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Current Opinion in Hematology
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Current Opinion in Hematology

1065-6251

Published by: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

https://journals.lww.com/co-hematology/pages/default.aspx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 233 5 7 4
Medicine 1863 28 36 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 70
Documents by Best Scientists*: 78
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 110
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.078
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Hematology?

Immunology, Internal medicine, Cell biology, Stem cell and Haematopoiesis are the subjects of interest in Current Opinion in Hematology. The journal investigates Immunology research which frequently intersects with Disease. The concepts on Disease presented in Current Opinion in Hematology can also apply to other research fields, including Bioinformatics and Intensive care medicine.

Current Opinion in Hematology holds forums on Intensive care medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Surgery and MEDLINE. While the primary focus in Current Opinion in Hematology is Internal medicine, it also dissects topics surrounding Oncology and Chemotherapy as a whole. It explores topics in Cell biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Endothelial stem cell, Receptor, Transcription factor and Cellular differentiation.

It focused on Stem cell research but expanded to cover Bone marrow. Current Opinion in Hematology addresses concerns in Haematopoiesis which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Progenitor cell and Cancer research. The work on Transplantation presented in the journal focuses on Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in particular.

  • Immunology (33.53%)
  • Internal medicine (25.01%)
  • Cell biology (16.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Aging and proinflammatory cytokines. (555 citations)
  • Mesenchymal stromal cells. (526 citations)
  • Mast cells and basophils. (489 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current Opinion in Hematology:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Immunology, Cell biology, Internal medicine, Cancer research and Stem cell. Immunology research in the published papers connects with the study of Disease. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Stem cell that incorporate concepts from other fields like Bone marrow and Transplantation.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Current Opinion in Hematology mainly deals with areas of study such as Haematopoiesis, Disease, Computational biology, Stem cell and Myeloid. The research on Haematopoiesis tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Niche, Cancer research, Progenitor cell, Erythropoiesis and Transplantation. Transplantation studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Internal medicine.

While the journal focused on Disease, it was also able to explore topics like Immunology, Intensive care medicine, Cell therapy, Vascular disease and Physiology. Some problems in Immunology that were presented in Current Opinion in Hematology overlapped with concepts under Clonal hematopoiesis, Endothelium and Macrophage. It covers Stem cell research under the subject of Cell biology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Nlrp3 inflammasome - the evolving story of its positive and negative effects on hematopoiesis. (3 citations)
  • Biophysical and rheological biomarkers of red blood cell physiology and pathophysiology. (3 citations)
  • The N6-methyladenosine RNA modification in acute myeloid leukemia (3 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 Current Opinion in Hematology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David C. Dale (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hal E. Broxmeyer (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ayalew Tefferi (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M. Luisa Iruela-Arispe (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jacob M. Rowe (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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Current Opinion in Hematology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (62 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Washington (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (39 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (37 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less 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, 3.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.36% of all publications and 35.71% 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

  • Myeloid sarcoma.

    (2020)
    166 Citations
  • An update on the pathophysiology of immune thrombocytopenia.

    John W. Semple;Johan Rebetz;Amal Maouia;Rick Kapur

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • ANGPTL4: a multifunctional protein involved in metabolism and vascular homeostasis.

    Carlos Fernández-Hernando;Yajaira Suárez

    (2020)
    104 Citations
  • Driver mutations in acute myeloid leukemia.

    Ashwin Kishtagari;Ross L Levine;Aaron D Viny

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Platelets as key players in inflammation and infection.

    Leo Nicolai;Steffen Massberg

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Effective use of hydroxyurea for sickle cell anemia in low-resource countries.

    Alexandra Power-Hays;Russell E Ware

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in acute myeloid leukemia

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • The many flavors of monocyte/macrophage--endothelial cell interactions.

    Gloria E. Hernandez;M. Luisa Iruela-Arispe

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Clonal hematopoiesis driven by DNMT3A and TET2 mutations: role in monocyte and macrophage biology and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

    Isidoro Cobo;Tiffany Tanaka;Christopher K Glass;Calvin Yeang

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • The Nlrp3 inflammasome – the evolving story of its positive and negative effects on hematopoiesis

    (2021)
    23 Citations

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