Journal of Microbiological Methods

Top Research Topics at Journal of Microbiological Methods?

The topics of Microbiology, Bacteria, Chromatography, Molecular biology and Biochemistry are the focal point of discussions in the journal. In addition to Microbiology research, Journal of Microbiological Methods aims to explore topics under Virology, Real-time polymerase chain reaction, Escherichia coli, Agar and Polymerase chain reaction. Polymerase chain reaction research discussed in Journal of Microbiological Methods aim to provide more information in the subject of Genetics.

The journal covers various topics on Genetics such as Genome, 16S ribosomal RNA, Typing and Plasmid. Topics in Bacteria explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Food science and Enterobacteriaceae. The work tackled in Journal of Microbiological Methods goes beyond the discipline of Chromatography as it also encompasses Analytical chemistry.

It addresses concerns in Molecular biology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Gene and DNA. Discussions in Journal of Microbiological Methods are anchored in the subject of DNA and the similar topic of DNA extraction. Enzyme is part of Biochemistry studies tackled in Journal of Microbiological Methods.

• Microbiology (37.97%)
• Bacteria (20.30%)
• Chromatography (16.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• AN INTEGRATED PROCEDURE FOR THE EXTRACTION OF BACTERIAL ISOPRENOID QUINONES AND POLAR LIPIDS (4012 citations)
• Artificial neural networks: fundamentals, computing, design, and application (1939 citations)
• Identification of plasmids by PCR-based replicon typing (1835 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Microbiological Methods:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Microbiology, Bacteria, Chromatography, Molecular biology and Polymerase chain reaction. While the most cited articles focused on Microbiology, they were also able to explore topics like Multiplex polymerase chain reaction, Food science, 16S ribosomal RNA, Biofilm and Escherichia coli. The most cited papers focus on Bacteria but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Biochemistry and Botany.

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

• Bacteria
• Enzyme
• Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Microbiological Methods primarily tackles Microbiology, Chromatography, Bacteria, Food science and Gene. The study of Microbiology encompasses disciplines such as Real-time polymerase chain reaction, as well as fields such as Virology, all of which overlap with one another. The journal holds forums on Chromatography that merges themes from other disciplines such as Agar plate, Microorganism and Escherichia coli.

Topics in Food science were tackled in line with various other fields like Probiotic and Agar. Journal of Microbiological Methods focuses on Agar research which is adjacent to topics in Bacterial growth. Journal of Microbiological Methods explores studies in Gene as part of the wider topic of Biochemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Accurate and sensitive analysis of Staphylococcus aureus through CRISPR-Cas12a based recycling signal amplification cascades for early diagnosis of skin and soft tissue infections. (4 citations)
• Respiratory bacterial co-infections in intensive care unit-hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Conventional culture vs BioFire FilmArray pneumonia Plus panel (3 citations)
• A low pH-based rapid and direct colorimetric sensing of bacteria using unmodified gold nanoparticles. (3 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Microbiological Methods (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jack T. Trevors (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David C. White (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hung Lee (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alvin Fox (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Schloter (22 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Microbiological Methods (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Guelph (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
• United States Department of Agriculture (66 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (60 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Ghent University (59 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, 8.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.62% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 3.21% of all publications and 78.85% 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.