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Human Cell
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Human Cell

0914-7470

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13577

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 635 33 41 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 100
Documents by Best Scientists*: 101
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.89
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Human Cell?

The journal focuses on Cancer research, Stem cell, Cell culture, Cell biology and Molecular biology. Human Cell addresses concerns in Cancer research which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Cancer, Metastasis, Cell growth, Apoptosis and Downregulation and upregulation. While Cell growth is the focus of Human Cell, it also provided insights into the studies of Cell cycle, microRNA and Gene knockdown.

The Stem cell works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Embryonic stem cell, Cellular differentiation, Immunology, Mesenchymal stem cell and Reproductive medicine. Cell, In vitro and Pathology are some topics wherein Cell culture research discussed in Human Cell have an impact. The study on In vitro presented in Human Cell intersects with the topics under In vivo.

Molecular biology works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Flow cytometry.

  • Cancer research (37.33%)
  • Stem cell (34.89%)
  • Cell culture (24.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Integrins in cell adhesion and signaling. (200 citations)
  • The Ishikawa cells from birth to the present. (145 citations)
  • Human breast milk is a rich source of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells. (112 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Human Cell:

The journal publications facilitate discussions on Stem cell, Cancer research, Cell biology, Immunology and Cell culture. While the journal publications focused on Stem cell, they were also able to explore topics like Amniotic stem cells, Cellular differentiation, Adult stem cell, Molecular biology and Mesenchymal stem cell. Issues in Cancer research were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cancer cell, Cancer, Metastasis, Cell growth and Apoptosis.

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

  • Gene
  • Cancer
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Human Cell mostly deals with topics like Cancer research, Stem cell, Cell growth, Downregulation and upregulation and Cell culture. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Cancer research, it also covered topics in Carcinogenesis, Cancer, Apoptosis, Gene knockdown and microRNA. It tackles studies in Long non-coding RNA and the interrelated subject of Messenger RNA to gain insights into Gene knockdown.

Human Cell focuses on Stem cell research as part of the broader topic of Cell biology. The journal facilitates discussions on Downregulation and upregulation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Western blot and In vivo. The journal deals with Cell culture in conjunction with Sarcoma and similar fields in Romidepsin.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • COVID-19 vaccines: rapid development, implications, challenges and future prospects. (27 citations)
  • LncRNA NEAT1 regulates the proliferation and production of the inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes by targeting miR-204-5p. (8 citations)
  • Umbilical cord: an allogenic tissue for potential treatment of COVID-19. (7 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 Human Cell (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hiroshi Ishikawa (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Isamu Ishiwata (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Toshiaki Tachibana (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kazushige Kiguchi (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hisashi Hashimoto (27 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 Human Cell (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jikei University School of Medicine (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Keio University (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • The Nippon Dental University (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Cancer Research Institute (32 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 7 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, 11.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.91% of all publications and 55.87% 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

  • Functional and genetic characterization of three cell lines derived from a single tumor of an Opisthorchis viverrini -associated cholangiocarcinoma patient

    Banchob Sripa;Wunchana Seubwai;Kulthida Vaeteewoottacharn;Kanlayanee Sawanyawisuth

    (2020)
    101 Citations
  • Clinical relevance of tumor microenvironment: immune cells, vessels, and mouse models.

    Eriko Katsuta;Omar M Rashid;Kazuaki Takabe

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Gastric-cancer-derived mesenchymal stem cells: a promising target for resveratrol in the suppression of gastric cancer metastasis

    Lei Yin;Rongxue Zhang;Yuyan Hu;Wenhao Li

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Long noncoding RNA LINC00520 accelerates the progression of colorectal cancer by serving as a competing endogenous RNA of microRNA-577 to increase HSP27 expression

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • The role of PYCR1 in inhibiting 5-fluorouracil-induced ferroptosis and apoptosis through SLC25A10 in colorectal cancer

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • The novel circular RNA circ-PGAP3 retards cervical cancer growth by regulating the miR-769-5p/p53 axis

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses explore the potential role of H3K4me3 in neomycin-induced cochlear Lgr5+ progenitor cell regeneration of hair cells

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Effect of the extracellular component of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells from healthy donors on hematologic neoplasms and their angiogenesis

    Nina Gladkova;Tomohiro Umezu;Satoshi Imanishi;Chiaki Kawana

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Amniotic stem cells as a source of regenerative medicine to treat female infertility

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Preparation, characterization, and antibacterial properties of hybrid nanofibrous scaffolds for cutaneous tissue engineering.

    Leila Mohammadzadeh;Mehrdad Mahkam;Abolfazl Barzegari;Abbas Karimi

    (2021)
    8 Citations

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