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Genes, Brain and Behavior
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Genes, Brain and Behavior

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 80 34 38 12
Neuroscience 156 100 99 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 254
Documents by Best Scientists*: 179
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 104
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.861
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Genes, Brain and Behavior?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Neuroscience, Genetics, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Developmental psychology. The Neuroscience study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Anxiety. Gene, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Quantitative trait locus, Allele and Candidate gene studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Genetics presented.

Gene expression and Phenotype are all areas of Gene tackled in it. Single-nucleotide polymorphism research discussed connects with the study of Haplotype. Research on Quantitative trait locus addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Inbred strain.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Allele and the similar topic of Genotype. Internal medicine studies presented include Dopamine and Open field. Endocrinology research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Receptor and Knockout mouse.

  • Neuroscience (30.79%)
  • Genetics (22.47%)
  • Internal medicine (21.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Model of autism: increased ratio of excitation/inhibition in key neural systems (1810 citations)
  • Sociability and preference for social novelty in five inbred strains: an approach to assess autistic‐like behavior in mice (949 citations)
  • Automated apparatus for quantitation of social approach behaviors in mice. (581 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Genes, Brain and Behavior:

The published papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Neuroscience, Developmental psychology, Genetics, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. The works on Neuroscience tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Autism and Disease. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Developmental psychology, it also covers topics in Open field, Cognition, Anxiety, Inbred strain and Physiology.

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

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Genetics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Neuroscience, Cognition, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Touchscreen. The journal concentrates on Neuroscience topics that focus on Hippocampus, Cognitive flexibility, Prefrontal cortex, Working memory and Fear conditioning. While Genes, Brain and Behavior focused on Cognition, it was also able to explore topics like Visual perception and Dementia, Cognitive decline.

Most of the Internal medicine studies addressed also intersect with Anxiety. Issues in Endocrinology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Phenotype, Genetic model, Selective breeding and Genotype. The research on Touchscreen tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Autism, Community building and Continuous performance task.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluation of attention in APP/PS1 mice shows impulsive and compulsive behaviours. (12 citations)
  • Critical mass: The rise of a touchscreen technology community for rodent cognitive testing (11 citations)
  • Spatial reference learning deficits in absence of dysfunctional working memory in the TgF344-AD rat model of Alzheimer's disease. (6 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, Brain and Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Abraham A. Palmer (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • John C. Crabbe (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wim E. Crusio (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tamara J. Phillips (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Robert W. Williams (17 papers) published 3 papers 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, Brain and Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Oregon Health & Science University (56 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (43 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Toronto (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Veterans Health Administration (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 1.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.58% of all publications and 53.09% 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

  • Using the tools of genetic epidemiology to understand sex differences in neuropsychiatric disorders

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • Sex differences: Transcriptional signatures of stress exposure in male and female brains.

    Elena Brivio;Juan Pablo Lopez;Alon Chen;Alon Chen

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Adolescent maturation of the prefrontal cortex: Role of stress and sex in shaping adult risk for compromise.

    Gladys A Shaw;Jeffrey L Dupree;Jeffrey L Dupree;Gretchen N Neigh

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Manifestations of domination: Assessments of social dominance in rodents

    Hannah D. Fulenwider;Maya A. Caruso;Andrey E. Ryabinin

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Genome‐Wide Association Study of Word Reading: Overlap with Risk Genes for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Kaitlyn M. Price;Karen G. Wigg;Yu Feng;Kirsten Blokland

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Assessing the developmental trajectory of mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders: Social and communication deficits in mice with Neurexin 1α deletion.

    Emily Constance Armstrong;Angela Angela Caruso;Michela Servadio;Laura Christiana Andreae

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Sex-dependent effects of Cacna1c haploinsufficiency on juvenile social play behavior and pro-social 50-kHz ultrasonic communication in rats.

    Theresa M. Kisko;Moria D. Braun;Susanne Michels;Stephanie H. Witt

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • New frontiers in translational research: Touchscreens, open science, and the mouse translational research accelerator platform.

    Jacqueline A Sullivan;Julie R Dumont;Sara Memar;Miguel Skirzewski

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Phenotypic profiling of mGlu 7 knockout mice reveals new implications for neurodevelopmental disorders.

    Nicole M. Fisher;Robert W. Gould;Rocco G. Gogliotti;Annalise J. McDonald

    (2020)
    29 Citations

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