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Journal of the Royal Society Interface
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Journal of the Royal Society Interface

1742-5689

Published by: The Royal Society

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsif

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 308 79 107 20
Materials Science 414 48 66 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 635
Documents by Best Scientists*: 626
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 26
SCIMAGO H-index: 177
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.025
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of the Royal Society Interface?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Ecology, Biophysics, Nanotechnology, Artificial intelligence and Biological system. Artificial intelligence and Machine learning are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

  • Ecology (7.90%)
  • Biophysics (7.64%)
  • Nanotechnology (7.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Hyperelastic modelling of arterial layers with distributed collagen fibre orientations (1496 citations)
  • Networks and epidemic models. (1335 citations)
  • Approximate Bayesian computation scheme for parameter inference and model selection in dynamical systems (1117 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of the Royal Society Interface:

Nanotechnology, Composite material, Simulation, Artificial intelligence and Biophysics are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The most cited publications with studies in Nanotechnology featured incorporate elements of Tissue engineering and Polymer. The most cited papers aim to address concerns in Composite material, specifically in the areas of Adhesive and Adhesion.

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

  • Ecology
  • Gene
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Transmission (mechanics), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ecology, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Biophysics. The Transmission (mechanics) works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Econometrics and Environmental health. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Environmental health, it also covered topics in Psychological intervention and Epidemiology.

Journal of the Royal Society Interface is focused mainly on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), particularly Social distance. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) research presented in Journal of the Royal Society Interface encompasses a variety of subjects, including Pandemic and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Mathematical foundations of moral preferences. (29 citations)
  • Modelling and predicting the effect of social distancing and travel restrictions on COVID-19 spreading. (17 citations)
  • Risk mapping for COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia using mobility data. (12 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 the Royal Society Interface (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stanislav N. Gorb (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Bryan T. Grenfell (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mohan Edirisinghe (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Christopher A. Gilligan (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Matthew James Keeling (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 the Royal Society Interface (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Oxford (198 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (170 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (168 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (110 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University College London (106 papers) published 2 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, 2.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.46% of all publications and 39.91% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Reconciling early-outbreak estimates of the basic reproductive number and its uncertainty: framework and applications to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak.

    Sang Woo Park;Benjamin M. Bolker;David Champredon;David J.D. Earn

    (2020)
    129 Citations
  • Evaluation of burst release and sustained release of pioglitazone-loaded fibrous mats on diabetic wound healing: an in vitro and in vivo comparison study.

    Muhammet Emin Cam;Sila Yildiz;Hussain Alenezi;Hussain Alenezi;Sumeyye Cesur

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Mathematical deconvolution of CAR T-cell proliferation and exhaustion from real-time killing assay data.

    Prativa Sahoo;Xin Yang;Daniel Abler;Davide Maestrini

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Patterns of the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world: exponential versus power laws.

    Natalia L Komarova;Luis M Schang;Dominik Wodarz

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Tuna locomotion: a computational hydrodynamic analysis of finlet function.

    Junshi Wang;Dylan K. Wainwright;Royce E. Lindengren;George V. Lauder

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Bioelectrical understanding and engineering of cell biology.

    Zoe Schofield;Gabriel N. Meloni;Peter Tran;Christian Zerfass

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Stimuli-responsive surfaces for switchable wettability and adhesion.

    Chang Li;Ming Li;Zhongshi Ni;Qingwen Guan

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Multi-stability in cellular differentiation enabled by a network of three mutually repressing master regulators.

    Atchuta Srinivas Duddu;Sarthak Sahoo;Souvadra Hati;Siddharth Jhunjhunwala

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Computational analysis of dynamic allostery and control in the SARS-CoV-2 main protease.

    Igors Dubanevics;Tom C B McLeish

    (2021)
    38 Citations

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