Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Pediatrics?

The main research concerns discussed in Current Opinion in Pediatrics are Intensive care medicine, MEDLINE, Pediatrics, Disease and Internal medicine. Some problems in MEDLINE that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Health care and Family medicine. Disease research discussed connects with the study of Immunology.

The studies on Internal medicine discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Cardiology.

• Intensive care medicine (22.38%)
• MEDLINE (18.91%)
• Pediatrics (13.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. (1903 citations)
• Epigenetics and environmental chemicals. (670 citations)
• Very low lead exposures and children's neurodevelopment (424 citations)

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

The most cited articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Intensive care medicine, Pediatrics, MEDLINE, Immunology and Disease. Pediatrics research in the most cited papers connects with the study of Pregnancy. While the journal papers focused on MEDLINE, they were also able to explore topics like Epidemiology and Family medicine.

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

• Internal medicine
• Disease
• Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Current Opinion in Pediatrics is to expand the discussion of research in Intensive care medicine, MEDLINE, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Disease and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). While Intensive care medicine is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Sudden death, Increased risk, Virus, Survivorship curve and Airway. The journal tackles studies in Clinical trial and the interrelated subject of Oncology, Vaccination and Coronavirus to gain insights into MEDLINE.

Current Opinion in Pediatrics facilitates discussions on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Transmission (medicine), Pediatrics, Pneumonia and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Disease research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Infection control, Immune system, Referral, Kawasaki disease and Genetic testing. Epidemiology and Incidence (epidemiology) are some topics wherein Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) research discussed in the journal have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• COVID-19 vaccine development: a pediatric perspective. (17 citations)
• Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. (8 citations)
• Epidemiologic trends and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children in the United States. (6 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 Pediatrics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sara F. Forman (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Daniel W. Green (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Nathaniel H. Robin (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Michel Baum (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Allen W. Root (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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• Boston Children's Hospital (406 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Yale University (116 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (102 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (77 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (63 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 12.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 44.19% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.93% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.12% of all publications and 19.77% 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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