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Molecular Carcinogenesis
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Molecular Carcinogenesis

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 104 15 31 10
Medicine 1430 84 79 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 200
Documents by Best Scientists*: 200
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 110
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.949
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Carcinogenesis?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Cancer research, Molecular biology, Carcinogenesis, Gene and Cell biology. Cancer research research presented in Molecular Carcinogenesis encompasses a variety of subjects, including Cancer, Cell growth, Apoptosis, Downregulation and upregulation and Immunology. It is focused mainly on Cancer, particularly Metastasis.

In Molecular Carcinogenesis, Cell cycle and Gene knockdown are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Cell growth research. The journal links adjacent topics like Apoptosis with Cancer cell. The journal facilitates discussions on Molecular biology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Cell culture, Transfection, Gene expression, Mutation and DNA.

It explores topics in Carcinogenesis which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Cell, Endocrinology, Carcinogen, Oncogene and Tumor progression. The journal covers Gene research under the subject of Genetics. The journal facilitated presentations on Cell biology research, particularly Signal transduction, Kinase and Protein kinase B.

  • Cancer research (43.98%)
  • Molecular biology (34.88%)
  • Carcinogenesis (22.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Overlapping substrate specificities and tissue distribution of cytochrome P450 3A and P-glycoprotein: implications for drug delivery and activity in cancer chemotherapy. (793 citations)
  • Microarrays and toxicology: the advent of toxicogenomics. (587 citations)
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Nrf2-Mediated Antioxidant Response (563 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Molecular Carcinogenesis:

The most cited papers mostly deal with topics like Molecular biology, Cancer research, Carcinogenesis, Cell biology and Immunology. The journal papers focus on Molecular biology but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Gene expression which is concerned with Regulation of gene expression. The published papers mainly concentrate on Cancer research but also investigate its connection with concepts in disciplines such as

  • Cancer which intersects with area such as Endocrinology,
  • Apoptosis, which have a strong connection to Kinase..

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

  • Gene
  • Cancer
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Cancer research, Cancer, Cancer cell, Carcinogenesis and Downregulation and upregulation. Topics in Cancer research explored in Molecular Carcinogenesis were investigated in conjunction with research in Apoptosis, Gene knockdown, Cell growth, Metastasis and In vivo. In addition to Cancer research, it aims to explore topics under Transcriptome and Real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Cancer cell research featured in Molecular Carcinogenesis incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Phenotype, Cell biology, Paracrine signalling and Sulforaphane. Some problems in Carcinogenesis that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Cell, Gene expression, DNA methylation, Keratinocyte and Signal transduction. The Downregulation and upregulation works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Cell cycle, Cell migration and Protein kinase A, Phosphorylation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • p21-activated kinase 4 promotes the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting LASP1. (4 citations)
  • M2-like tumor-associated macrophages-secreted Wnt1 and Wnt3a promotes dedifferentiation and metastasis via activating β-catenin pathway in thyroid cancer. (3 citations)
  • Tocilizumab inhibits IL-8 and the proangiogenic potential of triple negative breast cancer cells. (3 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 Molecular Carcinogenesis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John DiGiovanni (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Rajesh Agarwal (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • J. Carl Barrett (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zigang Dong (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Claudio J. Conti (34 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 Molecular Carcinogenesis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (267 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (223 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Texas at Austin (79 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Arizona (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Nanjing Medical University (54 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, 3.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.97% of all publications and 54.05% 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

  • Vitamin E and cancer prevention: Studies with different forms of tocopherols and tocotrienols

    Chung S. Yang;Philip Luo;Zishuo Zeng;Hong Wang

    (2020)
    128 Citations
  • Exosomes secreted by prostate cancer cells under hypoxia promote matrix metalloproteinases activity at pre-metastatic niches.

    Gagan Deep;Anil Jain;Ashish Kumar;Chapla Agarwal;Chapla Agarwal

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • MiR‐15a‐3p regulates ferroptosis via targeting glutathione peroxidase GPX4 in colorectal cancer

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • Syntaxin 6-mediated exosome secretion regulates enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer.

    Taylor C. Peak;Gati K. Panigrahi;Prakash P. Praharaj;Yixin Su

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Polyomavirus-driven Merkel cell carcinoma: Prospects for therapeutic vaccine development.

    Shira Tabachnick‐Cherny;Thomas Pulliam;Candice Church;David M. Koelle

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • TP53 mutations in head and neck cancer

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • AKR1C3 suppresses ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma through regulation of YAP/SLC7A11 signaling pathway

    (2023)
    39 Citations
  • Understanding the immune landscape and tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer to improve immunotherapy

    Robert J. Torphy;Richard D. Schulick;Yuwen Zhu

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Transcriptome profiling reveals that VNPP433‐3β, the lead next‐generation galeterone analog inhibits prostate cancer stem cells by downregulating epithelial–mesenchymal transition and stem cell markers

    (2022)
    27 Citations

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