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Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines
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Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 502 37 70 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 78
Documents by Best Scientists*: 113
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 55
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.938
Impact Factor: 4.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Chromatography, Traditional medicine, Pharmacology, Chemical constituents and Internal medicine. Column chromatography, High-performance liquid chromatography and Mass spectrometry are all aspects of Chromatography research featured in Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Column chromatography, apply to Silica gel as well.

Studies on Silica gel discussed in Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines link to the field of Sephadex. Discussions in Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines are anchored in the subject of Traditional medicine and the similar topic of Traditional Chinese medicine. The journal addresses concerns in Pharmacology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as In vitro and In vivo.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Chemical constituents, it also covered topics in Organic chemistry, Stereochemistry and Botany. Topics in Internal medicine explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Gastroenterology and Endocrinology.

  • Chromatography (17.79%)
  • Traditional medicine (15.92%)
  • Pharmacology (12.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Traditional Chinese medicine network pharmacology: theory, methodology and application. (539 citations)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine network pharmacology: theory, methodology and application: Traditional Chinese medicine network pharmacology: theory, methodology and application (227 citations)
  • Salvia miltiorrhiza: Traditional medicinal uses, chemistry, and pharmacology. (166 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines:

The main points discussed in the journal papers deal with Traditional medicine, Pharmacology, Chromatography, Botany and Antioxidant. While the journal publications focused on Traditional medicine, they were also able to explore topics like Anti-inflammatory, Chemical constituents, Radix and Traditional Chinese medicine. The published papers address concerns in Pharmacology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Diabetes mellitus, Oxidative stress, Inflammation and Toxicity.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Botany
  • Biochemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines mainly tackles studies in Pharmacology, Apoptosis, Stereochemistry, Biochemistry and In vivo. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Pharmacology but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

  • Inflammation which intersects with area such as STAT3,
  • Western blot which is related to area like Real-time polymerase chain reaction.. The studies in Apoptosis featured incorporate elements of Oxidative stress and Cancer research.

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines features works in Stereochemistry, more specifically Circular dichroism, Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and Lignan, and explores their relation to disciplines like NMR spectra database. Aside from discussions in Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, it also deals with the subject of Glycoside which intersects with Cytotoxic T cell and Cytotoxicity disciplines. Topics in In vitro were tackled in line with various other fields like Oral administration and Triterpene.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • TCM network pharmacology: A new trend towards combining computational, experimental and clinical approaches. (8 citations)
  • Mangiferin inhibited neuroinflammation through regulating microglial polarization and suppressing NF-κB, NLRP3 pathway (3 citations)
  • Comprehensive profiling and characterization of the absorbed components and metabolites in mice serum and tissues following oral administration of Qing-Fei-Pai-Du decoction by UHPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap HRMS. (3 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 Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Guangji Wang (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ling-Yi Kong (31 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Luyong Zhang (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Li Ping (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jing-Yu Liang (26 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 Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (based on the number of publications) are:

  • China Pharmaceutical University (516 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (194 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking Union Medical College (96 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peking University (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 29.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.33% of all publications and 17.33% 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

  • HIF-1: structure, biology and natural modulators.

    Chao Yang;Chao Yang;Zhang-Feng Zhong;Sheng-Peng Wang;Chi-Teng Vong

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Progress in approved drugs from natural product resources

    (2024)
    61 Citations
  • Modern research thoughts and methods on bio-active components of TCM formulae

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Natural products as potent inhibitors of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in cancer therapy.

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Comprehensive profiling and characterization of the absorbed components and metabolites in mice serum and tissues following oral administration of Qing-Fei-Pai-Du decoction by UHPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap HRMS.

    Wei Liu;Jian Huang;Feng Zhang;Cong-Cong Zhang

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Pancreatic lipase inhibitory constituents from Fructus Psoraleae

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Advance in glycosyltransferases, the important bioparts for production of diversified ginsenosides.

    Jia-Ning Zhao;Ru-Feng Wang;Shu-Juan Zhao;Zheng-Tao Wang

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • CO as a therapeutic agent: discovery and delivery forms

    Xiao-Xiao Yang;Bo-Wen Ke;Wen Lu;Bing-He Wang

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Advances on hormone-like activity of Panax ginseng and ginsenosides

    Mei Tian;Lin-Nan Li;Rui-Rong Zheng;Li Yang

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Chemical profiling of Huashi Baidu prescription, an effective anti-COVID-19 TCM formula, by UPLC-Q-TOF/MS.

    Wen-Long Wei;Shi-Fei Wu;Hao-Jv Li;Zhen-Wei Li

    (2021)
    25 Citations

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