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Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Clinical Infectious Diseases

1058-4838

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/cid

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 1 1000 2089 119
Medicine 21 1397 2568 120

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 3026
Documents by Best Scientists*: 3584
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 107
SCIMAGO H-index: 398
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.992
Impact Factor: 7.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Clinical Infectious Diseases?

Clinical Infectious Diseases covers a variety of subjects, including Internal medicine, Immunology, Virology, Microbiology and Surgery. The research on Internal medicine tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Gastroenterology and Antibiotics. The study on Antibiotics presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Intensive care medicine.

It facilitates discussions on Immunology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Disease. The majority of Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) studies presented zero in on Sida. More specifically, the research on Virology in it is related to Virus.

Bacteremia is a major topic of Microbiology research. Clinical Infectious Diseases explores issues in Incidence (epidemiology) which can be linked to other research areas like Epidemiology and Pediatrics. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Viral disease and Immunopathology.

  • Internal medicine (24.91%)
  • Immunology (23.40%)
  • Virology (14.72%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (4645 citations)
  • Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group (3823 citations)
  • 1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded Surveillance Case Definition for AIDS Among Adolescents and Adults (3646 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Clinical Infectious Diseases:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Internal medicine, Immunology, Surgery, Microbiology and Intensive care medicine. The journal articles explore issues in Internal medicine which can be linked to other research areas like Gastroenterology, Antibacterial agent and Bacteremia. The Immunology research tackled in the published papers is interrelated with Epidemiology which concerns subjects like Incidence (epidemiology) and Pediatrics.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Diabetes mellitus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Internal medicine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Virology are the subjects of interest in the journal. It focuses on Internal medicine research which is adjacent to topics in Gastroenterology. While the journal focused on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it was also able to explore topics like Public health, MEDLINE and Emergency medicine.

Most of the MEDLINE studies addressed also intersect with Intensive care medicine. Transmission (medicine), Asymptomatic and Coronavirus are some topics wherein Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) research discussed in the journal have an impact. Confidence interval research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Odds ratio and Demography.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States. (334 citations)
  • Tocilizumab for treatment of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19. (216 citations)
  • Perinatal Transmission of 2019 Coronavirus Disease-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Should We Worry? (205 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 Clinical Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gary P. Wormser (162 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Didier Raoult (108 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Thomas J. Walsh (97 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kenneth H. Mayer (89 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Richard D. Moore (85 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Clinical Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1991 papers) published 161 papers at the last edition, 18 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (1004 papers) published 120 papers at the last edition, 37 more than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (976 papers) published 97 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (761 papers) published 61 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Veterans Health Administration (710 papers) published 49 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 4.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.15% of all publications and 35.88% 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

  • Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Patients With Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019.

    Juanjuan Zhao;Quan Yuan;Haiyan Wang;Wei Liu

    (2020)
    3139 Citations
  • Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    J. Peter Donnelly;Sharon C. Chen;Carol A. Kauffman;William J. Steinbach

    (2020)
    2750 Citations
  • Consistent Detection of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Saliva.

    Kelvin Kai Wang To;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Owen Tak Yin Tsang;Cyril Chik-Yan Yip;Cyril Chik-Yan Yip;Kwok Hung Chan

    (2020)
    2593 Citations
  • Profiling Early Humoral Response to Diagnose Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

    Li Guo;Lili Ren;Siyuan Yang;Meng Xiao

    (2020)
    1872 Citations
  • Bacterial and Fungal Coinfection in Individuals With Coronavirus: A Rapid Review To Support COVID-19 Antimicrobial Prescribing.

    Timothy M Rawson;Timothy M Rawson;Luke S P Moore;Luke S P Moore;Nina Zhu;Nishanthy Ranganathan;Nishanthy Ranganathan

    (2020)
    1597 Citations
  • Self-reported Olfactory and Taste Disorders in Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2 Infection: A Cross-sectional Study.

    Andrea Giacomelli;Laura Pezzati;Federico Conti;Dario Bernacchia

    (2020)
    1511 Citations
  • Predicting infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from diagnostic samples

    Jared Bullard;Jared Bullard;Kerry Dust;Duane Funk;Duane Funk;James E Strong;James E Strong

    (2020)
    1406 Citations

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