Malaria Journal

Top Research Topics at Malaria Journal?

The main research concerns discussed in Malaria Journal are Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Public health, Parasitology and Tropical medicine. Malaria Journal focuses on Malaria but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Veterinary medicine, Virology and Environmental health. The research on Veterinary medicine featured in Malaria Journal combines topics in other fields like Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles.

It addresses concerns in the field of Virology by exploring it in line with topics in Antigen which intersect with Antibody subjects. Issues in Plasmodium falciparum were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Genetics, Drug resistance, Internal medicine and Chloroquine. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Public health, it also covered topics in Psychological intervention, Cross-sectional study, Family medicine, Socioeconomics and Pediatrics.

Topics in Parasitology were tackled in line with various other fields like Gametocyte, Plasmodium, Parasite hosting and Genotype. In addition to Tropical medicine research, the journal aims to explore topics under Epidemiology, Demography, Incidence (epidemiology) and Rapid diagnostic test. The work on Artemisinin tackled in Malaria Journal brings together disciplines like Combination therapy, Pharmacology and Artesunate.

• Malaria (70.51%)
• Plasmodium falciparum (35.46%)
• Public health (27.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Increased proportions of outdoor feeding among residual malaria vector populations following increased use of insecticide-treated nets in rural Tanzania. (462 citations)
• Quinine, an old anti-malarial drug in a modern world: role in the treatment of malaria (439 citations)
• Plant-based insect repellents: a review of their efficacy, development and testing (426 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Malaria Journal:

The journal publications investigate areas of study like Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Public health, Immunology and Parasitology. The journal publications hold forums on Malaria that merge themes from other disciplines such as Tropical medicine, Virology and Environmental health. The Plasmodium falciparum research presented in the most cited papers focuses mostly on Internal medicine and, on occasion, topics in Surgery.

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 Malaria Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Nicholas J. White (120 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Chris Drakeley (111 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Arjen M. Dondorp (90 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• François Nosten (78 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Umberto D'Alessandro (74 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Malaria Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of London (683 papers) published 44 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (462 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (395 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Mahidol University (373 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (311 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 2.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.69% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.58% of all publications and 32.91% 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.