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Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 2346 43 36 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 54
Documents by Best Scientists*: 43
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.551
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Growth Hormone & Igf Research?

Growth Hormone & Igf Research aims to foster the development of research in Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Growth hormone, Insulin-like growth factor and Growth factor. The presentations discussing Internal medicine offer insights in topics such as Insulin, Growth hormone deficiency, Receptor, Hormone and Acromegaly. Growth Hormone & Igf Research aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Endocrinology and In patient.

  • Internal medicine (70.70%)
  • Endocrinology (64.84%)
  • Growth hormone (17.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • SERUM LEVELS OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I AND ITS BINDING PROTEINS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE (387 citations)
  • Free insulin-like growth factors -- measurements and relationships to growth hormone secretion and glucose homeostasis. (295 citations)
  • Control of cell survival by IGF signaling pathways. (256 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Growth Hormone & Igf Research:

The journal articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Growth hormone, Growth factor and Insulin-like growth factor. The journal papers focus on Endocrinology as well as the interrelated topics of Receptor. While Growth factor is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Binding protein and In vivo.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Growth Hormone & Igf Research tackles a plethora of topics, such as Internal medicine, Acromegaly, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Growth hormone deficiency. It links adjacent topics like Internal medicine with Oncology. In addition to Acromegaly research, Growth Hormone & Igf Research aims to explore topics under Epidemiology, Retrospective cohort study, Cohort and Comorbidity.

While it focused on Endocrinology, it was also able to explore topics like Tamoxifen and STAT5B. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Gastroenterology, it also covered topics in Diabetes mellitus, Cross-sectional study, Endothelial dysfunction, Pituitary disease and Magnetic resonance imaging. In Growth Hormone & Igf Research, Recombinant growth hormone, Biosimilar, Incidence (epidemiology) and Immunogenicity are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Growth hormone deficiency research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Growth hormone deficiency, acromegaly and COVID-19: Transitioning from media reports to knowledge and a growth hormone hypothesis. (4 citations)
  • Adult growth hormone deficiency: Optimizing transition of care from pediatric to adult services (2 citations)
  • Digital technologies to improve the precision of paediatric growth disorder diagnosis and management. (1 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 Growth Hormone & Igf Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jan Frystyk (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gudmundur Johannsson (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John J. Kopchick (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Allan Flyvbjerg (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fumihiko Hakuno (35 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 Growth Hormone & Igf Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Aarhus University Hospital (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Aarhus University (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karolinska Institutet (34 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 72.22% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Impact of short stature on quality of life: A systematic literature review.

    Philippe Backeljauw;Marco Cappa;Wieland Kiess;Lisa Law

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Crosstalk between the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 axis and the gut microbiome: A new frontier for microbial endocrinology.

    Elizabeth A. Jensen;Jonathan A. Young;Samuel C. Mathes;Edward O. List

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Biochemical discrepancies in the evaluation of the somatotroph axis: Elevated GH or IGF-1 levels do not always diagnose acromegaly.

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • Expression of IGF-1 receptor and GH receptor in hepatic tissue of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • Pregnancy-associated plasma proteins and Stanniocalcin-2 - Novel players controlling IGF-I physiology.

    Jan Frystyk;Enrique Teran;Mette Faurholdt Gude;Mette Bjerre

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Digital technologies to improve the precision of paediatric growth disorder diagnosis and management.

    Leo Dunkel;Luis Fernandez-Luque;Sandro Loche;Martin O. Savage

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Treatment of the adult growth hormone deficiency syndrome with growth hormone: What are the implications for other hormone replacement therapies for hypopituitarism?

    Gustavo Fierro;Andrew R. Hoffman

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Hormonal stress responses of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I in highly resistance trained women and men.

    Disa L. Hatfield;William J. Kraemer;Jeff S. Volek;Bradley C. Nindl

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Bioactive growth hormone in humans: Controversies, complexities and concepts.

    Wesley C. Hymer;Mary J. Kennett;Samir K. Maji;Kristin L. Gosselink

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Elevated levels of IL-6 and IGFBP-1 predict low serum IGF-1 levels during continuous infusion of rhIGF-1/rhIGFBP-3 in extremely preterm infants

    Susanna Klevebro;Gunnel Hellgren;Ingrid Hansen-Pupp;Dirk Wackernagel

    (2020)
    12 Citations

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