers at the last edition, 12 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, 4.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.60% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.65% of all publications and 72.28% 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.

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