Clinical Epigenetics

Top Research Topics at Clinical Epigenetics?

The journal facilitates discussions on DNA methylation, Epigenetics, Methylation, Cancer research and Human genetics. The concepts on DNA methylation presented in Clinical Epigenetics can also apply to other research fields, including Internal medicine and Bioinformatics. The studies on Internal medicine discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Oncology.

Clinical Epigenetics explores issues in Epigenetics which can be linked to other research areas like Gene expression, Immunology, Differentially methylated regions, Histone and Epigenome. Topics in Histone were tackled in line with various other fields like Chromatin and Cell biology. Issues in Methylation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Bisulfite sequencing, Promoter, Molecular biology, Colorectal cancer and Physiology.

Cancer cell, Cancer, Metastasis, Carcinogenesis and microRNA are some topics wherein Cancer research research discussed in Clinical Epigenetics have an impact. Human genetics research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Computational biology and Disease. In the Genetics research discussed, Genomic imprinting, Epigenomics and Imprinting (psychology) are all tackled.

• DNA methylation (66.41%)
• Epigenetics (53.31%)
• Methylation (38.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in recent clinical trials for cancer therapy (342 citations)
• Roles of histone deacetylases in epigenetic regulation: emerging paradigms from studies with inhibitors (328 citations)
• Epigenetic age acceleration predicts cancer, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality in a German case cohort (278 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Clinical Epigenetics:

The journal articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Epigenetics, DNA methylation, Genetics, Methylation and Bioinformatics. The works on Epigenetics tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Cancer research, Immunology, Histone, Human genetics and Epigenome. The journal papers deal with DNA methylation in conjunction with Internal medicine and similar fields in Oncology and Endocrinology.

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 Clinical Epigenetics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Caroline L Relton (20 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Hermann Brenner (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• John W. Holloway (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Ulrich Mahlknecht (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael S. Kobor (11 papers) published 1 paper 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 Clinical Epigenetics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Boston Children's Hospital (36 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (34 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• German Cancer Research Center (34 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• National Institutes of Health (33 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Helsinki (27 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 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, 3.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.34% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.15% of all publications and 47.87% 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.