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Infectious Agents and Cancer
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Infectious Agents and Cancer

1750-9378

Published by: Springer

https://infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 225 25 31 8
Medicine 2065 51 45 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 115
Documents by Best Scientists*: 97
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.709
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Infectious Agents and Cancer?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Internal medicine, Cancer, Immunology, Pathology and Cervical cancer. The research on Internal medicine featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Tropical medicine, Gastroenterology and Oncology. Topics in Tropical medicine were tackled in line with various other fields like Epidemiology and Family medicine.

It explores research in Cancer alongside concepts in Cancer research and other areas of study in Carcinogenesis. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Immunology, apply to Virology as well. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Virology and Gene.

Infectious Agents and Cancer focuses on Pathology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) which is concerned with Sarcoma. While Cervical cancer is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Human papillomavirus, Gynecology, Genotype and Obstetrics. Virus research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Epstein–Barr virus.

  • Internal medicine (32.06%)
  • Cancer (26.26%)
  • Immunology (20.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Classification of weakly carcinogenic human papillomavirus types: addressing the limits of epidemiology at the borderline (339 citations)
  • Potential impact of a nine-valent vaccine in human papillomavirus related cervical disease (204 citations)
  • HPV - immune response to infection and vaccination (159 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Infectious Agents and Cancer:

The most cited articles focus on Immunology, Cancer, Internal medicine, Cervical cancer and Tropical medicine. The published articles explore issues in Immunology which can be linked to other research areas like Helicobacter pylori and Virology. While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Internal medicine, it also covers topics in Oncology and Pathology.

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

  • Cancer
  • Internal medicine
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Infectious Agents and Cancer generally zeroes in on subjects such as Internal medicine, Tropical medicine, Cervical cancer, Cancer research and Cancer. Topics in Internal medicine explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Gastroenterology, Oncology and Sarcoma. Infectious Agents and Cancer facilitates discussions on Tropical medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Odds ratio, Multivariate analysis, Cohort and Genotype.

Infectious Agents and Cancer explores topics in Cervical cancer which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Cross-sectional study, Prospective cohort study, Meta-analysis and Obstetrics. The studies on Cancer research discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cell culture, Head and neck cancer, Cell growth and Carcinogenesis, Gene. The research on Cancer tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Virus, Epstein–Barr virus, Health care and Intensive care medicine.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Association between oncogenic human papillomavirus type 16 and Killian polyp (6 citations)
  • Atypical COVID-19 dynamics in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma exposed to rituximab (3 citations)
  • Lung histopathological findings in COVID-19 disease - a systematic review (3 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 Infectious Agents and Cancer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Franco M. Buonaguro (33 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Francesco Izzo (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Luigi Buonaguro (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Silvia Franceschi (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vincenza Granata (15 papers) published 3 papers 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 Infectious Agents and Cancer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • College of Health Sciences, Bahrain (24 papers) published 4 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, 3.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.86% of all publications and 58.93% 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

  • Role of human papillomavirus infection in the etiology of vulvar cancer in Italian women

    Mario Preti;John Charles Rotondo;John Charles Rotondo;Dana Holzinger;Leonardo Micheletti

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • The human microbiome and its link in prostate cancer risk and pathogenesis

    Paul Katongole;Obondo J. Sande;Moses Joloba;Steven J. Reynolds

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Design and feasibility of a novel program of cervical screening in Nigeria: self-sampled HPV testing paired with visual triage.

    Kanan T. Desai;Kayode O. Ajenifuja;Adekunbiola Banjo;Clement A. Adepiti

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Strategies to evaluate outcomes in long-COVID-19 and post-COVID survivors.

    Anna Crispo;Sabrina Bimonte;Giuseppe Porciello;Cira Antonietta Forte

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Clinical characteristics, outcomes, and risk factors for mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and cancer history: a propensity score-matched study

    Majid Sorouri;Amir Kasaeian;Helia Mojtabavi;Amir Reza Radmard

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Immune landscape in Burkitt lymphoma reveals M2-macrophage polarization and correlation between PD-L1 expression and non-canonical EBV latency program

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Evaluation of an isothermal amplification HPV detection assay for primary cervical cancer screening.

    Wei Zhang;Hui Du;Xia Huang;Chun Wang

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Designing low-cost, accurate cervical screening strategies that take into account COVID-19: a role for self-sampled HPV typing2

    Kayode Olusegun Ajenifuja;Jerome Belinson;Andrew Goldstein;Kanan T. Desai

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Validation in Zambia of a cervical screening strategy including HPV genotyping and artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated visual evaluation

    (2023)
    23 Citations

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