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Infection and Immunity
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Infection and Immunity

0019-9567

Published by: American Society for Microbiology

https://journals.asm.org/journal/iai

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 91 125 147 18
Microbiology 98 251 304 21
Animal Science and Veterinary 123 15 17 9
Medicine 1418 100 109 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 573
Documents by Best Scientists*: 516
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 21
SCIMAGO H-index: 249
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.054
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Infection and Immunity?

The foci of Infection and Immunity are Microbiology, Immunology, Virology, Antigen and Molecular biology. The Microbiology research presented in it explores the relationship between Virulence and the closely related topic of Plasmid. Immune system, Immunity, Cytokine, Spleen and Interferon gamma are among the areas of Immunology tackled.

Immune system research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Cellular immunity. The tackled Cytokine research is interrelated with Tumor necrosis factor alpha which concerns subjects like Proinflammatory cytokine. The studies in Virology featured incorporate elements of Bacterial vaccine and Immunogenicity.

Epitope and Antiserum are all areas of Antigen tackled in it. Molecular biology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Peptide sequence and Biochemistry. The Escherichia coli research dealing mostly with Enterobacteriaceae is the focus of it.

  • Microbiology (58.84%)
  • Immunology (22.14%)
  • Virology (19.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Apoptosis, pyroptosis, and necrosis: mechanistic description of dead and dying eukaryotic cells (1454 citations)
  • Resident enteric bacteria are necessary for development of spontaneous colitis and immune system activation in interleukin-10-deficient mice. (1259 citations)
  • Differential Alteration in Intestinal Epithelial Cell Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) and TLR4 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (1137 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Infection and Immunity:

The published articles focus on Microbiology, Immunology, Virulence, Virology and Molecular biology. The studies on Microbiology discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Mutant, Antigen, Bacteria, Escherichia coli and Antibody. The works on Virology tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Bacterial vaccine and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Microbiology, Immune system, Virulence, Immunology and Cell biology. The subject of Gene, which is connected to the field of Streptococcus pneumoniae, serves as the foundation of the Microbiology research featured in Infection and Immunity. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Immune system, it also covered topics in Antigen and Vaccination.

The concepts on Antigen presented in Infection and Immunity can also apply to other research fields, including Antibody and Virology. Some problems in Virulence that were presented in Infection and Immunity overlapped with concepts under Bacterial outer membrane and Escherichia coli. In Infection and Immunity, Secretion and Chlamydia trachomatis are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Cell biology research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Crossing Kingdoms: How the Mycobiota and Fungal-Bacterial Interactions Impact Host Health and Disease. (9 citations)
  • Cardiotropic Isolates of Listeria monocytogenes with Enhanced Vertical Transmission Dependent upon the Bacterial Surface Protein InlB. (8 citations)
  • Intranasal Immunization with Acellular Pertussis Vaccines Results in Long-Term Immunity to Bordetella pertussis in Mice. (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 Infection and Immunity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Myron M. Levine (95 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Arturo Casadevall (95 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gerald B. Pier (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harry L. T. Mobley (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James C. Paton (82 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 Infection and Immunity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (776 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (517 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (454 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (413 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Washington (378 papers) published 5 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, 2.05% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.57% of all publications and 59.00% 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

  • Short-Chain Fatty Acids as a Potential Treatment for Infections: a Closer Look at the Lungs.

    Marina Gomes Machado;Marina Gomes Machado;Valentin Sencio;François Trottein

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • Influenza Virus Infection Impairs the Gut's Barrier Properties and Favors Secondary Enteric Bacterial Infection through Reduced Production of Short-Chain Fatty Acids.

    Valentin Sencio;Alexandre Gallerand;Marina Gomes Machado;Lucie Deruyter

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Genomic Profiling Reveals Distinct Routes To Complement Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Francesca L. Short;Francesca L. Short;Gianna Di Sario;Nathalie T. Reichmann;Colin Kleanthous

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Cross Talk between Gut Microbiota and Intestinal Mucosal Immunity in the Development of Ulcerative Colitis.

    Junfeng Zou;Chen Liu;Shu Jiang;Dawei Qian

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Leukocidins and the Nuclease Nuc Prevent Neutrophil-Mediated Killing of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms.

    Mohini Bhattacharya;Evelien T. M. Berends;Xuhui Zheng;Preston J. Hill

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Butyrate Differentiates Permissiveness to Clostridioides difficile Infection and Influences Growth of Diverse C. difficile Isolates

    (2022)
    40 Citations
  • Salmonella enterica Infection of Murine and Human Enteroid-Derived Monolayers Elicits Differential Activation of Epithelium-Intrinsic Inflammasomes.

    Mayumi K. Holly;Xiao Han;Edward J. Zhao;Shauna M. Crowley

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Early Endothelial Activation Precedes Glycocalyx Degradation and Microvascular Dysfunction in Experimentally Induced Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Infection.

    John Woodford;John Woodford;Tsin Wen Yeo;Tsin Wen Yeo;Kim A. Piera;Kristy Butler

    (2020)
    36 Citations

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