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Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 69 59 73 13
Microbiology 181 30 43 11
Immunology 232 6 6 4
Biology and Biochemistry 716 10 14 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 112
Documents by Best Scientists*: 120
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.621
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases?

Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases generally zeroes in on subjects such as Virology, Microbiology, Immunology, Virus and Antibody. Issues in Virology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Serology and Antigen. The Serology study featured in Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases draws parallels with the field of Veterinary medicine.

Veterinary medicine research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Feces and Seroprevalence. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Antigen as it also encompasses Molecular biology. It facilitates discussions on Microbiology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Bacteria, Escherichia coli and Virulence.

The in-depth study on Immunology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Disease. The works on Virus deal in particular with Herpesviridae.

  • Virology (35.53%)
  • Microbiology (28.11%)
  • Immunology (24.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Leishmaniasis: current situation and new perspectives. (1793 citations)
  • The changing epidemiology of yellow fever and dengue, 1900 to 2003: full circle? (367 citations)
  • Foot-and-mouth disease virus. (269 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases:

The most cited papers aim to foster the development of research in Virology, Immunology, Microbiology, Virus and Veterinary medicine. The study on Virology presented in the most cited publications is investigated in conjunction with research in Virulence. The most cited papers address concerns in the field of Immunology by exploring it in line with topics in Disease which intersect with Pathogenesis subjects.

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

  • Virus
  • Internal medicine
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases focuses on Veterinary medicine, Microbiology, Seroprevalence, Virology and Serology. Veterinary medicine research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Genotype, Pathogen, Feces and Toxoplasma gondii. In addition to Microbiology research, Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases aims to explore topics under Gene, Virulence, Escherichia coli and Immune system.

Research in Immune system tackled falls within the umbrella of Immunology. The journal covers various topics on Virology such as Virus, Viral shedding and Vaccination. Topics in Serology explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Feline immunodeficiency virus, Feline leukemia virus, CATS and Transmission (medicine).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Drug resistant Tuberculosis: A review. (5 citations)
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis on the global prevalence and subtypes distribution of Blastocystis sp. infection in cattle: A zoonotic concern (4 citations)
  • Prevalence of human visceral leishmaniasis in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis (4 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 Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • G Castrucci (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Didier Raoult (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Maura Ferrari (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • F Frigeri (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bennie Osburn (19 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 Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Davis (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (60 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Perugia (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • École Normale Supérieure (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 2.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.58% of all publications and 64.58% 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

  • Bovine mastitis in northeastern Brazil: Occurrence of emergent bacteria and their phenotypic and genotypic profile of antimicrobial resistance.

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Occurrence of emerging multiresistant pathogens in the production chain of artisanal goat coalho cheese in Brazil.

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Hemotropic mycoplasmas in bats captured near human settlements in Nigeria.

    Sophia Di Cataldo;Joshua Kamani;Aitor Cevidanes;Emmanuel G. Msheliza

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Microbial diversity involved in the etiology of a bovine respiratory disease outbreak in a dairy calf rearing unit.

    Victor H.S. Oliveira;Alais M. Dall Agnol;Alais M. Dall Agnol;Juliana T.T. Fritzen;Elis Lorenzetti;Elis Lorenzetti

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Multiresistant zoonotic pathogens isolated from goat milk in Northeastern Brazil.

    Breno Bezerra Aragão;Sabrina Cândido Trajano;Raylson Pereira de Oliveira;Débora Mirelly Sobral da Silva

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Molecular and serological detection of animal and human vector-borne pathogens in the blood of dogs from Côte d’Ivoire

    Hacène Medkour;Younes Laidoudi;Eric Athias;Amar Bouam

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Molecular investigation of zoonotic intracellular bacteria in Chilean bats.

    Ananda Müller;Ananda Müller;Paulina Sepúlveda;Sophia Di Cataldo;Aitor Cevidanes

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Bartonella bovis and Bartonella chomelii infection in dairy cattle and their ectoparasites in Algeria.

    G. Boularias;N. Azzag;C. Gandoin;C. Bouillin

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • A prospective epidemiological, clinical, and clinicopathologic study of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infection in 435 cats from Greece.

    K.G. Kokkinaki;M.N. Saridomichelakis;L. Leontides;M.E. Mylonakis

    (2021)
    18 Citations

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