Food and Environmental Virology

Top Research Topics at Food and Environmental Virology?

The discussions in Food and Environmental Virology mainly cover the fields of Virology, Norovirus, Veterinary medicine, Microbiology and Virus. The research on Virology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Genotype, Hepatitis E virus. The journal focuses on Norovirus but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Shellfish, Contamination and Hepatitis a virus.

Some problems in Shellfish that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Oyster and Mussel. Veterinary medicine research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Feces, Surface water, Fecal coliform and Sewage. The subject of Wastewater, which is connected to the field of Effluent, serves as the foundation of the Sewage research featured in the journal.

In the journal, Bacteriophage, Titer, Feline calicivirus and Bacteria are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Microbiology research. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Virus, it also covered topics in RNA and Chromatography. The tackled Outbreak research is interrelated with Environmental health which concerns subjects like Hygiene.

• Virology (39.10%)
• Norovirus (37.07%)
• Veterinary medicine (28.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Survival of Coronaviruses in Water and Wastewater (262 citations)
• Shellfish-Borne Viral Outbreaks: A Systematic Review (118 citations)
• Detection and Typing of Norovirus from Frozen Strawberries Involved in a Large-Scale Gastroenteritis Outbreak in Germany (117 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Food and Environmental Virology:

The published papers focus largely on the fields of Virology, Norovirus, Microbiology, Virus and Veterinary medicine. The studies tackled in the journal publications, which mainly focus on Virology, apply to Hepatitis E virus as well. The most cited papers hold forums on Norovirus that merge themes from other disciplines such as Shellfish, Contamination, Sewage and Sewage treatment.

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

• Virus
• Bacteria
• DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Norovirus, Veterinary medicine, Virus, Virology and Sewage. The Norovirus research dealing mostly with Murine norovirus is the focus of the journal. It explores topics in Veterinary medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Contamination, Rotavirus, Genotype, Shellfish and Fecal coliform.

While Virus is the key highlight in Food and Environmental Virology, it also covered some subjects on RNA and Porcine adenovirus. The Virology works featured in it incorporate elements from Spreadability and Hepatitis E virus. The research on Sewage featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Phylogenetic tree, Viral load, Sewage treatment, DNA sequencing and Coronavirus.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• SARS-CoV-2 in Human Sewage and River Water from a Remote and Vulnerable Area as a Surveillance Tool in Brazil. (4 citations)
• Bi- and Multi-directional Gene Transfer in the Natural Populations of Polyvalent Bacteriophages, and Their Host Species Spectrum Representing Foodborne Versus Other Human and/or Animal Pathogens (3 citations)
• Optimisation of a PMAxx ™ -RT-qPCR Assay and the Preceding Extraction Method to Selectively Detect Infectious Murine Norovirus Particles in Mussels (3 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 Food and Environmental Virology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Charles P. Gerba (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Marcello Iaconelli (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Marize Pereira Miagostovich (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• S. Della Libera (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Matías Victoria (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Arizona (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (19 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Barcelona (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Yamanashi (11 papers) absent at the last 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, 5.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.45% of all publications and 53.06% 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.