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Current Opinion in Neurobiology
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Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 54 207 206 37

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 304
Documents by Best Scientists*: 281
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 256
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.54
Impact Factor: 5.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Neurobiology?

The journal focuses on Neuroscience, Cell biology, Sensory system, Synaptic plasticity and Cognition. Neuroscience research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Communication, Cognitive science and Function (biology). The majority of Cell biology studies presented zero in on Signal transduction.

The majority of Synaptic plasticity studies in Current Opinion in Neurobiology are focused on the subject of Metaplasticity. The Cognition study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Cognitive psychology.

  • Neuroscience (93.19%)
  • Cell biology (10.66%)
  • Sensory system (9.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Internal models for motor control and trajectory planning (2048 citations)
  • Interoception: the sense of the physiological condition of the body. (1722 citations)
  • Neurotrophin signal transduction in the nervous system. (1710 citations)

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

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Neuroscience, Cell biology, Cognitive psychology, Synaptic plasticity and Cognition. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Neuroscience, it also covers topics in NMDA receptor, Receptor and Long-term potentiation. The journal papers are focused mainly on Cell biology, particularly Signal transduction.

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

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Neuroscience

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Current Opinion in Neurobiology primarily tackles Neuroscience, Disease, Parkinson's disease, Neurodegeneration and Gene. The main emphasis of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is the research on Neuroscience, emphasizing the topic of Neuroprotection. Issues in Disease were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Oxidative stress, Context (language use) and Cognition.

While it focused on Parkinson's disease, it was also able to explore topics like Biomarker (medicine), Retina and Rodent. Neurodegeneration research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Retinal imaging, Retinal, Systems biology, Proteostasis and Synapse. Aside from discussions in Gene, it also deals with the subject of Pathophysiology which intersects with Genetics disciplines.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Synaptic proteostasis in Parkinson's disease. (0 citations)
  • On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models. (0 citations)
  • Rodent models based on endolysosomal genes involved in Parkinson's disease. (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.

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

  • JulianF Burke (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eve Marder (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yishi Jin (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • PhilipJ Benson (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fred H. Gage (10 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 Neurobiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (148 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (139 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (110 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (103 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University College London (94 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, 20.00% 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 20.00% of all publications and 60.00% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Regulation of pain by neuro-immune interactions between macrophages and nociceptor sensory neurons.

    Ouyang Chen;Christopher R Donnelly;Ru-Rong Ji

    (2020)
    187 Citations
  • Neural population geometry: An approach for understanding biological and artificial neural networks.

    SueYeon Chung;L.F. Abbott

    (2021)
    186 Citations
  • Egocentric and allocentric representations of space in the rodent brain.

    Cheng Wang;Cheng Wang;Xiaojing Chen;James J Knierim

    (2020)
    107 Citations
  • Towards precise resting-state fMRI biomarkers in psychiatry: synthesizing developments in transdiagnostic research, dimensional models of psychopathology, and normative neurodevelopment.

    Linden Parkes;Theodore D Satterthwaite;Danielle S Bassett

    (2020)
    89 Citations
  • Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis

    Ryohei Iwata;Pierre Vanderhaeghen

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • An update on fluid biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases: recent success and challenges ahead.

    Joel Simrén;Nicholas J Ashton;Kaj Blennow;Henrik Zetterberg

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience

    (2022)
    81 Citations
  • Playing the piano with the cortex: role of neuronal ensembles and pattern completion in perception and behavior

    Luis Carrillo-Reid;Rafael Yuste

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • The role of the periaqueductal gray in escape behavior.

    Yaara Lefler;Dario Campagner;Tiago Branco

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Statistical methods for dissecting interactions between brain areas.

    João D Semedo;Evren Gokcen;Christian K Machens;Adam Kohn

    (2020)
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