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Cytokine
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Cytokine

1043-4666

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/cytokine

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 71 124 117 22
Medicine 778 163 138 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 428
Documents by Best Scientists*: 342
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 18
SCIMAGO H-index: 142
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.108
Impact Factor: 3.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cytokine?

Cytokine investigates studies in Immunology, Cytokine, Internal medicine, Cell biology and Molecular biology. Cytokine covers various topics on Immunology such as Immune system, Inflammation, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, Interleukin and Proinflammatory cytokine. Innate immune system is a major topic of Immune system research presented in Cytokine.

While Cytokine is the focus of Cytokine, it also provided insights into the studies of Chemokine, Cancer research and Peripheral blood mononuclear cell. The research on Internal medicine featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Oncology. Specifically, studies on Signal transduction are prevalent in the Cell biology works discussed.

Some problems in Molecular biology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Receptor, Cell culture, Gene expression and Messenger RNA.

  • Immunology (36.35%)
  • Cytokine (23.48%)
  • Internal medicine (22.52%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • LPS/TLR4 signal transduction pathway (1854 citations)
  • Biology of the rantes/sis cytokine family (726 citations)
  • Chimeric anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody cA2 binds recombinant transmembrane TNF-alpha and activates immune effector functions. (646 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cytokine:

The published papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Immunology, Cytokine, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Tumor necrosis factor alpha. While the journal publications focused on Cytokine, they were also able to explore topics like Molecular biology, Peripheral blood mononuclear cell, Cancer research and Cell biology. In addition to Tumor necrosis factor alpha research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Necrosis and Lipopolysaccharide.

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:

The foci of Cytokine are Internal medicine, Immunology, Inflammation, Tumor necrosis factor alpha and Single-nucleotide polymorphism. The subject of Gastroenterology, which is connected to the field of Inflammatory bowel disease, serves as the foundation of the Internal medicine research featured in it. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Immunology, it also covered topics in Sarilumab and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

Issues in Inflammation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ovalbumin, Histone deacetylase inhibitor, Nitric oxide, Sodium butyrate and Curcumin. The journal facilitates discussions on Tumor necrosis factor alpha that incorporate concepts from other fields like Systemic inflammation, Receptor, Interleukin, Programmed cell death and Decoy receptors. The Single-nucleotide polymorphism works featured in it incorporate elements from Pregnancy, Allele and Pathogenesis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • TNF antagonizes CCN1 in apoptosis in esophageal adenocarcinoma. (0 citations)
  • Investigation of the supportive therapy potential of propolis extract and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 milk combination against breast cancer in mice. (0 citations)
  • Association between IL-10 rs3024505 and susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (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 Cytokine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Charles A. Dinarello (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stefan Rose-John (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tadamitsu Kishimoto (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mihai G. Netea (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Hiscott (31 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 Cytokine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (236 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (117 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (96 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of São Paulo (95 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Osaka University (91 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, 6.25% 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 12.50% of all publications and 81.25% 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

  • Interleukin-8: An evolving chemokine.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    570 Citations
  • Interleukin-33 (IL-33): A critical review of its biology and the mechanisms involved in its release as a potent extracellular cytokine.

    (2022)
    220 Citations
  • Clinical significance of measuring serum cytokine levels as inflammatory biomarkers in adult and pediatric COVID-19 cases: A review.

    Benjamin M. Liu;Thomas B. Martins;Lisa K. Peterson;Harry R. Hill

    (2021)
    104 Citations
  • Type I interferon.

    Timothy B Niewold

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • The cytokine storms of COVID-19, H1N1 influenza, CRS and MAS compared. Can one sized treatment fit all?

    Gerwyn Morris;Chiara C. Bortolasci;Basant K. Puri;Wolfgang Marx

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Role of IL-6 in the commitment of T cell subsets.

    Thomas Korn;Michael Hiltensperger

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • The Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 gene (IFITM3) rs12252 C variant is associated with COVID-19.

    Juan Gómez;Guillermo M. Albaiceta;Elías Cuesta-Llavona;Marta García-Clemente

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Increased levels of plasma cytokines and correlations to organ failure and 30-day mortality in critically ill Covid-19 patients.

    Sara Bülow Anderberg;Tomas Luther;Malin Berglund;Rolf Larsson

    (2021)
    66 Citations

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