Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Genetics & Development?

Genetics, Cell biology, Gene, Computational biology and Evolutionary biology are the subjects of interest in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. The presentations discussing Genetics offer insights in topics such as Genome, Chromatin, Regulation of gene expression, Phenotype and Gene expression. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development features studies on Genome, including topics such as Genomics.

The journal addresses concerns in Chromatin which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Histone and Epigenetics. In the journal, Cell, Transcription factor and Cellular differentiation are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Cell biology research. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Gene and the similar topic of Function (biology).

The journal links adjacent topics like Computational biology with Cancer.

• Genetics (45.27%)
• Cell biology (32.05%)
• Gene (20.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Histone modifications in transcriptional regulation. (1062 citations)
• Hypoxia-inducible factor 1: master regulator of O2 homeostasis (951 citations)
• HIF-1: upstream and downstream of cancer metabolism. (930 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current Opinion in Genetics & Development:

The journal publications cover a variety of subjects, including Genetics, Cell biology, Gene, Transcription factor and Regulation of gene expression. The journal papers hold forums on Genetics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Evolutionary biology and Computational biology. Cell biology research is the primary subject tackled in the published articles with a focus in Signal transduction.

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

• Gene
• DNA
• Mutation

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Current Opinion in Genetics & Development is to expand the discussion of research in Cell, Cell biology, Tissue homeostasis, Apoptosis and Tissue mechanics. The journal explores issues in Cell which can be linked to other research areas like Competition (biology) and Programmed cell death. Some problems in Competition (biology) that were presented in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development overlapped with concepts under Phenotype, Cellular differentiation, Regenerative medicine and Homeostasis.

The journal holds forums on Programmed cell death that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cell autonomous, Epithelium and Multicellular organism. It focuses on research topics in Tissue mechanics within the context of other fields like Process (anatomy), Barrier function, Extrusion and Biophysics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Cell competition in vertebrates - a key machinery for tissue homeostasis. (0 citations)
• Collective effects in epithelial cell death and cell extrusion. (0 citations)
• The role of tissue maturity and mechanical state in controlling cell extrusion. (0 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 Current Opinion in Genetics & Development (based on the number of publications) are:

• Wojciech Makalowski (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Izabela Makalowska (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tyra G. Wolfsberg (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Susan M. Gasser (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Levine (9 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 Current Opinion in Genetics & Development (based on the number of publications) are:

• Harvard University (120 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Institutes of Health (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Cambridge (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, San Francisco (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, San Diego (70 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% 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.