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Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
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Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

1070-5287

Published by: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1468 56 86 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 87
Documents by Best Scientists*: 113
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.805
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine?

The concepts of Intensive care medicine, Asthma, Disease, MEDLINE and Internal medicine are tackled in Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. The journal holds forums on Intensive care medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Epidemiology, Pneumonia, Pulmonary disease, Cystic fibrosis and COPD. It covers Asthma research under the subject of Immunology.

The journal covers various topics on Immunology such as Pathogenesis and Immune system. Internal medicine research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Gastroenterology, Oncology and Cardiology. Interstitial lung disease is a key component of Lung research discussed in Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine.

  • Intensive care medicine (35.45%)
  • Asthma (15.51%)
  • Disease (15.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The role of particulate pollutants in pulmonary inflammation and asthma: evidence for the involvement of organic chemicals and oxidative stress. (314 citations)
  • Gender differences in sleep disorders. (243 citations)
  • Basic pathogenetic mechanisms in silicosis: current understanding. (229 citations)

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

The most cited articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Intensive care medicine, Asthma, Immunology, Internal medicine and Disease. The published articles hold forums on Intensive care medicine that merge themes from other disciplines such as Epidemiology, MEDLINE, Pulmonary disease, COPD and Tuberculosis. While the most cited articles focused on Asthma, they were also able to explore topics like Airway and Pediatrics.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Intensive care medicine, MEDLINE, Disease, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Sarcoidosis. The work on Intensive care medicine tackled in it brings together disciplines like COPD, Pandemic, Cystic fibrosis and Clinical trial. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine explores research in COPD alongside concepts in Asthma and other areas of study in Bioinformatics.

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine focuses on MEDLINE but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Precision medicine, Thromboembolic disease, Family medicine, Telemedicine and Lung cancer. Some problems in Disease that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Pulmonary fibrosis, Immunology and Cardiology. Sarcoidosis research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Phenotype, Etiology and Pathogenesis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Pulmonary pathology of COVID-19: a review of autopsy studies. (14 citations)
  • Asthma and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2019: current evidence and knowledge gaps. (8 citations)
  • COVID-19 - pathogenesis and immunological findings across the clinical manifestation spectrum. (5 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 Pulmonary Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alimuddin Zumla (39 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Om P. Sharma (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marjolein Drent (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Basil Varkey (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Zuzana Diamant (19 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Pulmonary Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Southern California (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University College London (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Baylor College of Medicine (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Medical College of Wisconsin (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 2.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.90% of all publications and 51.19% 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

  • Endotypes and phenotypes in obstructive sleep apnea.

    Atul Malhotra;Omar Mesarwi;Jean-Louis Pepin;Robert L Owens

    (2020)
    89 Citations
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and COVID-19: interrelationships.

    Dave Singh;Alexander G Mathioudakis;Andrew Higham

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Asthma and air pollution: recent insights in pathogenesis and clinical implications.

    Annelies Bontinck;Tania Maes;Guy Joos

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Editorial: The explosive epidemic outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the persistent threat of respiratory tract infectious diseases to global health security.

    Alimuddin Zumla;Michael S. Niederman

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Transmission of respiratory tract infections at mass gathering events.

    Eskild Petersen;Ziad A Memish;Alimuddin Zumla;Amal Al Maani

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • New guidelines for severe community-acquired pneumonia.

    Ignacio Martin-Loeches;Ignacio Martin-Loeches;Antoni Torres

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Socioeconomic determinants and disparities in sarcoidosis.

    Michelle Sharp;Michelle N. Eakin;Marjolein Drent

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Advances in the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, clinical management and prevention of coronavirus disease 2019

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation in a postcoronavirus disease 2019 world: feasibility, challenges, and solutions

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Advanced pulmonary sarcoidosis

    (2020)
    25 Citations

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