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Chromosome Research
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Chromosome Research

0967-3849

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10577

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 90 26 32 10
Molecular Biology 148 7 8 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 63
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 91
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.063
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chromosome Research?

Chromosome Research aims to foster the development of research in Genetics, Chromosome, Molecular biology, Karyotype and Genome. The journal encompasses presentations on Genetics, specifically Gene, Centromere, Heterochromatin, Human genetics and Meiosis. While the primary focus in Chromosome Research is Centromere, it also dissects topics surrounding Kinetochore and Cell biology as a whole.

Studies on Human genetics discussed in it link to the field of Computational biology. The Meiosis study featured in Chromosome Research draws parallels with the field of Homologous chromosome. In addition to Chromosome research, the journal aims to explore topics under Evolutionary biology, Ploidy and Chromosomal translocation.

While Molecular biology is the key highlight in Chromosome Research, it also covered some subjects on Chromatin and Histone. The concepts on Karyotype presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Zoology, Autosome and Cytogenetics. Repeated sequence is a major topic of Genome research presented in it.

  • Genetics (65.29%)
  • Chromosome (31.27%)
  • Molecular biology (19.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A drying-down technique for the spreading of mammalian meiocytes from the male and female germline. (568 citations)
  • The fractal globule as a model of chromatin architecture in the cell (410 citations)
  • Role of linker histone in chromatin structure and function: H1 stoichiometry and nucleosome repeat length (356 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chromosome Research:

The journal articles investigate studies in Genetics, Chromosome, Karyotype, Genome and Molecular biology. The works on Chromosome tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Telomere and Chromosomal translocation. Issues in Genome were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Evolutionary biology, Computational biology and Human genetics.

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

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Genome

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Chromosome Research is to expand the discussion of research in Chromosome, Human genetics, Evolutionary biology, Cell biology and Mitosis. Chromosome research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Ultrastructure, Transmission electron microscopy and Ploidy. The study of Karyotype and how it intertwines with concepts under Synchrotron and Cytogenetics were explored in the presented Evolutionary biology research.

While Cell biology is the focus of Chromosome Research, it also provided insights into the studies of DNA methyltransferase, DNA methylation, Euchromatin and Chromatin, Gene. Chromosome Research covers Megaspore research under the subject of Genetics. Genetics study tackled is connected to the field of Effector.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genome-wide mapping of histone modifications during axenic growth in two species of Leptosphaeria maculans showing contrasting genomic organization (2 citations)
  • X-ray Ptychography Imaging of Human Chromosomes After Low-dose Irradiation. (2 citations)
  • Mitotic checkpoint defects: en route to cancer and drug resistance. (2 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 Chromosome Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fengtang Yang (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jennifer A. Marshall Graves (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yoichi Matsuda (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexander S. Graphodatsky (28 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 Chromosome Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cambridge (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hokkaido University (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Texas A&M University (33 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, 3.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.67% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • A universal chromosome identification system for maize and wild Zea species.

    Guilherme T Braz;Lívia do Vale Martins;Tao Zhang;Patrice S Albert

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • The non-Mendelian behavior of plant B chromosomes

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Achiasmatic meiosis in the unisexual Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • The maize abnormal chromosome 10 meiotic drive haplotype: a review

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Prospects and limitations of expansion microscopy in chromatin ultrastructure determination

    Ivona Kubalová;Markéta Schmidt Černohorská;Martina Huranová;Klaus Weisshart

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Do sex chromosomes of snakes, monitor lizards, and iguanian lizards result from multiple fission of an “ancestral amniote super-sex chromosome”?

    Worapong Singchat;Siwapech Sillapaprayoon;Narongrit Muangmai;Sudarath Baicharoen

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Sex chromosome differentiation via changes in the Y chromosome repeat landscape in African annual killifishes Nothobranchius furzeri and N. kadleci

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Mobility of kinetochore proteins measured by FRAP analysis in living cells

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Application and prospects of CRISPR/Cas9-based methods to trace defined genomic sequences in living and fixed plant cells.

    Solmaz Khosravi;Takayoshi Ishii;Steven Dreissig;Steven Dreissig;Andreas Houben

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Mechanisms driving acentric chromosome transmission

    Brandt Warecki;William Sullivan

    (2020)
    17 Citations

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