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Interface Focus
H-index 27

Interface Focus

2042-8898

Published by: The Royal Society

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsfs

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 467 24 28 14
Materials Science 648 21 25 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 160
Documents by Best Scientists*: 135
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 78
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.818
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Interface Focus?

The topics of Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Artificial intelligence, Simulation and Data science are the focal point of discussions in the journal.

  • Bioinformatics (12.90%)
  • Biophysics (7.37%)
  • Artificial intelligence (5.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Biomedical photoacoustic imaging (1303 citations)
  • Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) porous scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (269 citations)
  • Bayesian parameter inference for stochastic biochemical network models using particle Markov chain Monte Carlo (255 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Interface Focus:

The published papers mostly deal with topics like Bioinformatics, Data mining, Nanotechnology, Biophysics and Artificial intelligence. The published papers aim to bridge the gap between the study of Bioinformatics and Context (language use). The most cited publications explore research in Biophysics alongside concepts in Extracellular matrix and other areas of study in Self-healing hydrogels and Regenerative medicine.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Pandemic, History, Computational biology, Public relations and Carbon dioxide are the subjects of interest in the journal. Aside from research in Pandemic, it also discusses topics such as Science policy and Data science. The journal facilitates the exploration of History in relation to the field of Media studies.

While it focused on Computational biology, it was also able to explore topics like Regulation of gene expression and Gene.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A porous circulation model of the human brain for in silico clinical trials in ischaemic stroke. (13 citations)
  • Coupling one-dimensional arterial blood flow to three-dimensional tissue perfusion models for in silico trials of acute ischaemic stroke: Coupling Blood Flow to Perfusion (12 citations)
  • Coupling one-dimensional arterial blood flow to three-dimensional tissue perfusion models for in silico trials of acute ischaemic stroke. (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 Interface Focus (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter V. Coveney (17 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alfons G. Hoekstra (11 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition,
  • Peter Hunter (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen J. Payne (8 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Marco Viceconti (7 papers) published 2 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 Interface Focus (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Oxford (54 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (45 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (41 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sheffield (25 papers) published 4 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, 7.89% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 31.43% 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

  • Generation of a three-dimensional collagen scaffold-based model of the human endometrium

    Yassen Abbas;Lucia G. Brunel;Michael S. Hollinshead;Ridma C. Fernando

    (2020)
    109 Citations
  • Dynamical landscapes of cell fate decisions

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • Carbon dioxide transport across membranes.

    Marie Michenkova;Sara Taki;Matthew C. Blosser;Hyea J. Hwang

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Contact transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on fomite surfaces: surface survival and risk reduction

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Modelling airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 using CARA: risk assessment for enclosed spaces

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Time-keeping and decision-making in the cell cycle

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • Multi-synchronization and other patterns of multi-rhythmicity in oscillatory biological systems

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • Aluminosilicate haloes preserve complex life approximately 800 million years ago.

    Ross P. Anderson;Nicholas J. Tosca;Gianfelice Cinque;Mark D. Frogley

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Experimental challenges in determining the rheological properties of bacterial biofilms

    (2022)
    23 Citations

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