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FEMS Microbiology Letters
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FEMS Microbiology Letters

0378-1097

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/femsle

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 192 64 71 10
Biology and Biochemistry 363 87 84 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 241
Documents by Best Scientists*: 210
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 181
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.596
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fems Microbiology Letters?

Biochemistry, Microbiology, Bacteria, Molecular biology and Gene are the subjects of interest in the journal. Fems Microbiology Letters tackles issues in Biochemistry, particularly in the topics of Enzyme, Mutant, Amino acid, Biosynthesis and Yeast. Specifically, studies on Saccharomyces cerevisiae are prevalent in the Yeast works discussed.

Fems Microbiology Letters focuses on Microbiology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Plasmid, Virology, Strain (chemistry), Escherichia coli and Virulence. The work on Escherichia coli presented in the journal focuses on Enterobacteriaceae in particular. Issues in Molecular biology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Molecular cloning, Peptide sequence and DNA.

The journal is concerned with the study of Gene and Genetics in general. It covers various topics on Genetics such as Genome, Polymerase chain reaction and Sequence analysis.

  • Biochemistry (37.11%)
  • Microbiology (36.67%)
  • Bacteria (16.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Determination of DNA base composition by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (2399 citations)
  • BLAST 2 Sequences, a new tool for comparing protein and nucleotide sequences. (2076 citations)
  • Adherence of bacteria to hydrocarbons: A simple method for measuring cell‐surface hydrophobicity (1928 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fems Microbiology Letters:

The most cited papers primarily tackle Microbiology, Biochemistry, Bacteria, Gene and Genetics. In addition to Microbiology research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Plasmid, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli, Polymerase chain reaction and Virulence. While the primary focus in the most cited papers is Gene, they also dissect topics surrounding Molecular biology and DNA as a whole.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Bacteria
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Microbiology, Bacteria, Biochemistry, Food science and Gene. The overlapping concepts between Strain (chemistry) and Plasmid are the key highlights of Microbiology study. Biofilm, Lactic acid and Lactobacillus are all aspects of Bacteria research featured in the journal.

The presentations discussing Biochemistry offer insights in topics such as Heterologous expression, Escherichia coli, Biosynthesis and Oxidoreductase. The study of Probiotic and how it intertwines with concepts under Gut flora were explored in the presented Food science research. It focuses on Gene research as part of the broader topic of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Role of non-active site residues in maintaining New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1(NDM-1) function: an approach of site directed mutagenesis and docking. (5 citations)
  • Inactivation of the core cheVAWY chemotaxis genes disrupts chemotactic motility and organised biofilm formation in Campylobacter jejuni. (4 citations)
  • Deciphering operation of tryptophan-independent pathway in high indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) producing Micrococcus aloeverae DCB-20. (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 Fems Microbiology Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Matthew D. Collins (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Toshio Miwatani (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karl-Heinz Schleifer (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wim Harder (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aharon Oren (38 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 Fems Microbiology Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pasteur Institute (259 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (236 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (233 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (221 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (179 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, 4.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 3.80% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.43% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.76% of all publications and 81.01% 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

  • The hydrogen threshold of obligately methyl-reducing methanogens

    Christopher Feldewert;Kristina Lang;Andreas Brune

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Microbial sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and the prospect of organic residues and wastes as growth media for PUFA-producing microorganisms

    Maria Kothri;Maria Mavrommati;Ahmed M Elazzazy;Mohamed N Baeshen

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Methanogenic archaea in peatlands.

    Suzanna L Bräuer;Nathan Basiliko;Henri M P Siljanen;Stephen H Zinder

    (2020)
    73 Citations
  • Production of added-value microbial metabolites during growth of yeast strains on media composed of biodiesel-derived crude glycerol and glycerol/xylose blends.

    Panagiota Diamantopoulou;Rosanina Filippousi;Dimitrios Antoniou;Evaggelia Varfi

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • High-added value products from microalgae and prospects of aquaculture wastewaters as microalgae growth media.

    Marianna Dourou;Panagiotis Dritsas;Mohamed N Baeshen;Ahmed Elazzazy

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes

    (2023)
    37 Citations
  • Effect of polymer type on the colonization of plastic pellets by marine bacteria

    Josefine Hansen;Jette Melchiorsen;Nicole Ciacotich;Lone Gram

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • The forgotten role of food cultures.

    François Bourdichon;Emmanuelle Arias;Andrzej Babuchowski;Anne Bückle

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Methanobactin from methanotrophs: genetics, structure, function and potential applications.

    Jeremy D Semrau;Alan A DiSpirito;Parthiba Karthikeyan Obulisamy;Christina S Kang-Yun

    (2020)
    32 Citations

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