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Epigenomics
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Epigenomics

1750-1911

Published by: Future Medicine

https://www.futuremedicine.com/loi/epi

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 71 48 47 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 298
Documents by Best Scientists*: 239
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.69
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Epigenomics?

Epigenomics mainly deals with areas of study such as DNA methylation, Epigenetics, Genetics, Cancer research and Methylation. In Epigenomics, Cancer, Computational biology and Molecular biology are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in DNA methylation research. The studies on Epigenetics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Bioinformatics, Epigenomics, microRNA, Histone and Epigenome.

It emphasizes research on microRNA, which includes concerns such as Circular RNA. The Genetics study featured in Epigenomics draws connections with the study of Disease. Cancer research research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Carcinogenesis, Breast cancer, Downregulation and upregulation and Cancer epigenetics.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Methylation, it also covered topics in Promoter and Immunology. Gene expression is a major topic of Gene research. Epigenomics focused on Chromatin research but expanded to cover Cell biology.

  • DNA methylation (47.62%)
  • Epigenetics (47.24%)
  • Genetics (29.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • DNA hypomethylation in cancer cells. (634 citations)
  • Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling using Infinium® assay. (473 citations)
  • Evaluation of the Infinium Methylation 450K technology (440 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Epigenomics:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Epigenetics, DNA methylation, Genetics, Epigenomics and Methylation. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Epigenetics, it also covers topics in Cancer, Cancer research, Bioinformatics, Regulation of gene expression and Epigenome. While DNA methylation is the focus of the most cited articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Chromatin, Molecular biology, microRNA and Carcinogenesis.

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

  • Gene
  • Cancer
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of DNA methylation, Epigenetics, Cancer research, Methylation and microRNA are tackled in Epigenomics. Epigenomics facilitates discussions on DNA methylation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Molecular biology and Computational biology. It focuses on Epigenetics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Offspring, Bioinformatics, Epigenomics, Cell biology and Histone.

The journal explores research in Cancer research alongside concepts in Cancer and other areas of study in Pan cancer. The concepts on microRNA presented in Epigenomics can also apply to other research fields, including Competing endogenous RNA, Inflammation, Messenger RNA and Disease. The featured Gene research is covered under the field of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • External validation of integrated genetic-epigenetic biomarkers for predicting incident coronary heart disease. (4 citations)
  • An immune epigenetic insight to COVID-19 infection. (4 citations)
  • Epigenetic modulation of autophagy genes linked to diabetic nephropathy by administration of isorhamnetin in Type 2 diabetes mellitus rats (4 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 Epigenomics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Andrea A. Baccarelli (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Francesco Crea (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Luigi Bouchard (14 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ali R. Jazirehi (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jörg Tost (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 Epigenomics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (50 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Columbia University (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Medical University (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • McGill University (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 3.05% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.24% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.75% of all publications and 58.27% 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

  • A transdisciplinary approach to understand the epigenetic basis of race/ethnicity health disparities

    Lucas A Salas;Lauren C Peres;Zaneta M Thayer;Rick Wa Smith

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • High-throughput miRNA sequencing of the human placenta: expression throughout gestation.

    Tania L Gonzalez;Laura E Eisman;Nikhil V Joshi;Nikhil V Joshi;Amy E Flowers

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Dynamic N6-methyladenosine RNA methylation in brain and diseases.

    Andrew M Shafik;Emily G Allen;Peng Jin

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Expression study of candidate miRNAs and evaluation of their potential use as biomarkers of diabetic neuropathy

    Cinzia Ciccacci;Cinzia Ciccacci;Andrea Latini;Antonella Colantuono;Cristina Politi

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • DNA methylation analysis of candidate genes associated with dementia in peripheral blood

    Peter D Fransquet;Paul Lacaze;Richard Saffery;James Phung

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • DNA methylation episignatures: insight into copy number variation.

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Prefrontal cortex eQTLs/mQTLs enriched in genetic variants associated with alcohol use disorder and other diseases.

    Honghuang Lin;Fan Wang;Andrew J Rosato;Lindsay A Farrer

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • RNA sequencing of exosomes revealed differentially expressed long noncoding RNAs in early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and benign esophagitis

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Comparison of methylation episignatures in KMT2B- and KMT2D-related human disorders.

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Dynamics of the cell-free DNA methylome of metastatic prostate cancer during androgen-targeting treatment.

    Madonna R Peter;Madonna R Peter;Misha Bilenky;Ruth Isserlin;Gary D Bader

    (2020)
    16 Citations

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