International Microbiology

Top Research Topics at International Microbiology?

International Microbiology tackles a plethora of topics, such as Microbiology, Bacteria, Biochemistry, Genetics and Ecology. The Microbiology works featured in International Microbiology incorporate elements from Biofilm, Gene, Virulence, Escherichia coli and Microbial ecology. Genome is a focus of the presented Genetics works and it dives deep in Genome.

• Microbiology (27.04%)
• Bacteria (10.12%)
• Biochemistry (9.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Oxidative stress in bacteria and protein damage by reactive oxygen species. (1120 citations)
• Biodegradation and biological treatments of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin: an overview (1077 citations)
• Biocontrol mechanisms of Trichoderma strains (986 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Microbiology:

The journal papers primarily tackle Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Bacteria and Microorganism. The works on Microbiology tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Biofilm, Virology, Salmonella, Microbial ecology and Virulence. The most cited articles hold forums on Microbial ecology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Biotechnology and Botany.

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

• Bacteria
• Gene
• Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Microbiology, Bacteria, Medical microbiology, Microbial ecology and Biochemistry are tackled in International Microbiology. Drug resistance is a major topic of Microbiology research. Staphylococcus aureus is a focus of the Bacteria works in the journal.

Aside from discussions in Medical microbiology, it also deals with the subject of Antibiotic resistance which intersects with Virulence disciplines. The studies on Microbial ecology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Microbiome, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Environmental chemistry and Metagenomics. Most of the works presented in it deals with Biochemistry but it intersects with the subject of Pigment.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The endosphere microbial communities, a great promise in agriculture (13 citations)
• A newly isolated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SRB04 for the synthesis of selenium nanoparticles with potential antibacterial properties. (5 citations)
• Metagenomic profiling of rhizosphere microbial community structure and diversity associated with maize plant as affected by cropping systems (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in International Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Mercedes Berlanga (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ricardo Guerrero (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mercè Piqueras (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lynn Margulis (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tomás G. Villa (14 papers) published 1 paper 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (107 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Barcelona (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Santiago de Compostela (37 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Complutense University of Madrid (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Valencia (27 papers) absent at the last 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, 6.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 1.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.67% of all publications and 69.33% 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.