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Microbiome
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Microbiome

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 20 197 253 55

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1118
Documents by Best Scientists*: 814
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 58
SCIMAGO H-index: 163
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.117
Impact Factor: 12.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Microbiome?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Microbiome, Microbial ecology, Metagenomics, Microbiology and Ecology. The journal holds forums on Microbiome that merges themes from other disciplines such as Medical microbiology, Gut flora, Feces and Evolutionary biology. The field of Immunology is the anchor for the Medical microbiology studies presented in the journal.

Some problems in Gut flora that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Internal medicine and Physiology. It explores issues in Internal medicine which can be linked to other research areas like Gastroenterology and Endocrinology. It explores topics in Microbial ecology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Zoology, Host (biology), Ecosystem and Microbial population biology.

In addition to Metagenomics research, it aims to explore topics under Resistome, Genome, Computational biology and DNA sequencing. It features Microbiology research that overlaps with concepts in Lactobacillus. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Ecology as it also encompasses Holobiont.

  • Microbiome (45.52%)
  • Microbial ecology (42.82%)
  • Metagenomics (26.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin (964 citations)
  • An improved dual-indexing approach for multiplexed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform (918 citations)
  • Normalization and microbial differential abundance strategies depend upon data characteristics (792 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Microbiome:

The journal papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Microbiome, Microbial ecology, Microbiology, Metagenomics and Gut flora. The journal articles focus on Microbiome but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Immunology and Firmicutes. The published articles explore research in Ecology and overlapping concepts in Holobiont, Rhizosphere and Botany to expand the discourse in Microbial ecology.

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 Microbiome (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rob Knight (25 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jacques Ravel (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jack A. Gilbert (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tong Zhang (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Martin J. Blaser (11 papers) published 1 paper 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 Microbiome (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (57 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, San Diego (36 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (33 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (30 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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, 0.48% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.84% of all publications and 44.66% 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

  • Enterotypes of the human gut mycobiome

    Unknown

    (2022)
    2252 Citations
  • Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges

    Gabriele Berg;Daria Rybakova;Doreen Fischer;Tomislav Cernava

    (2020)
    2027 Citations
  • VirSorter2: a multi-classifier, expert-guided approach to detect diverse DNA and RNA viruses.

    Jiarong Guo;Ben Bolduc;Ahmed A. Zayed;Arvind Varsani;Arvind Varsani

    (2021)
    1221 Citations
  • VALENCIA: a nearest centroid classification method for vaginal microbial communities based on composition.

    Bing Ma;Pawel Gajer;Sarah Brown

    (2020)
    399 Citations
  • Small and mighty: adaptation of superphylum Patescibacteria to groundwater environment drives their genome simplicity

    Renmao Tian;Daliang Ning;Zhili He;Ping Zhang

    (2020)
    375 Citations
  • Fecal microbiota transplantation to maintain remission in Crohn’s disease: a pilot randomized controlled study

    Harry Sokol;Cecilia Landman;Philippe Seksik;Laurence Berard

    (2020)
    334 Citations
  • Lung function and microbiota diversity in cystic fibrosis

    Leah Cuthbertson;Alan W. Walker;Alan W. Walker;Anna E. Oliver;Geraint B. Rogers

    (2020)
    254 Citations
  • Direct impact of commonly used dietary emulsifiers on human gut microbiota.

    Sabrine Naimi;Emilie Viennois;Andrew T. Gewirtz;Benoit Chassaing

    (2021)
    249 Citations
  • Viruses in the Built Environment (VIBE) Meeting Report

    Aaron J. Prussin;Jessica A. Belser;Werner Bischoff;Scott T. Kelley

    (2020)
    219 Citations
  • Microecological Koch’s postulates reveal that intestinal microbiota dysbiosis contributes to shrimp white feces syndrome

    Zhijian Huang;Shenzheng Zeng;Jinbo Xiong;Dongwei Hou

    (2020)
    203 Citations

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