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European Journal of Anaesthesiology

0265-0215

Published by: Wolters Kluwer Health

https://journals.lww.com/ejanaesthesiology/pages/default.aspx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 955 89 109 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 125
Documents by Best Scientists*: 137
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 94
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.25
Impact Factor: 6.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Journal of Anaesthesiology?

The foci of European Journal of Anaesthesiology are Anesthesia, Surgery, Internal medicine, Cardiology and Intensive care medicine. The journal tackles research in various disciplines, including Anesthesia and In patient. In the Surgery research discussed, Randomized controlled trial and Bupivacaine are all tackled.

Cardiac surgery is a primary topic of Internal medicine research in European Journal of Anaesthesiology.

  • Anesthesia (51.80%)
  • Surgery (27.85%)
  • Internal medicine (12.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Management of severe perioperative bleeding Guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology (699 citations)
  • Perioperative fasting in adults and children: guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology. (519 citations)
  • Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery: the Task Force for Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-cardiac Surgery of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and endorsed by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) (437 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Journal of Anaesthesiology:

The journal articles focus on Anesthesia, Surgery, Propofol, Randomized controlled trial and General anaesthesia. The presentations in the most cited publications discussing Anesthesia offer insights in topics such as Analgesic, Intubation, Sedation, Perioperative and Fentanyl. Many of the studies tackled in the journal articles connect Surgery with a similar field of study like Morphine.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Diabetes mellitus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

European Journal of Anaesthesiology focuses largely on the fields of Anesthesia, MEDLINE, Internal medicine, General anaesthesia and Randomized controlled trial. Issues in Anesthesia were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Placebo, Clinical trial and Confidence interval. In addition to Confidence interval research, European Journal of Anaesthesiology aims to explore topics under Odds ratio and Incidence (epidemiology).

Research in Prospective cohort study and the interrelating topic of Observational study were among the subjects of interest in the MEDLINE studies discussed in it. The journal focuses on Internal medicine but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gastroenterology and Cardiology. The study of Breathing and how it intertwines with concepts under Mechanical ventilation were explored in the presented General anaesthesia research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • National outcomes and characteristics of patients admitted to Swedish intensive care units for COVID-19: A registry-based cohort study. (7 citations)
  • Efficacy of prehospital administration of fibrinogen concentrate in trauma patients bleeding or presumed to bleed (FIinTIC): A multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised pilot study. (7 citations)
  • Comparison of adequacy of anaesthesia monitoring with standard clinical practice monitoring during routine general anaesthesia: An international, multicentre, single-blinded randomised controlled trial. (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 European Journal of Anaesthesiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Eberhard Kochs (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • René Heylen (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • H. Van Aken (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. De Deyne (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stefan De Hert (67 papers) published 2 papers 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 European Journal of Anaesthesiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Boston Children's Hospital (45 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (44 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Milan (43 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Cork University Hospital (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ghent University Hospital (36 papers) published 1 paper 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, 18.18% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 75.46% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Pre-operative fasting in children

    (2021)
    150 Citations
  • Pain management after total knee arthroplasty

    (2022)
    149 Citations
  • Update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine evidence-based and consensus-based guideline on postoperative delirium in adult patients

    (2023)
    70 Citations
  • Noninvasive respiratory support in the hypoxaemic peri-operative/periprocedural patient: A joint ESA/ESICM guideline.

    Marc Leone;Sharon Einav;Davide Chiumello;Jean Michel Constantin

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Ten years of the Helsinki Declaration on patient safety in anaesthesiology: An expert opinion on peri-operative safety aspects

    Benedikt Preckel;Sven Staender;Daniel Arnal;Guttorm Brattebo;Guttorm Brattebo

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Expert consensus on peri-operative myocardial injury screening in noncardiac surgery: A literature review.

    Christian Puelacher;Bernardo Bollen Pinto;Nicholas L Mills;Emmanuelle Duceppe

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Intra-operative ventilator mechanical power as a predictor of postoperative pulmonary complications in surgical patients: A secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial.

    Dharshi Karalapillai;Laurence Weinberg;Serpa Neto A;Philip Peyton

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Dexmedetomidine for prevention of postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing oesophagectomy with total intravenous anaesthesia: A double-blind, randomised clinical trial.

    Jun Hu;Mudan Zhu;Zongbin Gao;Shihao Zhao

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Modifiable factors associated with postoperative delirium after hip fracture repair: An age-stratified retrospective cohort study.

    Jashvant Poeran;Crispiana Cozowicz;Nicole Zubizarreta;Sarah M Weinstein

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Fluid loading therapy to prevent spinal hypotension in women undergoing elective caesarean section: Network meta-analysis, trial sequential analysis and meta-regression.

    K. Rijs;F.J. Mercier;D.N. Lucas;Rolf Rossaint

    (2020)
    34 Citations

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