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Genes and Immunity
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Genes and Immunity

1466-4879

Published by: Springer

https://www.nature.com/gene/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 103 27 26 9
Immunology 142 76 46 12
Medicine 1895 78 47 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 196
Documents by Best Scientists*: 101
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 111
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.672
Impact Factor: 4.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Genes and Immunity?

Genes and Immunity investigates areas of study like Immunology, Genetics, Gene, Allele and Single-nucleotide polymorphism. It focuses on Immunology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Odds ratio, Disease and Genotype. Haplotype, Locus (genetics), Linkage disequilibrium, Genetic association and Candidate gene are all aspects of Genetics research featured in Genes and Immunity.

The research on Haplotype tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Genetic variation and Major histocompatibility complex. The studies on Gene discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Molecular biology and Multiple sclerosis. In addition to Allele research, the journal aims to explore topics under Phenotype and Genetic predisposition.

In Genes and Immunity, Genotyping and Case-control study are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Single-nucleotide polymorphism research.

  • Immunology (48.41%)
  • Genetics (42.95%)
  • Gene (29.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Real-time RT-PCR normalisation; strategies and considerations (1438 citations)
  • Cytokine gene polymorphism in human disease: on-line databases. (764 citations)
  • Asthma genetics 2006: the long and winding road to gene discovery. (538 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Genes and Immunity:

The most cited articles investigate areas of study like Immunology, Genetics, Allele, Single-nucleotide polymorphism and Gene. The published papers focus on Immunology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Genotype, Allele frequency and Disease. The studies on Single-nucleotide polymorphism discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Odds ratio and Haplotype.

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

  • Gene
  • Immune system
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Genes and Immunity facilitates discussions on Immune system, Immunology, Gene, Allele and Computational biology. The research on Immune system featured in Genes and Immunity combines topics in other fields like Microbiome, Pathogen, Microbiology and Function (biology). While work presented in it provided substantial information on Immunology, it also covered topics in Genetic association, Disease and Polymorphism (computer science), Genotype.

It addresses concerns in the field of Polymorphism (computer science) by exploring it in line with topics in SNP which intersect with Receptor subjects. The concepts on Gene presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Allergy, Atopy, Cord blood and Antigen. The Allele research presented falls under the domain of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The aging gut microbiome and its impact on host immunity. (5 citations)
  • Immunoglobulin germline gene variation and its impact on human disease (3 citations)
  • Mechanisms of microbe-immune system dialogue within the skin (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.

The top authors publishing in Genes and Immunity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John B. Harley (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael F. Seldin (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jorge R. Oksenberg (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jennifer A. Kelly (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patrick M. Gaffney (24 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 Genes and Immunity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, San Francisco (70 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (66 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham (54 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Karolinska Institutet (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (49 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, 3.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.45% of all publications and 61.29% 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

  • Gene–environment interactions and their impact on human health

    (2022)
    135 Citations
  • Extra-adrenal Glucocorticoid Biosynthesis: Implications for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders

    Radomir M. Slominski;Robert C. Tuckey;Pulak R. Manna;Anton M. Jetten

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • Immunoglobulin germline gene variation and its impact on human disease

    Ivana Mikocziova;Ivana Mikocziova;Victor Greiff;Ludvig M Sollid;Ludvig M Sollid

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • Evolution and function of interleukin-4 receptor signaling in adaptive immunity and neutrophils.

    Lukas E. M. Heeb;Cecilie Egholm;Onur Boyman

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Progress in the genetics of uveitis

    (2022)
    58 Citations
  • Rare variants in Toll-like receptor 7 results in functional impairment and downregulation of cytokine-mediated signaling in COVID-19 patients

    (2021)
    57 Citations

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