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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Emerging Infectious Diseases

1080-6059

Published by: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 7 634 930 72
Medicine 121 395 597 66

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1461
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1497
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 71
SCIMAGO H-index: 277
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.879
Impact Factor: 6.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Emerging Infectious Diseases?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Virology, Outbreak, Microbiology, Immunology and Virus. In addition to Virology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Serology and Genotype. It addresses concerns in Outbreak which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Veterinary medicine, Epidemiology, Disease and Environmental health.

The study on Epidemiology presented in Emerging Infectious Diseases intersects with subjects under the field of Pediatrics. The study on Environmental health presented in Emerging Infectious Diseases intersects with the topics under Public health. The work on Microbiology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Escherichia coli, Multilocus sequence typing and Bacteria.

The study on Immunology presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Internal medicine. Influenza A virus is the primary subject of Virus works presented in the journal.

  • Virology (39.13%)
  • Outbreak (16.94%)
  • Microbiology (15.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Food-related illness and death in the United States. (6370 citations)
  • Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens (5311 citations)
  • Biofilms: microbial life on surfaces. (2950 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Emerging Infectious Diseases:

The published articles mainly tackle studies in Virology, Outbreak, Microbiology, Virus and Immunology. The published papers address concerns in Virology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Antibody and Genotype. Outbreak is the main point of discussion in the published articles but it also connects with fields such as

  • Environmental health which intersects with area such as Public health,
  • Epidemiology, which have a strong connection to Incidence (epidemiology)..

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Emerging Infectious Diseases mainly tackles studies in Virology, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Coronavirus, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It facilitates discussions on Virology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Clade and Antibiotic resistance. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it also covered topics in Transmission (medicine), Antibody, Epidemiology and Seroprevalence.

Some problems in Epidemiology that were presented in Emerging Infectious Diseases overlapped with concepts under Demography, Incidence (epidemiology) and Public health. The study of Disease serves as the foundation of the Coronavirus research discussed in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Outbreak but it intersects with the subject of Environmental health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genomic Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Involving E484K Spike Mutation, Brazil. (84 citations)
  • Intrafamilial Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 Associated with Cellular Immune Response without Seroconversion, France. (78 citations)
  • SARS-CoV-2 Transmission between Mink (Neovison vison) and Humans, Denmark. (73 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 Emerging Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Didier Raoult (169 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Polyxeni Potter (150 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Byron Breedlove (73 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pierre E. Rollin (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christian Drosten (61 papers) published 3 papers 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 Emerging Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1152 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (193 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (173 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (128 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • World Health Organization (117 papers) published 5 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, 78.80% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.17% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.67% of all publications and 49.17% 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

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Specific Antibody Responses in Coronavirus Disease Patients

    Nisreen M.A. Okba;Marcel A. Müller;Wentao Li;Chunyan Wang

    (2020)
    1591 Citations
  • Community Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, Shenzhen, China, 2020.

    Jiaye Liu;Xuejiao Liao;Shen Qian;Jing Yuan

    (2020)
    957 Citations
  • Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases.

    Zhanwei Du;Xiaoke Xu;Ye Wu;Lin Wang

    (2020)
    757 Citations
  • US CDC Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR Panel for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.

    Xiaoyan Lu;Lijuan Wang;Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel;Brett Whitaker

    (2020)
    710 Citations
  • Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings-Social Distancing Measures.

    Min W. Fong;Huizhi Gao;Jessica Y. Wong;Jingyi Xiao

    (2020)
    663 Citations
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Patient with Coronavirus Disease, United States.

    Jennifer Harcourt;Jennifer Harcourt;Azaibi Tamin;Xiaoyan Lu;Shifaq Kamili

    (2020)
    641 Citations
  • Evidence Supporting Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 While Presymptomatic or Asymptomatic.

    Nathan W. Furukawa;John T. Brooks;Jeremy Sobel

    (2020)
    601 Citations

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