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Journal of Hospital Infection
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Journal of Hospital Infection

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 51 218 295 34
Medicine 618 173 220 31

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 520
Documents by Best Scientists*: 564
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 21
SCIMAGO H-index: 143
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.017
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Hospital Infection?

Journal of Hospital Infection focuses on Microbiology, Surgery, Intensive care medicine, Infection control and Internal medicine. Issues in Microbiology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Outbreak and Staphylococcus aureus. The journal covers Outbreak research under the subject of Virology.

Staphylococcus aureus studies presented in Journal of Hospital Infection focus on topics such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcaceae and Meticillin resistant. Surgery research featured in Journal of Hospital Infection incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Anesthesia and Contamination. The work on Intensive care medicine tackled in Journal of Hospital Infection brings together disciplines like Antibacterial agent, Epidemiology and MEDLINE.

The research on Infection control tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Health care, Emergency medicine, Public health, Pediatrics and Hygiene. It facilitated presentations on Internal medicine research, particularly Incidence (epidemiology), Risk factor and Odds ratio.

  • Microbiology (21.55%)
  • Surgery (18.61%)
  • Intensive care medicine (18.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents. (1711 citations)
  • epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England (1129 citations)
  • Bacterial resistance to silver in wound care. (645 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Hospital Infection:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Microbiology, Surgery, Infection control, Intensive care medicine and Internal medicine. The journal articles focus on Surgery but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Contamination and Incidence (epidemiology). The most cited papers with studies in Intensive care medicine featured incorporate elements of Transmission (medicine), Epidemiology, MEDLINE and Emergency medicine.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Infection control, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Internal medicine. It explores topics in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Respirator, Health care and MEDLINE. While Health care is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Medical emergency, Family medicine and Hygiene.

The work on Infection control tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Environmental health, Incidence (epidemiology), Outbreak and Emergency medicine. Some problems in Outbreak that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Epidemiology, Whole genome sequencing and Microbiology. The research on Internal medicine featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Transmission (medicine) and Antibiotics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Intention to get vaccinations against COVID-19 in French healthcare workers during the first pandemic wave: a cross sectional survey. (146 citations)
  • Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and associated factors in healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (94 citations)
  • Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). (77 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 Hospital Infection (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hilary Humphreys (137 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mark H. Wilcox (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Petra Gastmeier (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Didier Pittet (65 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stephanie J. Dancer (51 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous 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 Hospital Infection (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Public Health England (128 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Health Protection Agency (125 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (105 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Cardiff University (94 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (92 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 8.39% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.20% of all publications and 70.85% 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

  • Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents.

    Günter Kampf;Daniel Todt;Stephanie Pfaender;Eike Steinmann

    (2020)
    4085 Citations
  • Factors affecting stability and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2.

    K-H. Chan;S. Sridhar;R.R. Zhang;H. Chu

    (2020)
    225 Citations
  • 222-nm UVC inactivates a wide spectrum of microbial pathogens.

    Kouji Narita;Krisana Asano;Keisuke Naito;Hiroyuki Ohashi

    (2020)
    220 Citations
  • Inactivation of coronaviruses by heat.

    Günter Kampf;Andreas Voss;Simone Scheithauer

    (2020)
    179 Citations
  • Nosocomial COVID-19 infection: examining the risk of mortality. The COPE-Nosocomial Study (COVID in Older PEople)

    (2020)
    178 Citations
  • Preparedness and proactive infection control measures against the emerging novel coronavirus in China

    Vincent C.C. Cheng;Shuk-Ching Wong;Kelvin K.W. To;P.L. Ho

    (2020)
    173 Citations
  • Hand hygiene and the novel coronavirus pandemic: the role of healthcare workers.

    Nasim Lotfinejad;Alexandra Peters;Didier Pittet

    (2020)
    173 Citations
  • Potential sources, modes of transmission and effectiveness of prevention measures against SARS-CoV-2.

    Günter Kampf;Yannick Brüggemann;Hani E J Kaba;Joerg Steinmann

    (2020)
    143 Citations

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