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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

1972-2680

Published by: Sassari

https://jidc.org/index.php/journal

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 230 37 39 7
Medicine 2627 14 21 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 115
Documents by Best Scientists*: 120
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.389
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Infection in Developing Countries?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Microbiology, Internal medicine, Virology, Immunology and Antibiotic resistance. Salmonella and Virulence are some topics wherein Microbiology research discussed in the journal have an impact. Internal medicine research presented in Journal of Infection in Developing Countries encompasses a variety of subjects, including Gastroenterology, Surgery and Tuberculosis.

The concepts on Virology presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Polymerase chain reaction and Genotype. Immunology research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Antibody. The study on Antibiotic resistance presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Antimicrobial.

The works on Drug resistance deal in particular with Multiple drug resistance.

  • Microbiology (21.34%)
  • Internal medicine (16.98%)
  • Virology (13.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Bacteriophage therapy: a potential solution for the antibiotic resistance crisis. (237 citations)
  • Similarity in Case Fatality Rates (CFR) of COVID-19/SARS-COV-2 in Italy and China. (227 citations)
  • Hantavirus infection: a review and global update. (172 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Infection in Developing Countries:

Microbiology, Virology, Drug resistance, Immunology and Antibiotic resistance are the main subjects of interest in the published papers. The featured Microbiology studies in the journal papers mainly concentrate on Salmonella but also cover areas of interest in Serotype and Virulence. The published articles focus on Immunology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Internal medicine and Typhoid fever.

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 facilitates discussions on Internal medicine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pandemic, Microbiology and Epidemiology. The work on Internal medicine tackled in it brings together disciplines like Gastroenterology, Antibiotics and Tuberculosis. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Tuberculosis, it also covered topics in Treatment outcome and Pediatrics.

The Pandemic research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Public health and the closely related topic of Family medicine and Environmental health. The journal focuses on Microbiology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, Genotype and Virulence. The studies in Epidemiology featured incorporate elements of Demography, Incidence (epidemiology) and Outbreak.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Clonal dispersion of Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit designed to patients COVID-19. (7 citations)
  • A straightforward molecular strategy to retrospectively investigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 VOC202012/01 B.1.1.7 variant. (6 citations)
  • Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 pandemic in America: A preliminary systematic review. (5 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 in Developing Countries (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Salvatore Rubino (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ghassan M. Matar (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • David J. Kelvin (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karapet Davtyan (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bianca Paglietti (15 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 in Developing Countries (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yahoo! (94 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 27 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sassari (84 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • World Health Organization (46 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • American University of Beirut (45 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (41 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, 13.66% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.21% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.56% of all publications and 63.28% 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

  • 2019-nCoV (Wuhan virus), a novel Coronavirus: human-to-human transmission, travel-related cases, and vaccine readiness.

    Robyn Ralph;Jocelyne Lew;Tiansheng Zeng;Magie Francis

    (2020)
    273 Citations
  • COVID-19 pandemic in resource-poor countries: challenges, experiences and opportunities in Ghana.

    Daniel Kwame Afriyie;George Awuku Asare;Seth Kwabena Amponsah;Brian Godman

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • COVID-19, frailty and long-term care: Implications for policy and practice.

    Melissa Andrew;Samuel D Searle;Janet E McElhaney;Shelly A McNeil

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Biological activities of essential oil extracted from leaves of Atalantia sessiflora Guillauminin Vietnam

    Nhan Trong Le;Matthew Gavino Donadu;Duc Viet Ho;Tuan Quoc Doan

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • A vaccine is not too far for COVID-19.

    Shailesh Kumar Patel;Mamta Pathak;Ruchi Tiwari;Mohd Iqbal Yatoo

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Monkeypox goes viral: measuring the misinformation outbreak on Twitter

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Carbapenem and colistin-resistant bacteria in North Lebanon: Coexistence of mcr-1 and NDM-4 genes in Escherichia coli.

    Charbel Al-Bayssari;Tania Nawfal Dagher;Samar El Hamoui;Fadi Fenianos

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • β-lactam and fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae from imported and locally-produced chicken in Mozambique.

    Sara Lino Faife;Tomas Zimba;John Osei Sekyere;Usha Govinden

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • IncFIB plasmids carrying the resistance gene blaCTX-M-15 in ESBL-producing Escherichia coli clones from pediatric patients

    (2022)
    13 Citations

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