Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Top Research Topics at Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology?

The primary areas of discussion in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology are Cell biology, Genetics, Signal transduction, Neuroscience and Computational biology. The Cell biology study tackling the subject of Intracellular is the focus of the journal. In the Genetics research discussed, Gene, Chromatin, DNA replication, Genome and DNA repair are all tackled.

The majority of Signal transduction studies in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology are focused on the subject of Cell signaling. The journal focused on Neuroscience research but expanded to cover Anatomy. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Computational biology, apply to RNA as well.

• Cell biology (47.69%)
• Genetics (15.38%)
• Signal transduction (13.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Nuclear Factor NF-κB Pathway in Inflammation (2242 citations)
• The Bacterial Cell Envelope (1723 citations)
• The NF-κB Family of Transcription Factors and Its Regulation (1412 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology:

Cell biology, Genetics, Signal transduction, Neuroscience and Regulation of gene expression are the main subjects of interest in the most cited publications. While Cell biology is the key highlight in the journal papers, thet also covered some subjects on Integrin and Extracellular matrix. The most cited articles address concerns in Signal transduction which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Inflammation and Transforming growth factor.

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

• Gene
• DNA
• Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Cell biology, Auxin, Chromatin, Computational biology and Neuroscience. The studies on Cell biology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cytoskeleton and Antigen. While the primary focus in the journal is Cytoskeleton, it also dissects topics surrounding Transmembrane protein and Signal transduction as a whole.

The journal holds forums on Chromatin that merges themes from other disciplines such as Transcriptional regulation, Genomics, Chromosome, Regulation of gene expression and Epigenetics. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology focuses on Computational biology but also tackles concerns of closely connected disciplines like

• RNA which is related to area like Transcription (biology),
• Function (biology) that connect with fields like Mechanism (biology).. The journal explores topics in Neuroscience which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Reprogramming, CD8, Regeneration (biology), Process (anatomy) and Cytotoxic T cell.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Auxin Metabolism in Plants. (18 citations)
• A Stem Cell Approach to Cure Type 1 Diabetes. (11 citations)
• Cardiac Neural Crest (10 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Eric R. Kandel (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nahum Sonenberg (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hongjun Song (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David Ron (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paolo Sassone-Corsi (4 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Harvard University (61 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• National Institutes of Health (53 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of California, San Francisco (53 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (48 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (30 papers) published 2 papers 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 12.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 54.44% 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.