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Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews
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Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 112 18 26 16
Biology and Biochemistry 341 32 31 19
Medicine 1495 28 34 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 87
Documents by Best Scientists*: 88
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 187
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.877
Impact Factor: 11.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews?

The journal primarily tackles Immunology, Cell biology, Immune system, Cytokine and Signal transduction. Some problems in Immunology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Cancer, Cancer research and Disease. Cancer research research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cancer cell and Metastasis.

The Cell biology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Endocrinology, Transcription factor, Receptor, Internal medicine and Bone morphogenetic protein. The study on Immune system presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Interferon. The journal explores the study of Interferon to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Virology.

Topics in Cytokine were tackled in line with various other fields like Tumor necrosis factor alpha, Proinflammatory cytokine and Growth factor. Chemokine is a key component of Inflammation research discussed in the journal. In particular, the Innate immune system works presented emphasize discussions on Pattern recognition receptor.

  • Immunology (43.36%)
  • Cell biology (30.92%)
  • Immune system (23.53%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Cellular signaling by fibroblast growth factor receptors. (1593 citations)
  • Fibroblast growth factor/fibroblast growth factor receptor system in angiogenesis. (1045 citations)
  • Mechanisms involved in the therapeutic properties of mesenchymal stem cells (982 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews:

Cell biology, Immunology, Receptor, Signal transduction and Cancer research are the main subjects of interest in the journal publications. The published papers focus on Cell biology but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Growth factor which is concerned with Extracellular matrix. The most cited articles connects research in Immunology with the related topics of Cancer.

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

  • Gene
  • Immune system
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews mainly tackles studies in Immunology, Inflammation, Immune system, Cytokine storm and Disease. The journal covers various topics on Immunology such as Cytokine, Proinflammatory cytokine, Innate immune system, Pathogenesis and Virus. The work on Inflammation tackled in Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews brings together disciplines like Cancer, Adipose tissue, Endocrinology, Insulin resistance and Interleukin.

It focuses on Immune system but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Necrosis, Cancer research, Antibody and Tumor necrosis factor alpha. In addition to Cancer research research, the journal aims to explore topics under Cancer cell, Tissue homeostasis, Signal transduction and Chemokine. Receptor, Combination therapy, Biomarker (medicine) and Cytotoxic T cell, Interleukin 15 are some topics wherein Cytokine storm research discussed in Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Is Toll-like receptor 4 involved in the severity of COVID-19 pathology in patients with cardiometabolic comorbidities? (29 citations)
  • SARS-CoV-2 mediated neuroinflammation and the impact of COVID-19 in neurological disorders. (12 citations)
  • Hallmarks of aging and immunosenescence: Connecting the dots. (11 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 & Growth Factor Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John Hiscott (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Claude Libert (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Filippo Belardelli (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sofie Struyf (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jozef Van Damme (8 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 & Growth Factor Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Istituto Superiore di Sanità (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • New York University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (19 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 2021 edition, 3.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 4.76% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 1.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.05% of all publications and 74.60% 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

  • COVID-19: Pathogenesis, cytokine storm and therapeutic potential of interferons.

    Shivraj Hariram Nile;Arti Nile;Jiayin Qiu;Lin Li

    (2020)
    377 Citations
  • The global impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

    John Hiscott;Magdalini Alexandridi;Michela Muscolini;Evelyne Tassone

    (2020)
    330 Citations
  • Correlation between PD-1/PD-L1 expression and polarization in tumor-associated macrophages: A key player in tumor immunotherapy.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    172 Citations
  • Inflamm-aging: Why older men are the most susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 complicated outcomes.

    Massimiliano Bonafè;Francesco Prattichizzo;Angelica Giuliani;Gianluca Storci

    (2020)
    169 Citations
  • Is Toll-like receptor 4 involved in the severity of COVID-19 pathology in patients with cardiometabolic comorbidities?

    Simone Cristina Soares Brandão;Júlia de Oliveira Xavier Ramos;Luca Terracini Dompieri;Emmanuelle Tenório Albuquerque Madruga Godoi

    (2021)
    83 Citations
  • The Covid-19 pandemic in Denmark: Big lessons from a small country.

    David Olagnier;Trine H. Mogensen

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • A critical evaluation of glucocorticoids in the management of severe COVID-19.

    Cinzia Solinas;Laura Perra;Marco Aiello;Edoardo Migliori

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Pathophysiological role of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) in obesity, cancer, and cachexia.

    Jawed Akhtar Siddiqui;Ramesh Pothuraju;Parvez Khan;Gunjan Sharma

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • FGF/FGFR signaling: From lung development to respiratory diseases.

    Lehe Yang;Feng Zhou;Dandan Zheng;Dandan Wang

    (2021)
    69 Citations

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