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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 19 743 981 55
Immunology 40 262 291 33
Medicine 339 386 455 41

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2219
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2213
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 80
SCIMAGO H-index: 136
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.393
Impact Factor: 4.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Microbiology, Immunology, Immune system, Virulence and Cell biology. Microbiology works presented in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology have a specific focus on Pathogen. The Immunology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Microbiome and Disease.

The majority of Microbiome studies are focused on the issues of Dysbiosis. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Immune system and the similar topic of Virology. The Virulence study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Mutant.

The study on Cell biology presented in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology intersects with subjects under the field of Secretion. It focused on Gene research conducted under the discipline of Genetics. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology emphasizes research on Genetics, which includes concerns such as Genome.

  • Microbiology (35.57%)
  • Immunology (17.35%)
  • Immune system (14.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Antimicrobial Peptides: An Emerging Category of Therapeutic Agents (730 citations)
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lifestyle: A Paradigm for Adaptation, Survival, and Persistence. (447 citations)
  • Impact of the Gut Microbiota on Intestinal Immunity Mediated by Tryptophan Metabolism (364 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Microbiology, Immunology, Virulence, Immune system and Virology. Microbiology research is the primary subject tackled in the journal publications with a focus in Pathogen. The journal papers with studies in Immunology featured incorporate elements of Microbiome and Disease.

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

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology are Microbiology, Immunology, Immune system, Internal medicine and Cell biology. The studies in Microbiology featured incorporate elements of Bacteria, Biofilm and Virulence. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology explores issues in Immunology which can be linked to other research areas like Microbiome and Disease.

Innate immune system is part of Immune system studies tackled in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Internal medicine and Gastroenterology. The majority of Gut flora studies presented zero in on Dysbiosis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • T-Helper Cell Subset Response Is a Determining Factor in COVID-19 Progression. (17 citations)
  • A Novel Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteriophage Endolysin LysAB54 With High Antibacterial Activity Against Multiple Gram-Negative Microbes (9 citations)
  • Role of Cytokines in Experimental and Human Visceral Leishmaniasis. (9 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 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • José de la Fuente (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Didier Raoult (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pilar Alberdi (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfgang Eisenreich (10 papers) published 1 paper 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 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (77 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (72 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (69 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (64 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (61 papers) published 6 papers 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, 3.61% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.62% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.50% of all publications and 61.01% 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

  • Antibiotics as Major Disruptors of Gut Microbiota

    Jaime Ramirez;Francisco Guarner;Luis Bustos Fernandez;Aldo Maruy

    (2020)
    563 Citations
  • How Probiotics Affect the Microbiota.

    Grégoire Wieërs;Leila Belkhir;Raphaël Enaud;Sophie Leclercq

    (2020)
    512 Citations
  • SARS-COV-2 Variants: Differences and Potential of Immune Evasion

    Unknown

    (2022)
    383 Citations
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Neurological Disorders.

    Karuna E. W. Vendrik;Rogier E. Ooijevaar;Rogier E. Ooijevaar;Pieter R. C. de Jong;Jon D. Laman

    (2020)
    369 Citations
  • Identification of the PANoptosome: A Molecular Platform Triggering Pyroptosis, Apoptosis, and Necroptosis (PANoptosis).

    Shelbi Christgen;Min Zheng;Sannula Kesavardhana;Rajendra Karki

    (2020)
    334 Citations
  • The PANoptosome: A Deadly Protein Complex Driving Pyroptosis, Apoptosis, and Necroptosis (PANoptosis).

    Parimal Samir;R. K. Subbarao Malireddi;Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

    (2020)
    319 Citations

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