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Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
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Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 119 11 29 9
Genetics 170 6 12 2
Medicine 2574 25 26 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 93
Documents by Best Scientists*: 111
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 102
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.62
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis?

The objective of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis is to combine knowledge in the areas of Molecular biology, Genetics, Genotoxicity, Mutagen and Biochemistry. In Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, DNA, DNA damage and Mutation, Gene, Mutant are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Molecular biology research. The research on DNA damage featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Oxidative stress and DNA repair.

It aims to address concerns in Genetics, specifically in the areas of Mutagenesis (molecular biology technique), Gene mutation, Chromosome, Sister chromatid exchange and Mutation (genetic algorithm). While Genotoxicity is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Toxicology, Micronucleus, Micronucleus test and In vivo. The Micronucleus test works featured in Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis incorporate elements from Andrology, Immunology, Lymphocyte and Pharmacology.

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis holds forums on In vivo that merges themes from other disciplines such as In vitro and Bone marrow. Research in Mutagen discussed is concerned with the study of Carcinogen as a whole. The journal explores research in Biochemistry and the adjacent study of Ames test.

  • Molecular biology (34.37%)
  • Genetics (26.73%)
  • Genotoxicity (20.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Single cell gel/comet assay: guidelines for in vitro and in vivo genetic toxicology testing. (3986 citations)
  • Identification of aneuploidy‐inducing agents using cytokinesis‐blocked human lymphocytes and an antikinetochore antibody (586 citations)
  • Comet assay in human biomonitoring studies: Reliability, validation, and applications (554 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis:

The most cited publications mainly deal with areas of study such as Molecular biology, Genetics, Genotoxicity, DNA damage and Biochemistry. The journal papers focus on Molecular biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Cell culture, Mutation, Mutant, DNA and In vivo. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Genotoxicity that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mutagen, Carcinogen, Toxicology and Micronucleus, Micronucleus test.

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

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis are Genotoxicity, DNA damage, Molecular biology, Internal medicine and In vivo. Genotoxicity research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Pollutant, Apoptosis, Micronucleus, Casein and Pharmacology. DNA damage research presented in Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis encompasses a variety of subjects, including Inflammation, Cancer research, Flow cytometry and DNA repair.

Issues in Molecular biology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like In vitro and Restriction enzyme, Gene, Mitochondrial DNA, Endonuclease. While the primary focus in Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis is In vivo, it also dissects topics surrounding Ames test and Chromatography, Anthraquinones, Anthraquinone and Solubility as a whole. The journal covers DNA research under the subject of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The role of epigenetics in the reproductive toxicity of environmental endocrine disruptors. (5 citations)
  • Modified hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate-supplemented diet protects porcine oocyte quality from zearalenone toxicity. (4 citations)
  • A comparison of classical and 21st century genotoxicity tools: A proof of concept study of 18 chemicals comparing in vitro micronucleus, ToxTracker and genomics-based methods (TGx-DDI, whole genome clustering and connectivity mapping) (2 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 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert H. Heflich (54 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stephen D. Dertinger (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Errol Zeiger (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David M. DeMarini (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Barry W. Glickman (32 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 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (176 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Research Triangle Park (162 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Center for Toxicological Research (108 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (74 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Health Canada (65 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, 6.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.63% of all publications and 53.66% 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

  • Mutation as a Toxicological Endpoint for Regulatory Decision-Making.

    Robert H Heflich;George E Johnson;Andreas Zeller;Francesco Marchetti

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Application of the adverse outcome pathway framework to genotoxic modes of action.

    Jennifer C Sasaki;Ashley Allemang;Steven M Bryce;Laura Custer

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Methodologies for detecting environmentally induced DNA damage and repair.

    Wentao Li;Aziz Sancar

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • A comprehensive literature review and meta‐analysis of the prevalence of pan‐cancer BRCA mutations, homologous recombination repair gene mutations, and homologous recombination deficiencies

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Roles of Chk2/CHEK2 in guarding against environmentally‐induced DNA damage and replication‐stress

    Md. Kawsar Mustofa;Yuki Tanoue;Chie Tateishi;Cyrus Vaziri

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • ATR signaling in mammalian meiosis: From upstream scaffolds to downstream signaling.

    Catalina Pereira;Marcus B. Smolka;Robert S. Weiss;Miguel A. Brieño‐Enríquez

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Genetic toxicity testing using human in vitro organotypic airway cultures: Assessing DNA damage with the CometChip and mutagenesis by Duplex Sequencing.

    Yiying Wang;Roberta A Mittelstaedt;Rebecca Wynne;Ying Chen

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Genotoxicity as a toxicologically relevant endpoint to inform risk assessment: A case study with ethylene oxide.

    Bala Bhaskar Gollapudi;Steave Su;Abby A Li;George E Johnson

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Thirdhand Smoke Exposure Causes Replication Stress and Impaired Transcription in Human Lung Cells

    Altaf H. Sarker;Kelly S. Trego;Weiguo Zhang;Peyton Jacob

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Reproductive outcomes and Y chromosome instability in radiation-exposed male workers in cardiac catheterization laboratory.

    Maria Grazia Andreassi;Andrea Borghini;Cecilia Vecoli;Emanuela Piccaluga

    (2020)
    12 Citations

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