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Histochemistry and Cell Biology
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Histochemistry and Cell Biology

0948-6143

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/418

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 160 12 13 4
Biology and Biochemistry 444 67 139 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 151
Documents by Best Scientists*: 200
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 117
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.751
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Histochemistry and Cell Biology?

The foci of the journal are Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. While Histochemistry and Cell Biology focused on Biochemistry, it was also able to explore topics like Biophysics, Staining and Ultrastructure. Staining studies covered in Histochemistry and Cell Biology falls within the purview of Pathology.

The Pathology study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Anatomy. The studies in Molecular biology featured incorporate elements of Immunohistochemistry, In situ hybridization, Antigen and Antibody, Monoclonal antibody. The work on Cell biology addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Cell.

  • Biochemistry (24.65%)
  • Molecular biology (24.35%)
  • Cell biology (20.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A single protocol to detect transcripts of various types and expression levels in neural tissue and cultured cells: in situ hybridization using digoxigenin-labelled cRNA probes. (1127 citations)
  • Differential staining of acid glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides) by Alcian blue in salt solutions (946 citations)
  • The human keratins: biology and pathology (923 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Histochemistry and Cell Biology:

The most cited articles investigate studies in Cell biology, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. Issues in Cell biology were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cell, Cell type and Immunology. Many of the studies tackled in the journal articles connect Biochemistry with a similar field of study like Staining.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Internal medicine
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Histochemistry and Cell Biology mainly tackles studies in Cell biology, Developmental biology, Immunohistochemistry, Pathology and Receptor. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Cell biology as it also encompasses Cellular differentiation. The Immunohistochemistry works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Endometrium, Cancer research and Cannabinoid receptor.

The Pathology research presented in Histochemistry and Cell Biology explores the relationship between Lung and the closely related topic of Tomography. Topics in Receptor explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Endocrinology, Nucleus and Aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Inflammation is a major topic of Internal medicine research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Volume electron microscopy: analyzing the lung (6 citations)
  • Micrometer-resolution X-ray tomographic full-volume reconstruction of an intact post-mortem juvenile rat lung (5 citations)
  • Lung organoids: advances in generation and 3D-visualization. (4 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 Histochemistry and Cell Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jürgen Roth (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Kasper (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Kugler (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • J.M. Polak (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Douglas J. Taatjes (34 papers) published 1 paper 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Histochemistry and Cell Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Würzburg (198 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Heidelberg University (157 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Zurich (133 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (110 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Helsinki (109 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, 1.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.13% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.14% of all publications and 72.73% 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

  • OME-Zarr: a cloud-optimized bioimaging file format with international community support

    (2023)
    59 Citations
  • Nanoscale imaging using differential expansion microscopy

    Sebastian P Pernal;Asiri Liyanaarachchi;Domenico L Gatti;Brent Formosa

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Neodymium as an alternative contrast for uranium in electron microscopy.

    Jeroen Kuipers;Ben N G Giepmans

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • EBF1 is expressed in pericytes and contributes to pericyte cell commitment

    Francesca Pagani;Elisa Tratta;Patrizia Dell’Era;Manuela Cominelli

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Optical tissue clearing associated with 3D imaging: application in preclinical and clinical studies

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Exosomes produced by melanoma cells significantly influence the biological properties of normal and cancer-associated fibroblasts.

    Karolína Strnadová;Lucie Pfeiferová;Lucie Pfeiferová;Petr Přikryl;Barbora Dvořánková

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Weighted average ensemble-based semantic segmentation in biological electron microscopy images

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Tricellular tight junction protein LSR/angulin-1 contributes to the epithelial barrier and malignancy in human pancreatic cancer cell line.

    Takuro Kyuno;Daisuke Kyuno;Takayuki Kohno;Takumi Konno

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Influence of protein (human galectin-3) design on aspects of lectin activity

    Gabriel García Caballero;Donella Beckwith;Nadezhda V. Shilova;Adele Gabba

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Building a FAIR image data ecosystem for microscopy communities

    (2023)
    23 Citations

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