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Microbiology and Immunology
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Microbiology and Immunology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 170 55 74 12
Immunology 225 10 12 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 95
Documents by Best Scientists*: 103
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 86
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.669
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Microbiology and Immunology?

Microbiology and Immunology investigates areas of study like Microbiology, Virology, Molecular biology, Immunology and Virus. The research on Microbiology featured in Microbiology and Immunology combines topics in other fields like Gene, Virulence, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli and Bacteria. Research on Gene presented in it concerns the broader topic of Genetics.

The studies on Virology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cell culture, Antibody, Serology and Antigen. Monoclonal antibody is a primary topic of Antibody research in it. The research on Molecular biology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Nucleic acid sequence, Cytotoxic T cell, In vitro, Biochemistry and Epitope.

Topics like Immune system, Spleen, Cytokine and T cell are tackled as part of the discussions on Immunology.

  • Microbiology (40.83%)
  • Virology (28.08%)
  • Molecular biology (20.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Proposal of Burkholderia gen. nov. and Transfer of Seven Species of the Genus Pseudomonas Homology Group II to the New Genus, with the Type Species Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) comb. nov. (779 citations)
  • Proposals of Sphingomonas paucimobilis gen. nov. and comb. nov., Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis sp. nov., Sphingomonas yanoikuyae sp. nov., Sphingomonas adhaesiva sp. nov., Sphingomonas capsulata comb, nov., and Two Genospecies of the Genus Sphingomonas (566 citations)
  • Transfer of Two Burkholderia and An Alcaligenes Species to Ralstonia Gen. Nov.: Proposal of Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston, Palleroni and Doudoroff 1973) Comb. Nov., Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Comb. Nov. and Ralstonia eutropha (Davis 1969) Comb. Nov. (524 citations)

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

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Microbiology, Virology, Molecular biology, Immunology and Biochemistry. Issues in Microbiology were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Polymerase chain reaction, Gene, Virulence, Escherichia coli and Bacteria. The journal papers with studies in Virology featured incorporate elements of Antibody, Serology and Antigen.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Microbiology and Immunology aims to foster the development of research in Microbiology, Virology, Cell biology, Immunology and Virus. Microbiology research presented in Microbiology and Immunology encompasses a variety of subjects, including Agar plate, Bacteria and Virulence. It explores issues in Virology which can be linked to other research areas like In vitro, Human leukocyte antigen, Gene, Epitope and In vivo.

While Cell biology is the focus of Microbiology and Immunology, it also provided insights into the studies of Human brain, Ubiquitin and Neutrophil extracellular traps. In the journal, Lupus nephritis and Peripheral blood mononuclear cell are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Immunology research. The work on Virus tackled in Microbiology and Immunology brings together disciplines like Apoptosis, Binding site and Coronavirus.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Reduction of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Infectivity by Admissible Concentration of Ozone Gas and Water. (4 citations)
  • CXC chemokine ligand 5 (CXCL5) disrupted the permeability of human brain microvascular endothelial cells via regulating p38 signal. (3 citations)
  • Proteolytic activation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. (1 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 Microbiology and Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nobuo Kato (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michio Ohta (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yoshimi Benno (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yasutake Yanagihara (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michio Tsukamura (39 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 Microbiology and Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (261 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (211 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hokkaido University (210 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Osaka University (207 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nagoya University (181 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, 4.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.59% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.56% of all publications and 57.38% 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

  • Gold nanoparticle-adjuvanted S protein induces a strong antigen-specific IgG response against severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus infection, but fails to induce protective antibodies and limit eosinophilic infiltration in lungs

    Hanako Sekimukai;Hanako Sekimukai;Naoko Iwata‐Yoshikawa;Shuetsu Fukushi;Hideki Tani

    (2020)
    187 Citations
  • Proteolytic activation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

    Makoto Takeda

    (2021)
    154 Citations
  • Antiviral activities of mycophenolic acid and IMD-0354 against SARS-CoV-2.

    Fumihiro Kato;Shutoku Matsuyama;Miyuki Kawase;Takayuki Hishiki

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Human immune responses elicited by an intranasal inactivated H5 influenza vaccine.

    Akira Ainai;Elly van Riet;Ryo Ito;Kazuyuki Ikeda

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Oral mitis group streptococci: A silent majority in our oral cavity

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • Secondary streptococcal infection following influenza

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Achievements in bacterial flagellar research with focus on Vibrio species.

    Michio Homma;Tatsuro Nishikino;Seiji Kojima

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Evaluation of CHROMagar™ Candida Plus chromogenic agar for the presumptive identification of Candida auris

    (2022)
    16 Citations

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