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Journal of Virological Methods
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Journal of Virological Methods

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 104 128 123 20
Immunology 116 59 65 15
Medicine 1806 63 62 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 317
Documents by Best Scientists*: 263
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 119
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.488
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Virological Methods?

The concepts of Virology, Virus, Molecular biology, Antibody and Polymerase chain reaction are tackled in Journal of Virological Methods. Virology research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as RNA, Real-time polymerase chain reaction, Gene, Antigen and Microbiology. Some problems in Real-time polymerase chain reaction that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, Multiplex and Viral load.

Research in Gene tackled falls within the umbrella of Genetics. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Virus and the similar topic of Cell culture. The research on Molecular biology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Reverse transcriptase, Nucleic acid, Recombinant DNA, DNA and Complementary DNA.

Journal of Virological Methods covers Antibody research under the subject of Immunology. Research on Polymerase chain reaction addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Genotype.

  • Virology (74.26%)
  • Virus (49.93%)
  • Molecular biology (38.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • J. Virol. Methods: Corrigendum to “Detection of stylet-borne and circulative potato viruses in aphids by duplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction” [59 (1996) 189] (2578 citations)
  • Rapid and automated tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay for the detection of anti-HIV compounds (1525 citations)
  • Genogroup-specific PCR primers for detection of Norwalk-like viruses. (678 citations)

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

The journal articles primarily tackle Virology, Virus, Molecular biology, Polymerase chain reaction and Real-time polymerase chain reaction. The journal papers explore research in Virology alongside concepts in Antibody and other areas of study in Antigen. The published papers address concerns in Virus which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as TaqMan and Cell culture.

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

  • Virus
  • Gene
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Virological Methods primarily tackles Virology, Virus, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Computational biology and Titer. It explores issues in Virology which can be linked to other research areas like Rolling circle replication and Genotype. Neutralization is a major topic of Virus research presented in Journal of Virological Methods.

Journal of Virological Methods explores topics in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Pathological, Immunology, Median lethal dose, Lung injury and Hamster. The presented Computational biology research focuses mostly on Hepatitis B virus and, on occasion, topics in Genome. The work on Titer tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Kidney disorder, Neutral red, Avian nephritis virus and Cytolysis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Production of a replicating retroviral vector expressing Reovirus fast protein for cancer gene therapy. (0 citations)
  • Deep sequencing of hepatitis B virus using Ion Torrent fusion primer method (0 citations)
  • A low-cost TaqMan minor groove binder probe-based one-step RT-qPCR assay for rapid identification of N501Y variants of SARS-CoV-2. (0 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 Virological Methods (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sándor Belák (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Canio Buonavoglia (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vito Martella (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nicola Decaro (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Donald P. King (25 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 Virological Methods (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (180 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (154 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mahidol University (68 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 2022 edition, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.33% of all publications and 91.67% 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

  • Comparison of the SARS-CoV-2 Rapid antigen test to the real star Sars-CoV-2 RT PCR kit.

    Alexander Krüttgen;Christian G. Cornelissen;Michael Dreher;Mathias W. Hornef

    (2021)
    197 Citations
  • Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins as targets for antibody detection in severe and mild COVID-19 cases using a Luminex bead-based assay.

    Joachim Mariën;Ann Ceulemans;Johan Michiels;Leo Heyndrickx

    (2021)
    115 Citations
  • Performance evaluation of the Roche Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S immunoassay.

    Elena Riester;Peter Findeisen;J. Kolja Hegel;Michael Kabesch

    (2021)
    94 Citations
  • Comparison of potency assays to assess SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody capacity in COVID-19 convalescent plasma.

    Christine von Rhein;Tatjana Scholz;Lisa Henss;Romy Kronstein-Wiedemann

    (2021)
    84 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2: Comparative analysis of different RNA extraction methods.

    Cecilia Ambrosi;Carla Prezioso;Paola Checconi;Daniela Scribano

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • The effect of heat-treatment on SARS-CoV-2 viability and detection.

    Jane Burton;Hannah Love;Kevin Richards;Christopher Burton

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Double-quencher probes improve detection sensitivity toward Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay.

    Yosuke Hirotsu;Hitoshi Mochizuki;Masao Omata

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Genomic and evolutionary comparison between SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses.

    Zigui Chen;Siaw S. Boon;Maggie H. Wang;Renee W.Y. Chan

    (2021)
    49 Citations

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