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Early Human Development

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1680 72 102 15

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Number of Best Scientists*: 181
Documents by Best Scientists*: 203
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 115
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.815
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Early Human Development?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Pediatrics, Internal medicine, Gestational age, Pregnancy and Endocrinology. Prospective cohort study, Low birth weight, Cohort study and Cohort are some topics wherein Pediatrics research discussed in Early Human Development have an impact. The journal facilitates discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gastroenterology, Fetus, Physiology and Cardiology.

The research on Fetus discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Anatomy. Issues in Gestational age were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Anesthesia and Birth weight. Early Human Development links adjacent topics like Pregnancy with Obstetrics.

  • Pediatrics (24.60%)
  • Internal medicine (20.22%)
  • Gestational age (15.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Comparative aspects of the brain growth spurt (2149 citations)
  • The Dutch famine and its long-term consequences for adult health. (737 citations)
  • 2nd to 4th digit ratios, fetal testosterone and estradiol. (725 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Early Human Development:

The most cited papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Pediatrics, Gestational age, Pregnancy, Fetus and Internal medicine. The journal publications hold forums on Pregnancy that merge themes from other disciplines such as Developmental psychology, Anxiety and Obstetrics. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Endocrinology and Cardiology.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Diabetes mellitus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Pediatrics, Gestational age, Neonatal intensive care unit, Pregnancy and Retrospective cohort study. Pediatrics research featured in Early Human Development incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Extremely preterm, Cohort study, Cerebral palsy and Toddler. The subject of Obstetrics, which is connected to the field of Incidence (epidemiology), serves as the foundation of the Gestational age research featured in the journal.

It explores research in Neonatal intensive care unit alongside concepts in Anxiety and other areas of study in Depression (differential diagnoses) and Clinical psychology. Offspring, Fetus and Gestation are some of the study areas of Pregnancy discussed. Early Human Development focuses on Retrospective cohort study research as part of the broader topic of Internal medicine.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm infants: The role of severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. (7 citations)
  • Early life factors and COVID-19 infection in England: A prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants. (5 citations)
  • Depression during pregnancy and the risk of low birth weight, preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction- an updated meta-analysis. (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 Early Human Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Victor Grech (139 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 54 less than at the previous edition,
  • Anne Greenough (57 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Paolo Manzoni (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mijna Hadders-Algra (45 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Arend F. Bos (42 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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 Early Human Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Boston Children's Hospital (346 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mater Dei Hospital (117 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 52 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (86 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Groningen (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (71 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 4.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 51.05% 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.

Career Pathways in Medical Research

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Top Publications

  • Evaluation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ 3) as a developmental screener at 9, 18, and 24 months.

    Pratibha Keshav Agarwal;Huichao Xie;Anu Sathyan Sathyapalan Rema;Victor Samuel Rajadurai

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm infants: The role of severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

    Francesca Gallini;Maria Coppola;Domenico Umberto De Rose;Domenico Umberto De Rose;Luca Maggio

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Family Integrated Care (FICare): Positive impact on behavioural outcomes at 18 months

    Paige Terrien Church;Ruth E. Grunau;Lucia Mirea;Julie Petrie

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Sociodemographic and medical influences on neurobehavioral patterns in preterm infants: A multi-center study.

    Elisabeth C. McGowan;T. Julie A. Hofheimer;T. Michael O'Shea;Brian S. Carter

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • General Movement Assessment from videos of computed 3D infant body models is equally effective compared to conventional RGB video rating.

    A. Sebastian Schroeder;Nikolas Hesse;Raphael Weinberger;Uta Tacke

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Neonatal pain, thalamic development and sensory processing behaviour in children born very preterm.

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Interstitial lung disease in infancy.

    Andrew Bush;Carlee Gilbert;Jo Gregory;Andrew Gordon Nicholson

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Do lifetime anxiety disorders (anxiety liability) and pregnancy-related anxiety predict complications during pregnancy and delivery?

    Jana Hoyer;Gesine Wieder;Michael Höfler;Linda Krause

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Outcomes following less-invasive-surfactant-administration in the delivery-room.

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Alberta Infant Motor Scale: Cross-cultural analysis of gross motor development in Dutch and Canadian infants and introduction of Dutch norms.

    Patricia A M van Iersel;Sacha la Bastide-van Gemert;Ying-Chin Wu;Mijna Hadders-Algra

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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