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Clinical Microbiology and Infection
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 6 527 764 73
Medicine 105 438 709 70

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1100
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1149
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 39
SCIMAGO H-index: 210
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.742
Impact Factor: 8.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Clinical Microbiology and Infection?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection generally zeroes in on subjects such as Microbiology, Internal medicine, Virology, Immunology and Antibiotics. Some problems in Microbiology that were presented in Clinical Microbiology and Infection overlapped with concepts under Staphylococcus aureus and Bacteria. More specifically, the research on Staphylococcus aureus in it is related to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Issues in Internal medicine were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Gastroenterology and Surgery. The studies in Virology featured incorporate elements of Typing and Genotype. The main emphasis of Clinical Microbiology and Infection is the research on Immunology, emphasizing the topic of Antibody.

Most of the Antibiotics studies addressed also intersect with Intensive care medicine. Discussions in Clinical Microbiology and Infection are anchored in the subject of Incidence (epidemiology) and the similar topic of Epidemiology.

  • Microbiology (31.68%)
  • Internal medicine (21.30%)
  • Virology (16.63%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance (5439 citations)
  • Evolving epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (1047 citations)
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: update of the treatment guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection (889 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Clinical Microbiology and Infection:

The most cited publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Microbiology, Internal medicine, Virology, Immunology and Antibacterial agent. The works on Microbiology tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Staphylococcus aureus and Bacteria. The journal papers explore topics in Internal medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Gastroenterology, Surgery and Intensive care medicine.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Internal medicine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Virology. It explores research in Internal medicine and the adjacent study of Gastroenterology. Clinical Microbiology and Infection focuses on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of MEDLINE which is concerned with Intensive care medicine.

The concepts on Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) presented in Clinical Microbiology and Infection can also apply to other research fields, including Antibody and Viral load. Antibody studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Immunology. The journal focuses on Prospective cohort study as well as the interrelated topic of Cohort.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Saliva sample as a non-invasive specimen for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019: a cross-sectional study. (189 citations)
  • Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study. (163 citations)
  • Effect of hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin on the mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (127 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 Microbiology and Infection (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Didier Raoult (145 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Emilio Bouza (81 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Patricia Muñoz (70 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jesús Rodríguez-Baño (62 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Gilbert Greub (56 papers) published 5 papers 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Clinical Microbiology and Infection (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pasteur Institute (192 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (183 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • Carlos III Health Institute (166 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Paris (160 papers) published 34 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Barcelona (147 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 6.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.65% of all publications and 52.76% 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

  • COVID-19, SARS and MERS: are they closely related?

    Nicola Petrosillo;Giulio Viceconte;Onder Ergonul;Giuseppe Ippolito

    (2020)
    1195 Citations
  • European Society of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases (ESCMID) guidelines for the treatment of infections caused by Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (endorsed by ESICM -European Society of intensive care Medicine).

    Unknown

    (2021)
    1188 Citations
  • Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.

    Carolina Garcia-Vidal;Gemma Sanjuan;Estela Moreno-García;Pedro Puerta-Alcalde

    (2021)
    1008 Citations
  • Comparing COVID-19 vaccines for their characteristics, efficacy and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern: A narrative review.

    Thibault Fiolet;Yousra Kherabi;Conor-James MacDonald;Jade Ghosn

    (2021)
    928 Citations
  • Female gender is associated with “long COVID” syndrome: a prospective cohort study

    Francesca Bai;Daniele Tomasoni;Camilla Falcinella;Diletta Barbanotti

    (2021)
    444 Citations
  • Characteristics and predictors of death among 4035 consecutively hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Spain.

    J. Berenguer;P. Ryan;J. Rodríguez-Baño;I. Jarrín

    (2020)
    415 Citations

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