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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

1466-5026

Published by: Microbiology Society

https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 47 179 753 35

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 520
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1186
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 19
SCIMAGO H-index: 205
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.749
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology?

The journal explores disciplines such as 16S ribosomal RNA, Microbiology, Bacteria, Botany and Phylogenetic tree. Some problems in 16S ribosomal RNA that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Ribosomal RNA, Phylogenetics, Genus, Taxonomy (biology) and Sequence analysis. The Ribosomal RNA study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Soil microbiology.

The discussions emphasized the topic of Taxonomy (biology) in an attempt to further explore the field of Zoology. Microbiology research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Halophile, Diamino acid, Fatty acid, Peptidoglycan and Type species. Topics in Bacteria explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Fermentation, Biochemistry, DNA and Genotype.

The Botany works featured in it incorporate elements from Rhizosphere, Actinomycetales and Yeast. The research on Phylogenetic tree tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of genomic DNA, Phosphatidylglycerol and Strain (biology).

  • 16S ribosomal RNA (62.25%)
  • Microbiology (58.35%)
  • Bacteria (36.62%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reconciliation of Approaches to Bacterial Systematics (6460 citations)
  • Taxonomic Note: A Place for DNA-DNA Reassociation and 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis in the Present Species Definition in Bacteriology (5614 citations)
  • Introducing EzTaxon-e: a prokaryotic 16S rRNA gene sequence database with phylotypes that represent uncultured species. (4567 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology:

The most cited articles investigate areas of study like Microbiology, 16S ribosomal RNA, Bacteria, Botany and Ribosomal RNA. The published articles focus on Microbiology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Proteobacteria, Taxonomy (biology), Genus, Type species and Ribosomal DNA. The works on 16S ribosomal RNA tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Halophile, Phylogenetics, Sequence analysis and Phylogenetic tree.

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

  • Botany
  • Microbiology
  • 16S ribosomal RNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology primarily focuses on research topics in 16S ribosomal RNA, Phylogenetic tree, Botany, Microbiology and Bacteria. The work on 16S ribosomal RNA tackled in it brings together disciplines like genomic DNA, Genome and Genus. The journal addresses concerns in Phylogenetic tree which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Genome size, Strain (biology), Phylogenetics, Genotype and Phosphatidylglycerol.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology holds forums on Botany that merges themes from other disciplines such as Rhizosphere, Lineage (evolution) and Halophile. Research in Peptidoglycan and the interrelating topic of Diamino acid were among the subjects of interest in the Microbiology studies discussed in the journal. The concepts on Bacteria presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Oxidase test and Food science.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Public discussion on a proposed revision of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. (5 citations)
  • 'Candidatus Phytoplasma sacchari', a novel taxon - associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot (SCGS) disease. (5 citations)
  • Reclassification of Haloactinobacterium glacieicola as Occultella glacieicola gen. nov., comb. nov., of Haloactinobacterium album as Ruania alba comb. nov, with an emended description of the genus Ruania, recognition that the genus names Haloactinobacterium and Ruania are heterotypic synonyms and description of Occultella aeris sp. nov., a halotolerant isolate from surface soil sampled at an ancient copper smelter. (4 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 Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Schumann (411 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jung-Hoon Yoon (384 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wen-Jun Li (342 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peter Kämpfer (329 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hans-Jürgen Busse (269 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 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 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (809 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 35 less than at the previous edition,
  • Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (551 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (471 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ghent University (405 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (358 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 12 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, 3.93% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.62% of all publications and 45.50% 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

  • A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae.

    Jinshui Zheng;Stijn Wittouck;Elisa Salvetti;Charles M A P Franz

    (2020)
    3178 Citations
  • Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes.

    Aharon Oren;George M Garrity

    (2021)
    807 Citations
  • Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities

    David W Waite;David W Waite;Maria Chuvochina;Claus Pelikan;Donovan H Parks

    (2020)
    543 Citations
  • International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision).

    Unknown

    (2023)
    336 Citations
  • Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria.

    Nimaichand Salam;Jian-Yu Jiao;Xiao-Tong Zhang;Wen-Jun Li

    (2020)
    131 Citations
  • List of new names and new combinations that have appeared in effective publications outside of the IJSEM and are submitted for valid publication

    (2020)
    108 Citations
  • Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens.

    Ainsley C Nicholson;Christopher A Gulvik;Anne M Whitney;Ben W Humrighouse

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • Reconstituting the genus Mycobacterium

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Validation List no. 206. Valid publication of new names and new combinations effectively published outside the IJSEM.

    (2022)
    89 Citations
  • Leptospira ainlahdjerensis sp. nov., Leptospira ainazelensis sp. nov., Leptospira abararensis sp. nov. and Leptospira chreensis sp. nov., four new species isolated from water sources in Algeria.

    (2021)
    82 Citations

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