FEBS Letters

Top Research Topics at FEBS Letters?

FEBS Letters investigates areas of study like Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Enzyme and Stereochemistry. The study on Biochemistry presented in FEBS Letters intersects with the topics under Biophysics. It investigates Biophysics research which frequently intersects with Membrane.

Topics in Molecular biology were tackled in line with various other fields like Cell culture and Complementary DNA, Messenger RNA, Gene expression, Gene. The Gene study featured falls within the larger field of Genetics. Signal transduction is a major topic of Cell biology research presented in the journal.

• Biochemistry (45.15%)
• Molecular biology (20.24%)
• Cell biology (13.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Green mice' as a source of ubiquitous green cells (2397 citations)
• ERβ: Identification and characterization of a novel human estrogen receptor (2155 citations)
• Biological interactions between polysaccharides and divalent cations: The egg‐box model (2115 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at FEBS Letters:

The published articles aim to foster the development of research in Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. Aside from discussions in Biochemistry, the published articles also deal with the subject of Biophysics which intersects with Membrane disciplines. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Cell biology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Apoptosis and Receptor.

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

• Enzyme
• Gene
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

FEBS Letters primarily focuses on research topics in Cell biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Gene and Computational biology. The Cell biology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Ubiquitin, Ubiquitin ligase and Transcription factor. The studies in Biophysics featured incorporate elements of Receptor, Membrane and ATP-binding cassette transporter.

It focused on Computational biology research but expanded to cover RNA. FEBS Letters focuses on Mitochondrion but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Neurodegeneration and Mitochondrial disease.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Enhanced binding of the N501Y-mutated SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to the human ACE2 receptor: insights from molecular dynamics simulations. (49 citations)
• Mitochondrial DNA copy number in human disease: the more the better? (23 citations)
• Mitochondrial dynamics in health and disease. (12 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in FEBS Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hans Jörnvall (105 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Philip Cohen (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Vladimir P. Skulachev (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yu.A. Ovchinnikov (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sergio Papa (58 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 FEBS Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (1467 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (1375 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Russian Academy of Sciences (1358 papers) absent at the last edition,
• French Institute of Health and Medical Research (1132 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Tokyo (988 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 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, 1.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.24% of all publications and 70.59% 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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