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Clinical Microbiology Reviews
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews

0893-8512

Published by: American Society for Microbiology

https://journals.asm.org/journal/cmr

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 39 111 86 41
Immunology 110 27 24 16
Medicine 666 70 55 30

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 206
Documents by Best Scientists*: 126
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 340
SCIMAGO SJR: 5.594
Impact Factor: 19.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Clinical Microbiology Reviews?

Clinical Microbiology Reviews investigates areas of study like Immunology, Microbiology, Virology, Disease and Intensive care medicine. The study on Immunology presented in it intersects with the topics under Epidemiology. The research on Microbiology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Bacteria and Virulence.

It links adjacent topics like Virulence with Pathogen. The Virology study featured in it draws connections with the study of Antigen. It focused on Antigen research but expanded to cover Antibody.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Disease and the similar topic of Outbreak. The study on Antibiotic resistance presented in it intersects with the topics under Antimicrobial.

  • Immunology (43.37%)
  • Microbiology (28.83%)
  • Virology (23.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Plant Products as Antimicrobial Agents (6061 citations)
  • Biofilms: Survival Mechanisms of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms (4800 citations)
  • Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (4344 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Clinical Microbiology Reviews:

The most cited articles cover a variety of subjects, including Immunology, Microbiology, Virology, Disease and Antibiotic resistance. The published papers deal with Immunology in conjunction with Epidemiology and similar fields in Transmission (medicine) and Public health. The journal papers explore issues in Microbiology which can be linked to other research areas like Bacteria and Virulence.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Virus
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Immunology, Transmission (medicine), Intensive care medicine, Microbiology and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The Immunology works featured in Clinical Microbiology Reviews incorporate elements from Lung injury and Respiratory tract infections. The Intensive care medicine research presented in Clinical Microbiology Reviews explores the relationship between Antibiotic resistance and the closely related topic of Livestock, Acinetobacter, Bacteremia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella.

Clinical Microbiology Reviews focuses on Microbiology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Microbiome, Tissue invasion, Acinetobacter baumannii, Gram-negative bacteria and Virulence. Clinical Microbiology Reviews facilitates discussions on Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Viral entry, Virology, Monoclonal antibody and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. It covers research in Virology, particularly Cryptosporidium parvum and how they are related with concepts in Subtyping.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a Systemic Infection. (23 citations)
  • Erratum: SARS-CoV-2 and health care worker protection in low-risk settings: a review of modes of transmission and a novel airborne model involving inhalable particles (Clin Microbiol Rev, (2021) 34(1), e00184-20, 10.1128/CMR.00184-20) (11 citations)
  • Tools and Techniques for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/COVID-19 Detection. (9 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 Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Didier Raoult (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Donald P. McManus (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • David L. Paterson (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael A. Pfaller (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mahmoud A. Ghannoum (5 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 Clinical Microbiology Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (75 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (20 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, 4.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.82% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.26% of all publications and 64.10% 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

  • Antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens

    David M. P. De Oliveira;Brian M. Forde;Timothy J. Kidd;Patrick N. A. Harris

    (2020)
    1916 Citations
  • Epidemiology of β-Lactamase-Producing Pathogens.

    Karen Bush;Patricia A. Bradford

    (2020)
    851 Citations
  • Emerging Tick-Borne Diseases.

    Susan Madison-Antenucci;Laura D. Kramer;Linda L. Gebhardt;Elizabeth Kauffman

    (2020)
    558 Citations
  • New β-Lactam-β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations.

    Dafna Yahav;Dafna Yahav;Christian G. Giske;Alise Grāmatniece;Alise Grāmatniece;Henrietta Abodakpi

    (2020)
    480 Citations
  • Hepatitis B Virus: Advances in Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy.

    Mindie H. Nguyen;Grace Wong;Edward Gane;Edward Gane;Jia-Horng Kao

    (2020)
    403 Citations
  • Remdesivir against COVID-19 and Other Viral Diseases.

    Jakob J. Malin;Isabelle Suárez;Vanessa Priesner;Gerd Fätkenheuer

    (2020)
    259 Citations

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