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Molecular Medicine
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Molecular Medicine

1076-1551

Published by: Springer

https://molmed.biomedcentral.com

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 136 9 9 7
Medicine 1184 106 111 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 283
Documents by Best Scientists*: 238
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 136
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.752
Impact Factor: 6.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Medicine?

The journal explores disciplines such as Internal medicine, Immunology, Molecular medicine, Molecular biology and Endocrinology. Molecular Medicine is focused mainly on Internal medicine, particularly Receptor. The presentations discussing Immunology offer insights in topics such as Inflammation, Immune system, Proinflammatory cytokine, Cytokine and Antigen.

Molecular Medicine investigates Inflammation research which frequently intersects with Tumor necrosis factor alpha. In it, Cancer research and Pathology are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Molecular medicine research. The research on Cancer research featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Apoptosis and Cancer.

Issues in Molecular biology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cell culture, Gene expression, Gene and Cell biology.

  • Internal medicine (18.80%)
  • Immunology (17.13%)
  • Molecular medicine (16.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into embryoid bodies compromising the three embryonic germ layers. (1420 citations)
  • Circulating fibrocytes define a new leukocyte subpopulation that mediates tissue repair. (1146 citations)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1043 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Molecular Medicine:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Internal medicine, Immunology, Endocrinology, Molecular biology and Cell biology. Internal medicine research is the primary subject tackled in the most cited publications with a focus in Molecular medicine. The studies on Molecular biology discussed at the published papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Apoptosis and Biochemistry.

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

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Molecular Medicine mainly deals with areas of study such as Molecular medicine, Cancer research, Cell biology, Internal medicine and Apoptosis. Molecular medicine research presented in Molecular Medicine encompasses a variety of subjects, including Immunohistochemistry, Pathogenesis, Immune system, Transfection and microRNA. Some problems in Cancer research that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Carcinogenesis, Cancer, PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, Signal transduction and Western blot.

The research on Internal medicine tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Endocrinology and Oncology. Molecular Medicine focuses on Apoptosis but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Inflammation, Downregulation and upregulation, Flow cytometry and In vivo. The Downregulation and upregulation research presented in it explores the relationship between Molecular biology and the closely related topic of HMGB1.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • ELAVL1 is transcriptionally activated by FOXC1 and promotes ferroptosis in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by regulating autophagy. (5 citations)
  • Novel targeted therapies for Parkinson's disease. (4 citations)
  • Long non-coding RNA CIR inhibits chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by epigenetically suppressing ATOH8 via methyltransferase EZH2 (4 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 Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kevin J. Tracey (45 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Timothy R. Billiar (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ping Wang (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sangeeta S. Chavan (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Richard Bucala (20 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 Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (159 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (57 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (45 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, 6.87% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.02% of all publications and 72.13% 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

  • Post-sepsis syndrome - an evolving entity that afflicts survivors of sepsis.

    Zachary Mostel;Zachary Mostel;Abraham Perl;Abraham Perl;Matthew Marck;Syed F. Mehdi

    (2020)
    192 Citations
  • Extracellular HMGB1: a therapeutic target in severe pulmonary inflammation including COVID-19?

    Ulf Andersson;William Ottestad;William Ottestad;Kevin J. Tracey;Kevin J. Tracey;Kevin J. Tracey

    (2020)
    185 Citations
  • Retraction Note: Diet restriction inhibits apoptosis and HMGB1 oxidation and promotes inflammatory cell recruitment during acetaminophen hepatotoxicity.

    Daniel James Antoine;Dominic P. Williams;Anja Kipar;Hugh Laverty

    (2020)
    113 Citations
  • Nebulized in-line endotracheal dornase alfa and albuterol administered to mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients: a case series.

    Andrew G. Weber;Alice S. Chau;Mikala Egeblad;Betsy J. Barnes

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • Erythropoietin as candidate for supportive treatment of severe COVID-19.

    Hannelore Ehrenreich;Karin Weissenborn;Martin Begemann;Martin Begemann;Markus Busch

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • The roles of the gut microbiota–miRNA interaction in the host pathophysiology

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • CXCL10 levels at hospital admission predict COVID-19 outcome: hierarchical assessment of 53 putative inflammatory biomarkers in an observational study.

    Nicola I. Lorè;Rebecca De Lorenzo;Paola M. V. Rancoita;Federica Cugnata

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Retraction Note to: High systemic levels of the cytokine-inducing HMGB1 isoform secreted in severe macrophage activation syndrome.

    Karin Palmblad;Hanna Schierbeck;Erik Sundberg;Anna-Carin Horne

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • NK cell frequencies, function and correlates to vaccine outcome in BNT162b2 mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated healthy and immunocompromised individuals

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Diagnostic and prognostic impact of cytokeratin 18 expression in human tumors: a tissue microarray study on 11,952 tumors.

    Anne Menz;Timo Weitbrecht;Natalia Gorbokon;Franziska Büscheck

    (2021)
    48 Citations

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