Microbiology Australia

Top Research Topics at Microbiology Australia?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Virology, Microbiology, Disease, Immunology and Ecology. The in-depth study on Virology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Pandemic. The journal connects the study in Disease with the closely related area of Environmental health.

• Virology (11.41%)
• Microbiology (11.32%)
• Disease (8.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• COVID-19: a novel zoonotic disease caused by a coronavirus from China: what we know and what we don't. (202 citations)
• Clostridium perfringens extracellular toxins and enzymes: 20 and counting (36 citations)
• The marine mammal microbiome: current knowledge and future directions (33 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Microbiology Australia:

The published papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Ecology, Disease, Zoology, Microbiology and Range (biology). While Disease is the key highlight in the published articles, thet also covered some subjects on Outbreak and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China, Virus, Advertising and Food chain. The most cited articles deal with Microbiology in conjunction with Bacteriophage and similar fields in Virology.

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

• Bacteria
• Virus
• World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Microbiology Australia aims to foster the development of research in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Virology, Pandemic and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research presented in Microbiology Australia encompasses a variety of subjects, including Isolation (health care), Immunology, Respiratory system, Pharmacology and Immunotherapy. The study of Isolation (health care) encompasses disciplines such as Respiratory tract, as well as fields such as Disease, all of which overlap with one another.

The close relationship between Coagulopathy and Intensive care medicine is one of the points of interest dissected in Disease research. It facilitates discussions in Transmission (medicine) and Virus as part of the larger field of Virology, however, it also tackles fields such as Health outcomes. Pandemic research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Outbreak, Whole genome sequencing, Genomics and Public health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Genes of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants (2 citations)
• Lipids, statins and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A viruses (1 citations)
• Genome sequencing and its use in public health responses to COVID-19 (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Microbiology Australia (based on the number of publications) are:

• İpek Kurtböke (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ian Macreadie (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• William D. Rawlinson (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• John Merlino (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John S. Mackenzie (13 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 Microbiology Australia (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Sydney (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Queensland (43 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• University of New South Wales (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Melbourne (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• RMIT University (23 papers) published 3 papers 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, 41.18% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 70.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 10.00% 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.