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Infectious Diseases
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Infectious Diseases

2374-4235

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/infd20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 155 77 90 13
Medicine 1911 70 80 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 170
Documents by Best Scientists*: 179
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 84
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.957
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Infectious diseases?

The foci of the journal are Internal medicine, Microbiology, Virology, Immunology and Retrospective cohort study. The presented studies in Pneumonia fall within the purview of Internal medicine but it also intertwines with topics in In patient. Microbiology studies presented in the journal focus on topics such as Antibiotics and Antibiotic resistance.

It addresses concerns in Virology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coronavirus is a focus of the presented Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) works and it dives deep in Coronavirus. The journal connects the study in Retrospective cohort study with the closely related area of Pediatrics.

Topics in Pediatrics were tackled in line with various other fields like Epidemiology and Incidence (epidemiology). 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Pandemic are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

  • Internal medicine (31.74%)
  • Microbiology (14.00%)
  • Virology (12.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Novel coronavirus in a 15-day-old neonate with clinical signs of sepsis, a case report. (122 citations)
  • Risk factors for disease progression in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study. (78 citations)
  • Fecal microbiota transplantation for the intestinal decolonization of extensively antimicrobial-resistant opportunistic pathogens: a review (71 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Infectious diseases:

The journal publications primarily tackle Internal medicine, Immunology, Antibiotics, Pediatrics and Microbiology. In addition to Internal medicine research, the journal publications aim to explore topics under Bacteremia and Surgery. While the most cited articles focused on Immunology, they were also able to explore topics like Gastroenterology and Virology.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Internal medicine and Virology. It facilitates discussions on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Pediatrics and Retrospective cohort study. In the journal, Health care, Contact tracing, Emergency medicine, Transmission (medicine) and Intensive care medicine are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) research.

It holds forums on 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak that merges themes from other disciplines such as Epidemiology, Hospitalized patients, MEDLINE, Virus and Serology. The concepts on Internal medicine presented in Infectious diseases can also apply to other research fields, including Gastroenterology and Diabetes mellitus. Topics in Pneumonia explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Antibiotics and Mechanical ventilation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Few bacterial co-infections but frequent empiric antibiotic use in the early phase of hospitalized patients with COVID-19: results from a multicentre retrospective cohort study in The Netherlands. (35 citations)
  • Long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome: putative pathophysiology, risk factors, and treatments. (16 citations)
  • Lombardy, Northern Italy: COVID-19 second wave less severe and deadly than the first? A preliminary investigation. (12 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 diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sung-Han Kim (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sang-Oh Lee (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sang-Ho Choi (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ivan Mitov (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yang Soo Kim (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than 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 Infectious diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Karolinska University Hospital (34 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Gothenburg (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Helsinki (28 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Karolinska Institutet (27 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lund University (25 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 15.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.18% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.99% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.29% of all publications and 61.54% 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

  • Fatal encephalitis associated with coronavirus OC43 in an immunocompromised child

    Anna Nilsson;Niklas Edner;Jan Albert;Jan Albert;Anders Ternhag

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Anterior nasal versus nasal mid-turbinate sampling for a SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test: does localisation or professional collection matter?

    Olga Nikolai;Chiara Rohardt;Frank Tobian;Andrea Junge

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Significant decrease in injection risk behaviours among participants in a needle exchange programme.

    Martin Kåberg;Niklas Karlsson;Niklas Karlsson;Andrea Discacciati;Katarina Widgren;Katarina Widgren

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Management of hepatitis B virus infection, updated Swedish guidelines

    Johan Westin;Soo Aleman;Maria Castedal;Ann-Sofi Duberg

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Increased transmissibility of the alpha SARS-CoV-2 variant: evidence from contact tracing data in Oslo, January to February 2021

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Male predominance in disease severity and mortality in a low Covid-19 epidemic and low case-fatality area - a population-based registry study.

    Erik Forsblom;Suvi Silén;Elisa Kortela;Maarit Ahava

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infections in COVID-19 patients.

    Vicente Pintado;Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa;Rosa Escudero-Sanchez;Francesca Gioia

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection: Swedish recommendations 2019.

    Jaran Eriksen;Christina Carlander;Jan Albert;Leo Flamholc

    (2020)
    24 Citations

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