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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

1017-7825

Published by: Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

https://www.jmb.or.kr/main.html

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 234 12 22 7
Biology and Biochemistry 479 49 92 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 131
Documents by Best Scientists*: 185
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.684
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology?

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology tackles a plethora of topics, such as Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Bacteria and Food science. As a part of Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, discussions in Biochemistry involve topics like Enzyme, Escherichia coli, Gene, Amino acid and Recombinant DNA. Enzyme study tackled is connected to the field of Chromatography.

The Gene study featured falls within the wider field of Genetics. The journal facilitates discussions on Microbiology that incorporate concepts from other fields like 16S ribosomal RNA, Strain (chemistry) and Virulence. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Molecular biology as it also encompasses Plasmid.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Food science and the similar topic of Botany.

  • Biochemistry (35.11%)
  • Microbiology (23.12%)
  • Molecular biology (12.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Current Status of Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Therapeutics, and Vaccines for Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). (424 citations)
  • Direct Electrode Reaction of Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens (401 citations)
  • Antifungal effect of silver nanoparticles on dermatophytes. (340 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology:

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Bacteria, Food science and Botany. The journal papers feature Biochemistry research that overlaps with concepts in Molecular biology. The published articles with studies in Microbiology featured incorporate elements of Probiotic and 16S ribosomal RNA, Gene, Virulence.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Biochemistry, Microbiology, Bacteria, Food science and Gene. It aims to address concerns in Biochemistry, specifically in the areas of Enzyme, Amino acid, Glycoside hydrolase and Fermentation. The research on Enzyme featured in Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology combines topics in other fields like Hydrolysis and Escherichia coli.

It addresses concerns in Microbiology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Biofilm and Staphylococcus aureus. Lactic acid is a major topic of Bacteria research. The work on Food science addressed in it expands to the thematically related Antioxidant.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Comparison of digital PCR and quantitative PCR with various SARS-CoV-2 primer-probe sets. (4 citations)
  • The Regulation of LexA on UV-Induced SOS Response in Myxococcus xanthus Based on Transcriptome Analysis. (2 citations)
  • Comparative Phenotypic Analysis of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 Mutants of Porinlike Genes. (2 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 Microbiology and Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jeong Hwan Kim (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Hyong Joo Lee (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nam Soo Han (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Moon-Hee Sung (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Young Ho Kim (34 papers) published 1 paper 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 Microbiology and Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Seoul National University (232 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Konkuk University (201 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Korea University (181 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (154 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyung Hee University (150 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 8.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.12% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.86% of all publications and 44.63% 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

  • A Review on Structure, Modifications and Structure-Activity Relation of Quercetin and Its Derivatives.

    Rubin Thapa Magar;Jae Kyung Sohng

    (2020)
    129 Citations
  • Vaginal Microbiota Profiles of Native Korean Women and Associations with High-Risk Pregnancy

    Dong-Ho Chang;Dong-Ho Chang;Jongoh Shin;Moon-Soo Rhee;Kyung-Ryang Park

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Anticancer Effects of Gut Microbiota-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Cancers

    (2023)
    31 Citations
  • Spoilage Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Brewing Industry.

    Zhenbo Xu;Zhenbo Xu;Yuting Luo;Yuzhu Mao;Ruixin Peng

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Safflower Seed Oil and Its Active Compound Acacetin Inhibit UVB-Induced Skin Photoaging

    Eun Hee Jeong;Hee Yang;Jong-Eun Kim;Ki Won Lee

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Laccase Immobilization on Copper-Magnetic Nanoparticles for Efficient Bisphenol Degradation

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Biotransformation of Protopanaxadiol-Type Ginsenosides in Korean Ginseng Extract into Food-Available Compound K by an Extracellular Enzyme from Aspergillus niger

    Eun-Bi Jeong;Se-A Kim;Kyung-Chul Shin;Deok-Kun Oh

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Inhibition of Microbial Quorum Sensing Mediated Virulence Factors by Pestalotiopsis sydowiana.

    Paramanantham Parasuraman;B Devadatha;V. Venkateswara Sarma;Sampathkumar Ranganathan

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Enhanced Production of Bacterial Cellulose in Komagataeibacter xylinus Via Tuning of Biosynthesis Genes with Synthetic RBS.

    Dong Hoon Hur;Woo Sung Choi;Tae Yong Kim;Sang Yup Lee

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • <i>Lactobacillus casei</i> LC01 Regulates Intestinal Epithelial Permeability through miR-144 Targeting of OCLN and ZO1

    (2020)
    23 Citations

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