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International Journal of Medical Microbiology
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International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 127 69 69 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 112
Documents by Best Scientists*: 94
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 112
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.217
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Medical Microbiology?

Microbiology, Virulence, Gene, Virology and Genetics are among the topics commonly tackled in International Journal of Medical Microbiology. Issues in Microbiology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Mutant, Immunology, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacteria and Escherichia coli. Immune system is a primary topic of Immunology research in it.

The study on Immune system presented in it intersects with the topics under Antigen. The concepts on Virulence presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Secretion, Pathogen and Biofilm. The Virology works, particularly on Serotype are tackled in International Journal of Medical Microbiology.

It encompasses presentations on Genetics, specifically Plasmid, Genome, Genotype, Typing and Horizontal gene transfer. In particular, the Borrelia burgdorferi works presented emphasize discussions on Borrelia.

  • Microbiology (55.42%)
  • Virulence (19.81%)
  • Gene (13.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacterial biofilms. (883 citations)
  • Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in human medicine (562 citations)
  • Quorum-sensing inhibitors as anti-pathogenic drugs (548 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Medical Microbiology:

The most cited articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Microbiology, Virulence, Genetics, Gene and Antibiotic resistance. While the most cited papers mainly focused on Microbiology studies, they also tackled the scientific discipline of interrelated fields such as

  • Bacteria which is related to area like Biochemistry,
  • Virology, which have a strong connection to Salmonella.. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pathogen, Human pathogen and Biofilm are some topics wherein Virulence research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

  • Gene
  • Bacteria
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Microbiology, Gene, Disease, Gut flora and Virulence. It explores issues in Microbiology which can be linked to other research areas like Bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Biofilm, Phenotype and Escherichia coli. Some problems in Gene that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Pathogen and Isoniazid.

While Gut flora is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Bacteroides, Fungus and Candida albicans. The Virulence works featured in it incorporate elements from Plasmid, Whole genome sequencing, Small molecule and Protein family. Aside from discussions in Whole genome sequencing, it also deals with the subject of Serotype which intersects with Genetics disciplines.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Strain inheritance and neonatal gut microbiota development: A meta-analysis. (5 citations)
  • Emergence of linezolid-resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117 associated with increased linezolid-consumption (4 citations)
  • Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Germany, 2014-2019. (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 International Journal of Medical Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Werner Köhler (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jürgen Heesemann (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexander W. Friedrich (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ulrich Dobrindt (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ingo B. Autenrieth (20 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 International Journal of Medical Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Würzburg (123 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Robert Koch Institute (100 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tübingen (82 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (78 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Münster (51 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less 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, 4.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.91% of all publications and 36.36% 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

  • Escherichia coli strains producing a novel Shiga toxin 2 subtype circulate in China

    Xi Yang;Xiangning Bai;Ji Zhang;Hui Sun

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Pneumocystis.

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Modulation of inflammatory responses by gastrointestinal Prevotella spp. - From associations to functional studies.

    Aida Iljazovic;Lena Amend;Eric J.C. Galvez;Romulo de Oliveira

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Discovery of Paenibacillus larvae ERIC V: Phenotypic and genomic comparison to genotypes ERIC I-IV reveal different inventories of virulence factors which correlate with epidemiological prevalences of American Foulbrood.

    Hannes Beims;Boyke Bunk;Silvio Erler;Kathrin I. Mohr

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Emergence of linezolid-resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117 associated with increased linezolid-consumption

    Flaminia Olearo;Anna Both;Cristina Belmar Campos;Heike Hilgarth

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • How bacterial pathogens of the gastrointestinal tract use the mucosal glyco-code to harness mucus and microbiota: New ways to study an ancient bag of tricks.

    Christine Josenhans;Johannes Müthing;Lothar Elling;Sina Bartfeld

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Can Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection lead to cancer? Call for a paradigm shift in understanding TB and cancer.

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • Establishing causality in Salmonella-microbiota-host interaction: The use of gnotobiotic mouse models and synthetic microbial communities.

    Bärbel Stecher

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Recent advances in culture-based gut microbiome research

    Thomas C.A. Hitch;Afrizal Afrizal;Thomas Riedel;Antonios Kioukis

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Teleological cooption of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PPE proteins as porins: Role in molecular immigration and emigration.

    Aquib Ehtram;Mohd Shariq;Sabeeha Ali;Neha Quadir

    (2021)
    25 Citations

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