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Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
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Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

1040-6387

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/vdi

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 66 71 81 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 137
Documents by Best Scientists*: 204
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.49
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation?

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation are Virology, Pathology, Microbiology, Virus and Antibody. Issues in Virology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Molecular biology, Serology, Antigen and Polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation addresses concerns in Polymerase chain reaction which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Real-time polymerase chain reaction and DNA.

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation explores topics in Pathology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Lung and Anatomy. The study on Microbiology featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Feces in particular. The concepts on Virus presented in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation can also apply to other research fields, including Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Outbreak.

The Antibody research presented falls under the domain of Immunology.

  • Virology (33.26%)
  • Pathology (31.07%)
  • Microbiology (16.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Pulmonary edema and hydrothorax in swine produced by fumonisin B1, a toxic metabolite of Fusarium moniliforme. (762 citations)
  • Isolation of swine infertility and respiratory syndrome virus (isolate ATCC VR-2332) in North America and experimental reproduction of the disease in gnotobiotic pigs (728 citations)
  • Porcine circoviruses: a review. (717 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Virology, Pathology, Microbiology, Virus and Polymerase chain reaction. While Virology is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, Antibody, Serology and Antigen. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Pathology, it also covers topics in Spleen and Internal medicine.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Pathology, Virology, Virus, Immunohistochemistry and Disease are among the topics commonly tackled in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. Pathology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Encephalitis and Metastasis. In addition to Virology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Genome, Whole genome sequencing, Feces and Real-time polymerase chain reaction.

The journal connects research in Virus with the related topic of Outbreak.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Outbreak of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 in the southwestern United States: first detections in southern California: (5 citations)
  • Novel application of single-cell next-generation sequencing for determination of intratumoral heterogeneity of canine osteosarcoma cell lines. (4 citations)
  • Implementation of next-generation sequencing for virus identification in veterinary diagnostic laboratories (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.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Francisco A. Uzal (67 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sagar M. Goyal (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Donal O'Toole (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jitender P. Dubey (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Julia F. Ridpath (34 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 Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Davis (328 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (278 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Iowa State University (212 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Georgia (194 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (149 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 5.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.20% of all publications and 38.17% 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

  • Diagnosis of canine brucellosis: comparison of various serologic tests and PCR

    Juliana P. S. Mol;Andressa C. B. Guedes;Camila Eckstein;Amanda P. N. Quintal

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a diagnostic marker in dogs with chronic enteropathy.

    Anja Becher;Jan S Suchodolski;Jörg M Steiner;Romy M Heilmann

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Nanopore sequencing as a rapid tool for identification and pathotyping of avian influenza A viruses

    Beate M. Crossley;Daniel Rejmanek;John Baroch;James B. Stanton

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Development of a mismatch amplification mutation assay to correctly serotype isolates of Streptococcus suis serotypes 1, 2, 1/2, and 14:

    Sonia Lacouture;Sonia Lacouture;Sonia Lacouture;Masatoshi Okura;Masatoshi Okura;Masatoshi Okura;Daisuke Takamatsu;Daisuke Takamatsu;Daisuke Takamatsu;Lorelei Corsaut;Lorelei Corsaut;Lorelei Corsaut

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Sequential exposure to bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine coronavirus results in increased respiratory disease lesions: clinical, immunologic, pathologic, and immunohistochemical findings.

    Julia F Ridpath;Robert W Fulton;Fernando V Bauermann;Shollie M Falkenberg

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • NetF-producing Clostridium perfringens and its associated diseases in dogs and foals:

    Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari;Stefan Unterer;Ashley E. Whitehead;John F. Prescott

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Validation of laboratory tests for infectious diseases in wild mammals: Review and recommendations

    Beibei Jia;Axel Colling;David E. Stallknecht;David Blehert

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Alveolar echinococcosis in a dog in the eastern United States.

    Anne Zajac;Donald Fairman;Evan McGee;Bridgette Wells

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Influence of preanalytic and analytic variables in canine and feline urine specific gravity measurement by refractometer

    Martina Mösch;Sven Reese;Karin Weber;Katrin Hartmann

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Method comparison of targeted influenza A virus typing and whole-genome sequencing from respiratory specimens of companion animals.

    Patrick K. Mitchell;Brittany D. Cronk;Ian E. H. Voorhees;Derek Rothenheber

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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