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Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 79 23 28 14

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Number of Best Scientists*: 266
Documents by Best Scientists*: 230
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 139
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.83
Impact Factor: 5.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Mechanisms of Ageing and Development?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Senescence, Biochemistry and Ageing. Research on Internal medicine addressed in Mechanisms of Ageing and Development frequently intersections with the field of Immune system. Receptor and Spleen are some topics wherein Endocrinology research discussed in it have an impact.

It explores topics in Senescence which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Telomere, Oxidative stress and Immunology. It concentrated on Immunology research, specifically T cell, Antigen, T lymphocyte, Antibody and Cytokine. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Biochemistry, apply to Molecular biology as well.

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development features Molecular biology research that overlaps with concepts in DNA. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development holds forums on Cell biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cell and Cell culture. Genetics, which encompasses Longevity and Gene, is the main subject of Mechanisms of Ageing and Development.

  • Internal medicine (38.14%)
  • Endocrinology (36.87%)
  • Senescence (24.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Inflammaging and anti-inflammaging: A systemic perspective on aging and longevity emerged from studies in humans (1407 citations)
  • Overview of caloric restriction and ageing. (892 citations)
  • Age-related changes in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: consequences for cell therapies (860 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mechanisms of Ageing and Development:

The published papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Senescence, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Ageing and Biochemistry. The works on Senescence tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Oxidative stress, Immunology and Longevity. Receptor and Immune system are some topics wherein Endocrinology research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

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

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development investigates studies in Cell biology, Senescence, Internal medicine, Disease and Ageing. The studies on Cell biology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Phenotype, Cell cycle checkpoint, Transcriptome and DNA damage. The study of Bioinformatics and how it intertwines with concepts under Osteoporosis were explored in the presented Senescence research.

The Internal medicine study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Endocrinology. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development deals with Disease in conjunction with Neuroscience and similar fields in Amyloid, Microglia and Immune system. In addition to Ageing research, the journal aims to explore topics under Gene and Gerontology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Decreased serum levels of the inflammaging marker miR-146a are associated with clinical non-response to tocilizumab in COVID-19 patients. (11 citations)
  • TREM2, microglia, and Alzheimer's disease. (8 citations)
  • Association analysis framework of genetic and exposure risks for COVID-19 in middle-aged and elderly adults. (5 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 Mechanisms of Ageing and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Claudio Franceschi (59 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Vilhelm A. Bohr (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Francesco Amenta (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rajindar S. Sohal (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arlan Richardson (29 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 Mechanisms of Ageing and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (171 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (93 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bologna (92 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (63 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, 2.31% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.87% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.24% of all publications and 77.95% 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

  • Lack of consensus on an aging biology paradigm? A global survey reveals an agreement to disagree, and the need for an interdisciplinary framework

    Alan A. Cohen;Brian K. Kennedy;Ulrich Anglas;Anne M. Bronikowski

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • The conundrum of human immune system "senescence".

    Graham Pawelec;Anne Bronikowski;Stephen C. Cunnane;Luigi Ferrucci

    (2020)
    88 Citations
  • Hepatic Stellate Cell Senescence in Liver Fibrosis: Characteristics, Mechanisms and Perspectives

    Mengfan Zhang;Sandra Serna-Salas;Turtushikh Damba;Michaela Borghesan

    (2021)
    87 Citations
  • Mitophagy and DNA damage signaling in human aging.

    Mansi Babbar;Sambuddha Basu;Beimeng Yang;Deborah L. Croteau

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Senolytic targets and new strategies for clearing senescent cells.

    Mingxia Ge;Mingxia Ge;Li Hu;Li Hu;Hongshun Ao;Meiting Zi

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Regulation and roles of mitophagy at synapses.

    Konstantinos Palikaras;Nektarios Tavernarakis;Nektarios Tavernarakis

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • The NAD+-mitophagy axis in healthy longevity and in artificial intelligence-based clinical applications

    Yahyah Aman;Johannes Frank;Sofie Hindkjær Lautrup;Adrian Matysek

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Hallmarks of aging Drosophila intestinal stem cells.

    Imilce A. Rodriguez-Fernandez;Helen M. Tauc;Heinrich Jasper

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • A geroscience motivated approach to treat Alzheimer's disease: Senolytics move to clinical trials.

    Mitzi M. Gonzales;Sudarshan Krishnamurthy;Valentina Garbarino;Ali S. Daeihagh

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Role of sorting nexin PaATG24 in autophagy, aging and development of Podospora anserina.

    Vanessa Henkel;Lea Schürmanns;Miriam Brunner;Andrea Hamann

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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