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IUBMB Life
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IUBMB Life

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 113 17 18 9
Biology and Biochemistry 235 93 114 25
Chemistry 659 29 35 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 185
Documents by Best Scientists*: 197
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 140
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.144
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Iubmb Life?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. Iubmb Life explores research in Biochemistry and the adjacent study of Stereochemistry. The research on Molecular biology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Complementary DNA, Gene and DNA.

The Gene research discussed is included in the broader subject of Genetics. In particular, the Cell biology works presented emphasize discussions on Signal transduction. Studies on Apoptosis discussed in it link to the field of Cancer research.

  • Biochemistry (33.95%)
  • Molecular biology (16.70%)
  • Cell biology (15.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The extraordinary ligand binding properties of human serum albumin (724 citations)
  • Oxidative stress, antioxidant defenses, and damage removal, repair, and replacement systems. (654 citations)
  • Identification of melatonin in plants and its effects on plasma melatonin levels and binding to melatonin receptors in vertebrates. (555 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Iubmb Life:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Biochemistry, Cell biology, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Signal transduction. The most cited publications focus on different Biochemistry studies like Enzyme, Mitochondrion, Oxidative stress, Oxidative phosphorylation and Antioxidant. The published articles with studies in Cell biology featured incorporate elements of Apoptosis, Programmed cell death and Cell growth.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Iubmb Life investigates studies in Cancer research, Cell biology, Apoptosis, Cancer and Internal medicine. Cancer research research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cell, Cell growth, Carcinogenesis, microRNA and Metastasis. Cell biology research presented in Iubmb Life encompasses a variety of subjects, including Oxidative stress and Receptor.

Some problems in Apoptosis that were presented in Iubmb Life overlapped with concepts under Flow cytometry, Real-time polymerase chain reaction, Reporter gene, Cholesterol and Western blot. While Internal medicine is the focus of Iubmb Life, it also provided insights into the studies of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Oncology. While work presented in Iubmb Life provided substantial information on Endocrinology, it also covered topics in Offspring, Unfolded protein response, Endoplasmic reticulum and Protein kinase A.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Long non-coding RNAs as potential biomarkers in the prognosis and diagnosis of lung cancer: A review and target analysis. (6 citations)
  • Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in cancer; with an extensive focus on TLR agonists and antagonists. (6 citations)
  • Soy isoflavone genistein inhibits hsa_circ_0031250/miR‐873‐5p/FOXM1 axis to suppress non‐small‐cell lung cancer progression (6 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 Iubmb Life (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paolo Ascenzi (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Amalia Slomiany (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bronislaw L. Slomiany (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William J. Whelan (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Angelo Azzi (28 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 Iubmb Life (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russian Academy of Sciences (92 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Miami (83 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Indian Institute of Science (76 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Moscow State University (68 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (58 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, 8.13% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.54% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.58% of all publications and 68.14% 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

  • The malate-aspartate shuttle (Borst cycle): How it started and developed into a major metabolic pathway.

    Piet Borst

    (2020)
    160 Citations
  • Overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer: Recent progress in nanotechnology and new horizons.

    Maryam Majidinia;Mohammad Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari;Mahdi Rahimi;Ainaz Mihanfar

    (2020)
    123 Citations
  • Glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) is an important cell surface receptor for viral invasion, cancers, and neurological disorders.

    Mario Gonzalez-Gronow;Mario Gonzalez-Gronow;Udhayakumar Gopal;Richard C Austin;Salvatore V Pizzo

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • Neuroprotective effects of curcumin through autophagy modulation

    Fatemeh Forouzanfar;Morgayn I. Read;George E. Barreto;George E. Barreto;Amirhossein Sahebkar

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • <scp> N <sup>6</sup> </scp> ‐methyladenosine modification of circular <scp>RNA circ‐ARL3</scp> facilitates <scp>Hepatitis B virus</scp> ‐associated hepatocellular carcinoma via sponging <scp>miR</scp> ‐1305

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • The role of miR-146a in viral infection.

    Javid Sadri Nahand;Mohammad Reza Karimzadeh;Maria Nezamnia;Maryam Fatemipour

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Neuromelanins in brain aging and Parkinson's disease: synthesis, structure, neuroinflammatory, and neurodegenerative role

    (2022)
    58 Citations
  • Exosomes and cancer: From oncogenic roles to therapeutic applications.

    Soheila Mohammadi;Fatemeh Yousefi;Zahra Shabaninejad;Zahra Shabaninejad;Ahmad Movahedpour

    (2020)
    55 Citations

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