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Molecular Brain
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Molecular Brain

1756-6606

Published by: Springer

https://molecularbrain.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 112 156 231 24
Biology and Biochemistry 277 90 127 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 315
Documents by Best Scientists*: 329
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 83
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.191
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Brain?

Molecular Brain tackles a plethora of topics, such as Neuroscience, Cell biology, Psychopharmacology, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. It addresses concerns in Neuroscience which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Synaptic plasticity, Long-term potentiation and Neurotransmission. The work on Long-term potentiation tackled in Molecular Brain brings together disciplines like NMDA receptor and AMPA receptor.

Molecular Brain links adjacent topics like Cell biology with Neurodegeneration. Most of the works presented in it deals with Psychopharmacology but it intersects with the subject of Neurology. It focuses on Endocrinology as well as the interrelated topic of Receptor.

Hippocampal formation research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Dentate gyrus. Hippocampus study tackled is connected to the field of Neurogenesis.

  • Neuroscience (50.36%)
  • Cell biology (24.50%)
  • Psychopharmacology (15.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The molecular biology of memory: CAMP, PKA, CRE, CREB-1, CREB-2, and CPEB (552 citations)
  • APP processing in Alzheimer's disease (498 citations)
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction associated with increased oxidative stress and α-synuclein accumulation in PARK2 iPSC-derived neurons and postmortem brain tissue (273 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Molecular Brain:

The published papers focus largely on the fields of Neuroscience, Cell biology, Psychopharmacology, Synaptic plasticity and Internal medicine. The most cited articles focus on Neuroscience but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as NMDA receptor and Long-term potentiation. The journal papers explore research in Programmed cell death and overlapping concepts in Autophagy and Neurodegeneration to expand the discourse in Cell biology.

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 Molecular Brain (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsuyoshi Miyakawa (40 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Min Zhuo (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Gerald W. Zamponi (33 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hideyuki Okano (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Bong-Kiun Kaang (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Molecular Brain (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Toronto (81 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Fujita Health University (42 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Seoul National University (41 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (36 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • UPRRP College of Natural Sciences (32 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 1.28% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.99% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.23% of all publications and 41.56% 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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Top Publications

  • No raw data, no science: another possible source of the reproducibility crisis

    Tsuyoshi Miyakawa

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • Metallothionein-3 as a multifunctional player in the control of cellular processes and diseases.

    Jae-Young Koh;Sook-Jeong Lee

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Interleukin-17 induced by cumulative mild stress promoted depression-like behaviors in young adult mice

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Epitranscriptomic profiling of N6-methyladenosine-related RNA methylation in rat cerebral cortex following traumatic brain injury

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Ketamine and its metabolite, (2R,6R)-HNK, restore hippocampal LTP and long-term spatial memory in the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression.

    Lily R. Aleksandrova;Yu Tian Wang;Anthony G. Phillips

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • A new mouse line with reduced GluA2 Q/R site RNA editing exhibits loss of dendritic spines, hippocampal CA1-neuron loss, learning and memory impairments and NMDA receptor-independent seizure vulnerability

    Lyndsey M. Konen;Amanda L. Wright;Gordon A. Royle;Gordon A. Royle;Gary P. Morris

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Ocular hypertension suppresses homeostatic gene expression in optic nerve head microglia of DBA/2 J mice

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Effects of test experience, closed-arm wall color, and illumination level on behavior and plasma corticosterone response in an elevated plus maze in male C57BL/6J mice: a challenge against conventional interpretation of the test.

    Hirotaka Shoji;Tsuyoshi Miyakawa

    (2021)
    55 Citations
  • Ascending noradrenergic excitation from the locus coeruleus to the anterior cingulate cortex

    Kohei Koga;Kohei Koga;Kohei Koga;Akihiro Yamada;Qian Song;Qian Song;Xu-Hui Li;Xu-Hui Li

    (2020)
    55 Citations

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