Current Tropical Medicine Reports

Top Research Topics at Current tropical medicine reports?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Immunology, Disease, Parasitology, Environmental health and Intensive care medicine. The study on Immunology presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Asymptomatic. Disease research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Leprosy, Epidemiology and Pediatrics.

In it, Transmission (medicine) and Etiology are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Epidemiology research. Issues in Parasitology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Tropical medicine, Genetics, Microbiology and Virology. In addition to Virology research, it aims to explore topics under Innate immune system and Vector (epidemiology).

It holds forums on Environmental health that merges themes from other disciplines such as Diarrhea, Global health, Public health, Breastfeeding and Disease burden. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Public health, it also covered topics in Pandemic and Outbreak. The tackled Intensive care medicine research is interrelated with Vaccination which concerns subjects like Pregnancy.

• Immunology (24.48%)
• Disease (24.07%)
• Parasitology (20.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Pipeline: an Overview. (300 citations)
• Histoplasmosis infections Worldwide : thinking outside of the Ohio River valley (113 citations)
• Rickettsia felis, an Emerging Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis (82 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current tropical medicine reports:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Immunology, Intensive care medicine, Disease, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Virology. The most cited articles explore research in Disease alongside concepts in Virus and other areas of study in Nucleic Acid Vaccines, Immunopotentiation, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Coronavirus. The most cited articles hold forums on Virology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Dysentery, Microbiology and Vector (epidemiology).

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

• Disease
• Internal medicine
• Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Disease, Public health, Pandemic, Epidemiology and Health care. Current tropical medicine reports explores issues in Disease which can be linked to other research areas like Coma, Pathogen, Microbiology and Vector (epidemiology). The discussions emphasized the topic of Vector (epidemiology) in an attempt to further explore the field of Immunology.

While it focused on Public health, it was also able to explore topics like Human migration, Malaria and Chagas disease. Research in the field of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was used to conduct the presented Pandemic study. The concepts on Epidemiology presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Chikungunya, Arbovirus, Genus and Intensive care medicine.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Host-Pathogen Molecular Factors Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Rhizopus spp. in Diabetes Mellitus (7 citations)
• A Review of Leishmaniasis: Current Knowledge and Future Directions. (5 citations)
• An Aspect of Kumbh Mela Massive Gathering and COVID-19. (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Current tropical medicine reports (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rojelio Mejia (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Carlos Franco-Paredes (7 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• José Antonio Suárez (5 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
• Alejandro Restrepo (4 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 tropical medicine reports (based on the number of publications) are:

• Baylor College of Medicine (37 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Johns Hopkins University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Universidad Francisco Marroquín (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Technological University of Pereira (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (6 papers) published 4 papers 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 2021 edition, 10.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.00% of all publications and 28.00% 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.