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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology

0300-8584

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/430

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 165 28 27 13
Immunology 173 25 23 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 88
Documents by Best Scientists*: 66
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 75
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.016
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Medical Microbiology and Immunology?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Virology, Gynecology, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular biology. Medical Microbiology and Immunology focuses on Virology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Antibody and Antigen. The work on Microbiology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Virulence and Bacteria.

In particular, the Immunology works presented emphasize discussions on Immune system.

  • Virology (33.32%)
  • Gynecology (23.36%)
  • Microbiology (18.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Single domain antibodies: promising experimental and therapeutic tools in infection and immunity. (483 citations)
  • Identification and localization of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the Alzheimer's brain (393 citations)
  • Plaque assay and primary isolation of influenza A viruses in an established line of canine kidney cells (MDCK) in the presence of trypsin. (387 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Medical Microbiology and Immunology:

The journal articles mainly tackle studies in Virology, Microbiology, Immunology, Medical microbiology and Virus. Antibody, Serology and Antigen are some topics wherein Virology research discussed in the journal publications has an impact. The most cited publications explore issues in Immunology which can be linked to other research areas like Cytotoxic T cell and Disease.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Virus
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Medical Microbiology and Immunology focuses largely on the fields of Medical microbiology, Microbiology, Antigen, Internal medicine and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Medical Microbiology and Immunology focuses on Medical microbiology research as part of the broader topic of Immunology. Medical Microbiology and Immunology explores issues in Immunology which can be linked to other research areas like Single-nucleotide polymorphism and Polymorphism (computer science).

The journal facilitates discussions on Microbiology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Chlamydia, Cell, Cell culture, Chlamydia trachomatis and Complement factor B. The featured Point-of-care testing studies mainly concentrate on Hospitalized patients but also cover areas of interest in Virology. The Virology research dealing mostly with Mycoplasma genitalium is the focus of Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluation of two rapid antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital setting. (21 citations)
  • Early changes in laboratory parameters are predictors of mortality and ICU admission in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis (9 citations)
  • Evaluation of a laboratory-based high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay for non-COVID-19 patient screening at hospital admission. (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 Medical Microbiology and Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hans Wilhelm Doerr (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ulrich Berger (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fritz Kauffmann (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hermann Dold (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Heinz Seeliger (27 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 Medical Microbiology and Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Mainz (101 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Freiburg (101 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Heidelberg University (97 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Basel (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bonn (79 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, 22.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.29% 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 14.29% of all publications and 71.43% 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

  • Impaired detection of omicron by SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests

    Unknown

    (2022)
    214 Citations
  • The human symbiont Mucispirillum schaedleri: causality in health and disease.

    Simone Herp;Abilash Chakravarthy Durai Raj;Marta Salvado Silva;Simon Woelfel

    (2021)
    100 Citations
  • Evaluation of two rapid antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital setting.

    Andreas Osterman;Hanna Mari Baldauf;Marwa Eletreby;Jochen M. Wettengel

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Bacterial aggregate size determines phagocytosis efficiency of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    Maria Alhede;Melanie Lorenz;Blaine Gabriel Fritz;Peter Østrup Jensen

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Comparison of four commercial, automated antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.

    Andreas Osterman;Maximilian Iglhaut;Andreas Lehner;Patricia Späth

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Interferon antagonists encoded by SARS-CoV-2 at a glance

    (2022)
    49 Citations
  • Head-to-head performance comparison of self-collected nasal versus professional-collected nasopharyngeal swab for a WHO-listed SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test.

    Julian A F Klein;Lisa J Krüger;Frank Tobian;Mary Gaeddert

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Evaluation of stability and inactivation methods of SARS-CoV-2 in context of laboratory settings.

    Marek Widera;Sandra Westhaus;Holger F Rabenau;Sebastian Hoehl

    (2021)
    40 Citations

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