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Journal of Biomedical Optics
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Journal of Biomedical Optics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 197 11 23 9
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 348 17 20 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 214
Documents by Best Scientists*: 286
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 165
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.688
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Biomedical Optics?

Journal of Biomedical Optics investigates areas of study like Optics, Biomedical engineering, Pathology, Optical coherence tomography and Microscopy. The study on Optics presented in it intersects with the topics under Preclinical imaging. The journal connects the study in Biomedical engineering with the closely related area of Imaging phantom.

It focuses on Pathology research which is adjacent to topics in Cancer. Research on Optical coherence tomography addressed in Journal of Biomedical Optics frequently intersections with the field of Tomography. Topics in Microscopy explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Confocal microscopy, Biophysics, Fluorescence and Confocal.

While Fluorescence is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Luminescence and Nuclear magnetic resonance. The research on Scattering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Monte Carlo method and Photon. The in-depth study on Laser also explores topics in the intersecting field of Optoelectronics.

  • Optics (43.00%)
  • Biomedical engineering (17.15%)
  • Pathology (15.50%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Medical hyperspectral imaging: a review (1027 citations)
  • k-Wave: MATLAB toolbox for the simulation and reconstruction of photoacoustic wave fields (1019 citations)
  • Ratio-based decisions and the quantitative analysis of cDNA micro-array images (886 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Biomedical Optics:

The journal papers focus on Optics, Pathology, Biomedical engineering, Preclinical imaging and Optical coherence tomography. The most cited publications explore research in Pathology alongside concepts in Nuclear magnetic resonance and other areas of study in Near-infrared spectroscopy. The featured Biomedical engineering studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Photoacoustic spectroscopy but also cover areas of interest in Photoacoustic Techniques.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Optics
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Journal of Biomedical Optics are Biomedical engineering, Artificial intelligence, Optical coherence tomography, Preclinical imaging and Computer vision. The journal explores topics in Biomedical engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Contrast (vision), Near-infrared spectroscopy, Optical fiber, Terahertz radiation and Tomography. In addition to Artificial intelligence research, the journal aims to explore topics under Machine learning and Pattern recognition.

The Optical coherence tomography research discussed is part of studies in the fields of Radiology and Optics. The subject of Fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy, which is connected to the field of Autofluorescence, serves as the foundation of the Preclinical imaging research featured in Journal of Biomedical Optics. In it, Contextual image classification and Convolutional neural network are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Deep learning research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Terahertz radiation and the skin: a review. (6 citations)
  • Comprehensive review of surgical microscopes: technology development and medical applications. (6 citations)
  • Smartphone-based imaging systems for medical applications: a critical review. (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 Journal of Biomedical Optics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lihong V. Wang (158 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Brian W. Pogue (101 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Bruce J. Tromberg (80 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Ruikang K. Wang (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Valery V. Tuchin (68 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 Journal of Biomedical Optics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Irvine (250 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (210 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Washington University in St. Louis (189 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dartmouth College (129 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Texas at Austin (125 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 1.36% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.31% of all publications and 54.48% 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

  • Optical manipulation : advances for biophotonics in the 21st century

    Stella Corsetti;Kishan Dholakia;Kishan Dholakia;Kishan Dholakia

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Label-free high-throughput photoacoustic tomography of suspected circulating melanoma tumor cells in patients in vivo.

    Pengfei Hai;Yuan Qu;Yang Li;Yang Li;Liren Zhu;Liren Zhu

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Perspective on fast-evolving photoacoustic tomography.

    Junjie Yao;Lihong V. Wang

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • HRVCam: robust camera-based measurement of heart rate variability.

    Amruta Pai;Ashok Veeraraghavan;Ashutosh Sabharwal

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Multiphoton microscopy: a personal historical review, with some future predictions.

    Colin J. R. Sheppard;Colin J. R. Sheppard

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Wave of single-impulse-stimulated fast initial dip in single vessels of mouse brains imaged by high-speed functional photoacoustic microscopy.

    Yun He;Yun He;Junhui Shi;Konstantin I. Maslov;Rui Cao

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Machine learning to extract physiological parameters from multispectral diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Multi-laboratory performance assessment of diffuse optics instruments: the BitMap exercise

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Minimal required PDT light dosimetry for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer.

    Lothar Lilge;Lothar Lilge;Jenny Wu;Yiwen Xu;Angelica Manalac

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Photoacoustic topography through an ergodic relay for functional imaging and biometric application in vivo

    Yang Li;Lei Li;Liren Zhu;Liren Zhu;Junhui Shi

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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