Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Top Research Topics at Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery?

The foci of the journal are Abdominal surgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, Vascular surgery, Gynecology and Cardiac surgery. Abdominal surgery, a part of studies in Surgery and Internal medicine, is the main subject addressed in the journal. Anastomosis, Retrospective cohort study and Perioperative are all aspects of Surgery discussed in the journal.

It features Internal medicine research that overlaps with concepts in Oncology.

• Abdominal surgery (72.75%)
• Cardiothoracic surgery (71.60%)
• Vascular surgery (52.46%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Complications to thyroid surgery: results as reported in a database from a multicenter audit comprising 3,660 patients (476 citations)
• [Transplantation of a donor liver to 2 recipients (splitting transplantation)--a new method in the further development of segmental liver transplantation] (430 citations)
• Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress in the genesis and perpetuation of cancer: role of lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, and repair (360 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery:

The journal articles explore disciplines such as Abdominal surgery, Surgery, Vascular surgery, Cardiothoracic surgery and Cardiac surgery. The discussions in the most cited papers emphasized the topic of Abdominal surgery in an attempt to further explore the field of Internal medicine. While the most cited publications focused on Cardiothoracic surgery, they were also able to explore topics like Primary hyperparathyroidism, Hernia, Hyperparathyroidism, Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Gynecology.

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

• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery focuses on Abdominal surgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, Surgery, Vascular surgery and Cardiac surgery. The Abdominal surgery study featured falls within the larger field of Internal medicine. In addition to Cardiothoracic surgery research, the journal aims to explore topics under Gastrectomy, Radiology, Laparoscopic surgery, Laparoscopy and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

The work on Surgery addressed in it expands to the thematically related Pancreatic fistula. The research on Vascular surgery featured in it combines topics in other fields like Incidence (epidemiology), Mortality rate, Meta-analysis, General surgery and Colorectal cancer. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery addresses concerns in the field of Cardiac surgery by exploring it in line with topics in Hepatectomy which intersect with Hepatocellular carcinoma subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Appendicitis during the COVID-19 lockdown: results of a multicenter analysis in Germany. (13 citations)
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on appendicitis treatment in Germany-a population-based analysis. (11 citations)
• Influence of COVID-19 confinement measures on appendectomies in Germany-a claims data analysis of 9797 patients. (10 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rudolf Pichlmayr (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Volker Schumpelick (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Markus W. Büchler (79 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• G. Blümel (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Caius Burri (62 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (457 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Heidelberg University (283 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Hochschule Hannover (254 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Ulm (213 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Göttingen (116 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, 18.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.95% of all publications and 78.16% 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 Path in Surgical Research

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