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Journal of Infection and Public Health
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Journal of Infection and Public Health

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 89 88 140 23
Medicine 1075 59 90 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 269
Documents by Best Scientists*: 305
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 73
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.007
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Infection and Public Health?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Internal medicine, Microbiology, Virology, Pediatrics and Epidemiology. The Internal medicine works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Gastroenterology and Immunology. Studies on Microbiology discussed in Journal of Infection and Public Health link to the field of Staphylococcus aureus.

The majority of Virology studies are focused on the issues of Virus. While it focused on Epidemiology, it was also able to explore topics like Outbreak, Public health and Environmental health. The study on Public health presented in Journal of Infection and Public Health intersects with subjects under the field of Pandemic.

  • Internal medicine (17.78%)
  • Microbiology (13.90%)
  • Virology (9.63%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A literature review. (532 citations)
  • Urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a minireview. (174 citations)
  • The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-An emerging global health threat. (169 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Infection and Public Health:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Microbiology, Pediatrics, Health care, Virology and Disease. The Pediatrics research tackled in the published papers is interrelated with Incidence (epidemiology) which concerns subjects like Retrospective cohort study and Prospective cohort study. The journal publications focus on Disease but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Outbreak which is concerned with Epidemiology, Environmental health and Betacoronavirus.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pandemic, Internal medicine, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Disease. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by exploring it in line with topics in Pediatrics which intersect with Asymptomatic subjects. The studies on Pandemic discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Health care, Outbreak, Intensive care medicine, Public health and Coronavirus.

The research on Internal medicine discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Antibiotic resistance. The journal features Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) research that overlaps with concepts in Virology. The study of Antibiotics, which falls within the realm of Microbiology, was the main focus of the presentations.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): Comparing the knowledge, attitude and practices of different health care workers (34 citations)
  • Clinical characteristics of asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 patients in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. (15 citations)
  • Assessment of physician's knowledge, perception and willingness of telemedicine in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia (14 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 Infection and Public Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hanan H. Balkhy (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ziad A. Memish (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Ali A. Rabaan (16 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 Infection and Public Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • King Saud University (105 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (98 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • King Abdulaziz Medical City (46 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • King Abdulaziz University (41 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Guard Health Affairs (39 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 13.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.17% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.92% of all publications and 51.25% 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

  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) associated stress among medical students at a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia.

    Abdulkarim Al-Rabiaah;Mohamad Hani Temsah;Ayman A. Al-Eyadhy;Gamal M. Hasan;Gamal M. Hasan

    (2020)
    541 Citations
  • The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in a MERS-CoV endemic country.

    Mohamad Hani Temsah;Fahad Al-Sohime;Nurah Alamro;Ayman Al-Eyadhy

    (2020)
    355 Citations
  • Global emerging Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2: Impacts, challenges and strategies

    Unknown

    (2022)
    354 Citations
  • Medical students’ acceptance and perceptions of e-learning during the Covid-19 closure time in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

    (2020)
    185 Citations
  • The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A review of the current global status.

    Mbarka Bchetnia;Catherine Girard;Caroline Duchaine;Catherine Laprise

    (2020)
    171 Citations
  • COVID-19 infection prevalence in pediatric population: Etiology, clinical presentation, and outcome.

    Fahad Alsohime;Mohamad Hani Temsah;Abdulrahman M. Al-Nemri;Ali M. Somily

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Machine learning decision tree algorithm role for predicting mortality in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU

    (2022)
    95 Citations
  • Prevalence and risk factor for long COVID in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis and systematic review

    (2023)
    88 Citations
  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on multidrug resistant gram positive and gram negative pathogens: A systematic review

    (2022)
    87 Citations

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