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Gut Pathogens
H-index 21

Gut Pathogens

1757-4749

Published by: Springer

https://gutpathogens.biomedcentral.com

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 121 58 65 17
Medicine 2374 34 33 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 137
Documents by Best Scientists*: 120
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.055
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Gut Pathogens?

Gut Pathogens primarily focuses on research topics in Microbiology, Medical microbiology, Parasitology, Virulence and Gene. Research in Campylobacter jejuni and the interrelating topic of Campylobacter were among the subjects of interest in the Microbiology studies discussed in Gut Pathogens. The study of Internal medicine and how it intertwines with concepts under Clostridium difficile were explored in the presented Medical microbiology research.

The featured Parasitology studies mainly concentrate on Genotype but also cover areas of interest in CagA. Concepts in Serotype, as well as related topics in Salmonella enterica, are covered in the Virulence research presented in the journal. Tetracycline, Ampicillin, Multiple drug resistance and Antimicrobial are some topics wherein Antibiotic resistance research discussed in the journal have an impact.

The concepts on Genome presented in Gut Pathogens can also apply to other research fields, including Plasmid and DNA sequencing. Issues in Immunology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Crohn's disease, Inflammatory bowel disease and Paratuberculosis. In Gut Pathogens, Microbiome and Firmicutes are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Gut flora research.

  • Microbiology (54.45%)
  • Medical microbiology (32.77%)
  • Parasitology (23.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Commensal Clostridia: leading players in the maintenance of gut homeostasis (418 citations)
  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of a probiotic in emotional symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (374 citations)
  • Inherent bacterial DNA contamination of extraction and sequencing reagents may affect interpretation of microbiota in low bacterial biomass samples (251 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Gut Pathogens:

The published articles facilitate discussions on Microbiology, Medical microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology and Gut flora. Issues in Microbiology were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Probiotic, Salmonella, Bacteria and Virulence. The works on Medical microbiology tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Internal medicine, Helicobacter pylori, Disease, Pathology and Antibiotic resistance.

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

  • Bacteria
  • Gene
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Microbiology, Medical microbiology, Internal medicine, Parasitology and Gut flora. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Microbiology, it also covered topics in Multilocus sequence typing and Virulence. Gut Pathogens encompasses Medical microbiology studies in the context of Immunology as a whole.

Gut Pathogens focuses on Internal medicine but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gastroenterology, Antibiotics and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The journal holds forums on Parasitology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Helicobacter, Helicobacter pylori, CagA and Virology. The studies in Gut flora featured incorporate elements of Autism spectrum disorder and Lactobacillus.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Interplay between severities of COVID-19 and the gut microbiome: implications of bacterial co-infections? (8 citations)
  • Eubacterium rectale contributes to colorectal cancer initiation via promoting colitis. (6 citations)
  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from patient fecal samples by whole genome sequencing (5 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 Gut Pathogens (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Markus M. Heimesaat (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Leonardo Antonio Sechi (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lothar H. Wieler (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yoshio Yamaoka (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Roy D. Sleator (8 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 Gut Pathogens (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Free University of Berlin (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Seoul National University (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Malaya (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sassari (13 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, 4.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 28.33% of all publications and 53.33% 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

  • Gut Microbiota Changes in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

    Lucius Kang Hua Ho;Valerie Jia Wei Tong;Nicholas Syn;Niranjan Nagarajan;Niranjan Nagarajan

    (2020)
    108 Citations
  • Colistin-resistant Escherichia coli carrying mcr-1 in food, water, hand rinse, and healthy human gut in Bangladesh.

    Fatema Tuz Johura;Jarin Tasnim;Indrajeet Barman;Sahitya Ranjan Biswas

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiome and resistome of diarrheal fecal samples from Kolkata, India, reveals the core and variable microbiota including signatures of microbial dark matter

    Rituparna De;Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay;Shanta Dutta

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Impact of azithromycin mass drug administration on the antibiotic-resistant gut microbiome in children: a randomized, controlled trial

    (2022)
    40 Citations
  • Carvacrol ameliorates acute campylobacteriosis in a clinical murine infection model

    Soraya Mousavi;Anna‑Maria Schmidt;Ulrike Escher;Sophie Kittler

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Gut microbiota of patients with different subtypes of gastric cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors

    Virinder Sarhadi;Binu Mathew;Arto Kokkola;Tiina Karla

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Fusobacterium nucleatum infection correlates with two types of microsatellite alterations in colorectal cancer and triggers DNA damage

    Yoshiki Okita;Minoru Koi;Koki Takeda;Ryan Ross

    (2020)
    31 Citations

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