Environmental Microbiology

Top Research Topics at Environmental Microbiology?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Ecology, Microbiology, Bacteria, Biochemistry and Gene. While the journal focused on Ecology, it was also able to explore topics like Archaea and Microbial population biology. In addition to Microbiology research, Environmental Microbiology aims to explore topics under 16S ribosomal RNA, Biofilm, Mutant, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Virulence.

The 16S ribosomal RNA study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Ribosomal RNA. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Bacteria and the similar topic of Botany. The Botany study featured in Environmental Microbiology draws parallels with the field of Soil microbiology.

The Biochemistry works, particularly on Enzyme are tackled in the journal. Research in the field of Genetics was used to conduct the presented Gene study. Presentations on Genetics include those discussing Genome, Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree.

• Ecology (24.33%)
• Microbiology (23.61%)
• Bacteria (16.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A fluorimetric method for the estimation of G+C mol% content in microorganisms by thermal denaturation temperature. (1561 citations)
• Heavy use of prophylactic antibiotics in aquaculture: a growing problem for human and animal health and for the environment (1448 citations)
• Complete genome sequence and comparative analysis of the metabolically versatile Pseudomonas putida KT2440 (1160 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Microbiology:

The journal papers primarily tackle Ecology, Microbiology, Bacteria, Botany and Biochemistry. In addition to Ecology research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Environmental chemistry, Archaea and Microbial population biology. The study of Microbiology in the journal papers encompasses disciplines such as 16S ribosomal RNA, as well as fields such as Phylogenetic tree, all of which overlap with one another.

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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Environmental Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Lawrence P. Wackett (206 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Rudolf Amann (61 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Víctor de Lorenzo (53 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Kenneth N. Timmis (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Michael Y. Galperin (36 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Environmental Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (388 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (328 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (213 papers) published 71 papers at the last edition, 53 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Minnesota (204 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (167 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 1.60% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.77% of all publications and 47.10% 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.