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Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets
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Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 296 4 4 3
Medicine 3159 13 23 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 30
Documents by Best Scientists*: 74
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.288
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Infectious disorders drug targets?

Infectious disorders drug targets is mainly concerned with subjects like Virology, Microbiology, Immunology, Internal medicine and Disease. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Virology, apply to Pandemic as well. As a part of it, discussions in Microbiology involve topics like Antibiotics, Antibiotic resistance, Drug resistance and Antimicrobial.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Drug resistance and the similar topic of Drug. The Immunology study tackling the subject of Immune system is the focus of it. The research on Internal medicine discussed in Infectious disorders drug targets draws on the closely related field of Gastroenterology.

Disease and Intensive care medicine are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

  • Virology (15.95%)
  • Microbiology (14.63%)
  • Immunology (13.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Discovery and development of VX-950, a novel, covalent, and reversible inhibitor of hepatitis C virus NS3.4A serine protease (213 citations)
  • Plasmodium dihydroorotate dehydrogenase: a promising target for novel anti-malarial chemotherapy. (144 citations)
  • HIV treatment adherence, drug resistance, virologic failure: evolving concepts. (141 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Infectious disorders drug targets:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Immunology, Virology, Virus, Drug resistance and Drug discovery. The most cited articles explore topics in Virology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Nucleoside analogue and Antibody. In addition to Virus research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Disease and Pediatrics.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Microbiology, Internal medicine, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Disease. It holds forums on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that merges themes from other disciplines such as Virology, Intensive care medicine and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Research on Virology presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Virus and Outbreak.

The journal connects the study in Microbiology with the closely related area of Biofilm. The Internal medicine study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Gastroenterology. Infectious disorders drug targets focuses on Antibiotics research which is adjacent to topics in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Efficacy of Lopinavir/Ritonavir Compared With Standard Care for Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review. (11 citations)
  • A Viewpoint on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, Anti-Hypertensives and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). (11 citations)
  • SARS-CoV-2: The Path of Prevention and Control. (8 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 disorders drug targets (based on the number of publications) are:

  • SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi (33 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harunor Rashid (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sherief Abd-Elsalam (14 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jean-Marc Sabatier (14 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mahdi Fakhar (13 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 11 more 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 disorders drug targets (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences (69 papers) published 34 papers at the last edition, 22 more than at the previous edition,
  • Children's Hospital at Westmead (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (25 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (23 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 19 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tanta University (22 papers) published 7 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, 5.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 47.78% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.22% of all publications and 30.00% 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

  • Enhancing the Alternative Cellular Energy (ACE) Pathway with KELEA Activated Water as Therapy for Infectious Diseases.

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Association between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Tooran Nayeri;Shahabeddin Sarvi;Mahmood Moosazadeh;Zahra Hosseininejad

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Hand Hygiene Compliance and Effectiveness Against Respiratory Infections Among Hajj Pilgrims: A Systematic Review.

    Amani S Alqahtani;Amani S Alqahtani;Mutaz Fakeerh;Daniah Bondagji;Silvia Park

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Molecular Study of Integrase Gene I and Integrase Gene II in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Whole Genome Analysis of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in Thailand.

    Peechanika Chopjitt;Anusak Kerdsin;Dan Takeuchi;Rujirat Hatrongjit

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Immunisation Status of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Rural Bangladesh: Results from the Bangladesh Cerebral Palsy Register (BCPR).

    P. May;H. Smithers-Sheedy;M. Muhit;R. Cumming

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Molecular Study of Adenovirus Genotypes 40 and 41 in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • A clinically validated, broadly active, oral viral superinfection therapy could mitigate symptoms in early-stage COVID-19 patients.

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Overexpression of Efflux Pump Genes is an Alternative Mechanism in Voriconazole Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolates Without Relative Mutations in CYP5A.

    Maryam Moazeni;Narges Aslani;Mojtaba Nabili;Hamid Badali

    (2021)
    3 Citations

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