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Frontiers in Microbiology
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Frontiers in Microbiology

1664-302X

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 9 1190 2177 68

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 5945
Documents by Best Scientists*: 7319
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 191
SCIMAGO H-index: 259
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.172
Impact Factor: 4.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Microbiology?

The main points discussed in Frontiers in Microbiology deals with Microbiology, Gene, Bacteria, Genetics and Biochemistry. Some problems in Microbiology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Biofilm and Virulence. The Virulence study featured in it draws connections with the study of Pathogen.

The study on Gene featured in it expounds on the topic of Mutant in particular. The study on Bacteria presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Food science. The presentations discussing Genetics offer insights in topics such as Genome, Plasmid and Phylogenetic tree.

Enzyme is a key component of Biochemistry research discussed in the journal.

  • Microbiology (25.35%)
  • Gene (12.49%)
  • Bacteria (11.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Natural Antibiotic Resistance and Contamination by Antibiotic Resistance Determinants: The Two Ages in the Evolution of Resistance to Antimicrobials (1979 citations)
  • Growth of Rhodococcus sp. strain BCP1 on gaseous n-alkanes: new metabolic insights and transcriptional analysis of two soluble di-iron monooxygenase genes. (1699 citations)
  • Nucleic acid-based approaches to investigate microbial-related cheese quality defects (1354 citations)

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

The published papers investigate studies in Microbiology, Ecology, Bacteria, Genetics and Botany. The most cited papers hold forums on Microbiology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Biofilm and Virulence. Issues in Ecology were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Metagenomics, Microbiome, Environmental chemistry and Microbial population biology.

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 Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Qingping Wu (56 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jumei Zhang (50 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kok-Gan Chan (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gabriele Berg (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Bernard La Scola (35 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Frontiers in Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (754 papers) published 179 papers at the last edition, 38 more than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (430 papers) published 43 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • South China Agricultural University (276 papers) published 46 papers at the last edition, 21 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (236 papers) published 65 papers at the last edition, 26 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (224 papers) published 32 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, 4.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.60% of all publications and 66.33% 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

  • Recent Understanding of Soil Acidobacteria and Their Ecological Significance: A Critical Review.

    Sadaf Kalam;Anirban Basu;Iqbal Ahmad;R. Z. Sayyed

    (2020)
    681 Citations
  • Insertions and Duplications in the Polyproline Region of the Hepatitis E Virus.

    Sébastien Lhomme;Florence Nicot;Nicolas Jeanne;Chloé Dimeglio

    (2020)
    525 Citations
  • Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria.

    Anton Hördt;Marina García López;Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Marcel Schleuning

    (2020)
    461 Citations
  • Criteria to Qualify Microorganisms as "Probiotic" in Foods and Dietary Supplements.

    Sylvie Binda;Colin Hill;Eric Johansen;David Obis

    (2020)
    415 Citations
  • Virulence Factors in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Jie Zhu;Tao Wang;Liang Chen;Hong Du

    (2021)
    294 Citations
  • An Overview on Fecal Branched Short-Chain Fatty Acids Along Human Life and as Related With Body Mass Index: Associated Dietary and Anthropometric Factors.

    David Rios-Covian;Sonia González;Sonia González;Alicja M Nogacka;Alicja M Nogacka;Silvia Arboleya;Silvia Arboleya

    (2020)
    261 Citations
  • Novel Odoribacter splanchnicus Strain and Its Outer Membrane Vesicles Exert Immunoregulatory Effects in vitro

    Kaisa Hiippala;Gonçalo Barreto;Claudia Burrello;Angelica Diaz-Basabe

    (2020)
    214 Citations
  • Computer-Aided Design of Antimicrobial Peptides: Are We Generating Effective Drug Candidates?

    Marlon H. Cardoso;Marlon H. Cardoso;Raquel Q. Orozco;Raquel Q. Orozco;Samilla B. Rezende;Gisele Rodrigues

    (2020)
    204 Citations
  • Clinical Impact of Antibiotics for the Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Infections

    Elodie Olivares;Stéphanie Badel-Berchoux;Christian Provot;Gilles Prévost

    (2020)
    193 Citations
  • Understanding How Microorganisms Respond to Acid pH Is Central to Their Control and Successful Exploitation

    Peter A Lund;Daniela De Biase;Oded Liran;Ott Scheler

    (2020)
    179 Citations

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