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Journal of Reproduction and Development
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Journal of Reproduction and Development

0916-8818

Published by: Society for Reproduction and Development

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jrd/-char/en

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 211 3 11 5
Biology and Biochemistry 605 26 39 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 43
Documents by Best Scientists*: 65
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.636
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Reproduction and Development?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology, Embryo and Blastocyst. Some problems in Internal medicine that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Gastroenterology and Pregnancy. Estrous cycle, Follicular phase, Ovulation, Hormone and Luteinizing hormone are all areas of Endocrinology tackled in it.

The Estrous cycle study featured falls within the wider field of Animal science. While Andrology is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Oocyte, In vitro, Anatomy and Embryogenesis. Most of the Oocyte studies addressed also intersect with Human fertilization.

The Embryo works featured in it incorporate elements from Molecular biology and Embryonic stem cell. Journal of Reproduction and Development focuses on Molecular biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gene expression and Gene.

  • Internal medicine (33.07%)
  • Endocrinology (27.80%)
  • Andrology (20.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Foundations for smarter cities (615 citations)
  • Involvement of anteroventral periventricular metastin/kisspeptin neurons in estrogen positive feedback action on luteinizing hormone release in female rats. (442 citations)
  • Three-dimensional silicon integration (416 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Reproduction and Development:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Andrology, Embryo and Blastocyst. The published papers investigate Internal medicine research which frequently intersects with Pregnancy. While the published articles focused on Andrology, they were also able to explore topics like In vitro fertilisation, Anatomy, Human fertilization, Cryopreservation and Oocyte.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Reproduction and Development mainly tackles studies in Andrology, Internal medicine, Embryo, Cell biology and Oocyte. The journal explores issues in Andrology which can be linked to other research areas like Follicular phase, Luteal phase, In vitro, Follicle and Blastocyst. Internal medicine research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Gastroenterology and Endocrinology.

The Endocrinology research presented places emphasis on topics like Luteinizing hormone and Estrous cycle. The concepts on Cell biology presented in Journal of Reproduction and Development can also apply to other research fields, including Embryonic stem cell, Transcription factor and Gene. The research on In vitro fertilisation tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Sperm, Embryo transfer and Cryopreservation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Epidemiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Korea (2 citations)
  • The Gut Microbiome and Osteoarthritis: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study (2 citations)
  • Clinical prospects proposing an increase in the luteolytic dose of prostaglandin F2α in dairy cattle. (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 Reproduction and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gen Watanabe (97 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Akio Miyamoto (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Noboru Manabe (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kazuyoshi Taya (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kiyoshi Okuda (61 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 Reproduction and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (271 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • IBM (239 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (158 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (158 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Gifu University (128 papers) absent at the last 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, 25.89% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 31.33% of all publications and 31.33% 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.

Career Opportunities Related to Reproduction and Development Research

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Top Publications

  • Palmitic acid activates NLRP3 inflammasome and induces placental inflammation during pregnancy in mice

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Conditional kisspeptin neuron-specific Kiss1 knockout with newly generated Kiss1-floxed and Kiss1-Cre mice replicates a hypogonadal phenotype of global Kiss1 knockout mice.

    Kana Ikegami;Teppei Goto;Teppei Goto;Sho Nakamura;Youki Watanabe

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Inducible Kiss1 knockdown in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus suppressed pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone in male mice.

    Shiori Minabe;Sho Nakamura;Eri Fukushima;Marimo Sato

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Production of mouse offspring from inactivated spermatozoa using horse PLCζ mRNA.

    Yunosuke Yamamoto;Naoki Hirose;Satoshi Kamimura;Satoshi Kamimura;Sayaka Wakayama

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Production of offspring from vacuum-dried mouse spermatozoa and assessing the effect of drying conditions on sperm DNA and embryo development

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Assisted reproductive techniques for canines: preservation of genetic material in domestic dogs.

    Hiroshi Suzuki;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Yasuyuki Abe

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Differentially methylated CpG sites related to fertility in Japanese Black bull spermatozoa: epigenetic biomarker candidates to predict sire conception rate

    Kumiko Takeda;Eiji Kobayashi;Kazuko Ogata;Akira Imai

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Peripheral administration of SB223412, a selective neurokinin-3 receptor antagonist, suppresses pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion by acting on the gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse generator in estrogen-treated ovariectomized female goats.

    Takuya Sasaki;Tomoya Sonoda;Ryoki Tatebayashi;Yuri Kitagawa

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Ovarian response to prostaglandin F&lt;sub&gt;2α&lt;/sub&gt; in lactating dairy cows: A clinical update

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Mouse &lt;i&gt;in vivo&lt;/i&gt;-derived late 2-cell embryos have higher developmental competence after high osmolality vitrification and −80°C preservation than IVF or ICSI embryos

    (2022)
    9 Citations

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