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Journal of Digestive Diseases

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 2116 27 51 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 50
Documents by Best Scientists*: 75
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.789
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Digestive Diseases?

Internal medicine, Gastroenterology, Surgery, Disease and Pathology are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Journal of Digestive Diseases encompasses presentations on Internal medicine, specifically Helicobacter pylori, Odds ratio, Confidence interval, Inflammatory bowel disease and Cirrhosis. The study on Confidence interval presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Meta-analysis.

Journal of Digestive Diseases holds forums on Inflammatory bowel disease that merges themes from other disciplines such as Immunology and Ulcerative colitis. It is mostly focused on Immunology, specifically Pathogenesis. Cirrhosis study tackled is connected to the field of Liver disease.

The Gastroenterology works featured in it incorporate elements from Cancer, Incidence (epidemiology), Adverse effect, Retrospective cohort study and Colonoscopy. The featured Surgery research zeroes in on concepts in Endoscopy but also tackles themes under In patient. It features studies on Disease, including topics such as Crohn's disease.

  • Internal medicine (54.54%)
  • Gastroenterology (38.68%)
  • Surgery (20.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The gastric precancerous cascade (326 citations)
  • 2019 novel coronavirus infection and gastrointestinal tract (221 citations)
  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: update 2010: (published in Chinese on Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2010; 18:163-166). (200 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Digestive Diseases:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Internal medicine, Gastroenterology, Immunology, Helicobacter pylori and Disease. The most cited articles tackle studies in Surgery and the interrelated subject of Meta-analysis to gain insights into Internal medicine. The most cited publications deal with Gastroenterology in conjunction with Liver biopsy and similar fields in Fibrosis.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Cancer
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Internal medicine, Gastroenterology, Disease, Surgery and Meta-analysis. The journal concentrated on Internal medicine research, specifically Inflammatory bowel disease, Odds ratio, Confidence interval, Receiver operating characteristic and Retrospective cohort study. Specifically, studies on Intestinal metaplasia are prevalent in the Gastroenterology works discussed.

Journal of Digestive Diseases explores topics in Disease which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Expert consensus, Intensive care medicine and Diarrhea. While it focused on Surgery, it was also able to explore topics like MEDLINE and Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. Journal of Digestive Diseases focuses on Meta-analysis but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Relative risk, Adalimumab and Randomized controlled trial.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Histological scores in inflammatory bowel disease. (6 citations)
  • Efficacy and safety of drugs for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. (5 citations)
  • Consensus for management of portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis (2020, Shanghai) (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 Digestive Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zhao Shen Li (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Khean-Lee Goh (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhi Hua Ran (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jing-Yuan Fang (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shu Dong Xiao (20 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 Digestive Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (235 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Second Military Medical University (63 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Fudan University (48 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • Sun Yat-sen University (43 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 10.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 42.42% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.70% of all publications and 24.24% 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.

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Top Publications

  • 2019 novel coronavirus infection and gastrointestinal tract

    Qin Yan Gao;Ying Xuan Chen;Jing Yuan Fang

    (2020)
    437 Citations
  • Epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in non-obese populations: Meta-analytic assessment of its prevalence, genetic, metabolic, and histological profiles.

    Zi Yuan Zou;Zi Yuan Zou;Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong;Jian Gao Fan

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Efficacy and safety of fecal microbiota transplantation by washed preparation in patients with moderate to severely active ulcerative colitis

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Epidemiology of fibrostenosing inflammatory bowel disease

    Joyce Wing Yan Mak;Siew Chien Ng

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae may Serve as a Probiotic in Colorectal Cancer by Promoting Cancer Cell Apoptosis

    Jia Qi Li;Jia Lu Li;Yuan Hong Xie;Yao Wang

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • The importance and impact of recognizing metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Activation of adenosine A3 receptor inhibits inflammatory cytokine production in colonic mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis by down-regulating the nuclear factor-kappa B signaling.

    Tian Hua Ren;Min Min Lv;Xiao Meng An;Wai Keung Leung

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of chronic gastritis in China (2022, Shanghai)

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • Time trends of stomach cancer survival: a systematic review of survival rates from population-based cancer registration.

    Jia-Yi Tuo;Jing-Hao Bi;Hui-Yun Yuan;Yu-Fei Jiang

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Genetic polymorphisms of ATG16L1 and IRGM genes in Malaysian patients with Crohn's disease.

    Boon Pin Kee;Jin Guan Ng;Ching Ching Ng;Ida Hilmi

    (2020)
    15 Citations

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