MethodsX

Top Research Topics at MethodsX?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Chromatography, Artificial intelligence, Extraction (chemistry), Environmental chemistry and Cell biology. Chromatography works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Mass spectrometry.

• Chromatography (9.88%)
• Artificial intelligence (4.04%)
• Extraction (chemistry) (3.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Step-by-step quantitative analysis of focal adhesions (126 citations)
• Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) production trait, a useful screening to select endophytic and rhizosphere competent bacteria for rice growth promoting agents. (122 citations)
• Determination of collagen content within picrosirius red stained paraffin-embedded tissue sections using fluorescence microscopy. (95 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at MethodsX:

The most cited papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Chromatography, Extraction (chemistry), Contamination, Aqueous solution and Cell biology. Most of the Chromatography studies addressed in the most cited papers also intersect with Phenol. While the journal publications focused on Aqueous solution, they were also able to explore topics like Adsorption and Nuclear chemistry.

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

• Gene
• Enzyme
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Chromatography, Artificial intelligence, Extraction (chemistry), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Econometrics are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Specifically, studies on Detection limit are prevalent in the Chromatography works discussed. Most of the works presented in MethodsX deals with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but it intersects with the subject of 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Investor attention on COVID-19 and African stock returns (9 citations)
• Infectious Disease, Human Capital, and the BRICS Economy in the time of COVID-19 (9 citations)
• Transient convection experiments in internally-heated systems. (6 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 MethodsX (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ahmad Zarei (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mohammad Hadi Dehghani (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Andrew S. Ball (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Muhammad Alif K. Sahide (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Mahmood Yousefi (6 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 MethodsX (based on the number of publications) are:

• Tehran University of Medical Sciences (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (18 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• RMIT University (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Covenant University (15 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.45% of all publications and 71.93% 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.

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