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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

0305-7453

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/jac

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 25 586 1113 49
Medicine 322 337 678 42

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1106
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1468
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 32
SCIMAGO H-index: 229
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.209
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Microbiology, Antibiotics, Antibacterial agent, Internal medicine and Pharmacology. While the primary focus in it is Microbiology, it also dissects topics surrounding Escherichia coli and Plasmid as a whole. Issues in Antibiotics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vancomycin and Intensive care medicine.

Some problems in Antibacterial agent that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Ciprofloxacin, Minimum inhibitory concentration and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The concepts on Internal medicine presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Gastroenterology, Surgery and Immunology. The majority of Pharmacology studies presented zero in on Pharmacokinetics.

Research on Pharmacokinetics addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Anesthesia. Staphylococcus aureus works presented in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy have a specific focus on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The journal investigates Drug resistance research which frequently intersects with Virology.

  • Microbiology (50.00%)
  • Antibiotics (23.62%)
  • Antibacterial agent (23.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Identification of acquired antimicrobial resistance genes (2858 citations)
  • Determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations (2733 citations)
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strain with reduced vancomycin susceptibility. (1732 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Microbiology, Antibacterial agent, Antibiotics, Internal medicine and Drug resistance. Aside from discussions in Microbiology, the published articles also deal with the subject of Escherichia coli which intersects with Plasmid disciplines. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Antibacterial agent, it also covers topics in Ciprofloxacin, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Intensive care medicine and Vancomycin.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Microbiology, Internal medicine, Antibiotics, Pharmacokinetics and Escherichia coli. Microbiology research presented in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy encompasses a variety of subjects, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Plasmid and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Most of the works presented in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy deals with Internal medicine but it intersects with the subject of Gastroenterology.

Antibiotic resistance is a major topic of Antibiotics research. While Pharmacokinetics is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Dosing and Therapeutic drug monitoring. Research on Escherichia coli presented in it concerns the broader topic of Gene.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Efficacy of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (56 citations)
  • Detection of mobile genetic elements associated with antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica using a newly developed web tool: MobileElementFinder. (27 citations)
  • An observational cohort study of bacterial co-infection and implications for empirical antibiotic therapy in patients presenting with COVID-19 to hospitals in North West London (22 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 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David M. Livermore (212 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stefan Schwarz (128 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Patrice Nordmann (125 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Richard J. S. Wise (119 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Laura J. V. Piddock (110 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 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (318 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Paris (268 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Liverpool (202 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Carlos III Health Institute (202 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Health Protection Agency (194 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, 5.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.57% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.02% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.74% of all publications and 51.66% 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

  • ResFinder 4.0 for predictions of phenotypes from genotypes.

    Valeria Bortolaia;Rolf S Kaas;Etienne Ruppe;Marilyn C Roberts

    (2020)
    2976 Citations
  • Detection of mobile genetic elements associated with antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica using a newly developed web tool: MobileElementFinder.

    Markus Hans Kristofer Johansson;Valeria Bortolaia;Supathep Tansirichaiya;Frank Møller Aarestrup

    (2021)
    618 Citations
  • COVID-19 and the potential long-term impact on antimicrobial resistance.

    Timothy M Rawson;Timothy M Rawson;Timothy M Rawson;Luke S P Moore;Luke S P Moore;Enrique Castro-Sanchez;Esmita Charani;Esmita Charani

    (2020)
    329 Citations
  • Epidemiology of mobile colistin resistance genes mcr-1 to mcr-9

    Zhuoren Ling;Zhuoren Ling;Wenjuan Yin;Zhangqi Shen;Yang Wang

    (2020)
    255 Citations
  • Antibiotic use in patients with COVID-19: a 'snapshot' Infectious Diseases International Research Initiative (ID-IRI) survey.

    Bojana Beović;May Doušak;João Ferreira-Coimbra;Kristina Nadrah

    (2020)
    248 Citations
  • Predictors of hospital-acquired bacterial and fungal superinfections in COVID-19: a prospective observational study.

    Marco Falcone;Giusy Tiseo;Cesira Giordano;Alessandro Leonildi

    (2021)
    142 Citations
  • Efficacy of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Zakariya Tarek Kashour;Muhammad Riaz;Musa garbati;Oweida Aldosary

    (2021)
    130 Citations

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