Frontiers in Pharmacology

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Pharmacology?

Frontiers in Pharmacology primarily tackles Pharmacology, Internal medicine, Cancer research, Endocrinology and Inflammation. While Pharmacology is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Oxidative stress, Receptor and In vivo. The In vivo study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of In vitro.

Frontiers in Pharmacology holds forums on Internal medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Gastroenterology and Oncology. The journal facilitates discussions on Cancer research that incorporate concepts from other fields like Cancer cell, Cancer, Apoptosis and Signal transduction. The Signal transduction study featured falls within the wider field of Cell biology.

In it, researchers investigate the Inflammation study as part of research in the field of Immunology.

• Pharmacology (23.31%)
• Internal medicine (19.64%)
• Cancer research (10.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The growing use of herbal medicines: issues relating to adverse reactions and challenges in monitoring safety (1075 citations)
• Advances and Challenges of Liposome Assisted Drug Delivery. (868 citations)
• PD-1 and PD-L1 Checkpoint Signaling Inhibition for Cancer Immunotherapy: Mechanism, Combinations, and Clinical Outcome. (698 citations)

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

The most cited articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Pharmacology, Bioinformatics, Internal medicine, Cell biology and Immunology. The most cited papers tackle studies in Inflammation and the interrelated subject of Oxidative stress to gain insights into Pharmacology. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Endocrinology and Oncology.

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 Frontiers in Pharmacology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Brian Godman (33 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Filippo Drago (30 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Steven Simoens (29 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Xiaohe Xiao (26 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Claudio Bucolo (24 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Frontiers in Pharmacology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Peking Union Medical College (373 papers) published 117 papers at the last edition, 19 more than at the previous edition,
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (218 papers) published 63 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (201 papers) published 78 papers at the last edition, 16 more than at the previous edition,
• Shanghai University (172 papers) published 63 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• Central South University (172 papers) published 73 papers at the last edition, 34 more 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, 8.64% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.12% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.20% of all publications and 52.01% 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.