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Molecular Microbiology
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Molecular Microbiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 64 34 42 18
Microbiology 78 108 129 25
Biology and Biochemistry 210 188 217 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 401
Documents by Best Scientists*: 388
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 277
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.25
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Microbiology?

Biochemistry, Gene, Genetics, Microbiology and Mutant are among the topics commonly tackled in Molecular Microbiology. Molecular Microbiology tackles issues in Biochemistry, particularly in the topics of Escherichia coli, Peptide sequence, Enzyme, Amino acid and Periplasmic space. Gene and Molecular biology are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

Molecular Microbiology holds forums on Molecular biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as RNA and Binding site. Plasmid, DNA, Nucleic acid sequence, Genome and Open reading frame are Genetics topics of special interest in the journal. Microbiology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Pilus, Virulence, Bacteria, Biofilm and Secretion.

The journal focuses on Mutant but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Mutation and Cell biology. In it, Cell, Cell division and Bacillus subtilis are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Cell biology research. Issues in Transcription (biology) were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Promoter and Transcription factor.

  • Biochemistry (35.48%)
  • Gene (27.46%)
  • Genetics (25.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Flagellar and twitching motility are necessary for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development (2225 citations)
  • Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high density mutagenesis (2074 citations)
  • Initiation of biofilm formation in Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 proceeds via multiple, convergent signalling pathways: a genetic analysis (2041 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Molecular Microbiology:

The most cited articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Microbiology, Biochemistry, Gene, Genetics and Mutant. The journal articles focus on Microbiology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Bacteria, Biofilm, Secretion, Cell biology and Virulence. The published articles focus on Gene but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Molecular biology which is concerned with Open reading frame.

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 Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John D. Helmann (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Masayori Inouye (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard Losick (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anthony P. Pugsley (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles J. Dorman (38 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 Molecular Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (526 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (507 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (338 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (302 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (254 papers) published 6 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, 6.42% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.00% of all publications and 66.79% 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

  • Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation

    Tiago R D Costa;Laith Harb;Pratick Khara;Lanying Zeng

    (2021)
    217 Citations
  • One or two membranes? Diderm Firmicutes challenge the Gram-positive/Gram-negative divide

    Daniela Megrian;Daniela Megrian;Najwa Taib;Jerzy Witwinowski;Christophe Beloin

    (2020)
    89 Citations
  • Biogenesis and discharge of the rhoptries: Key organelles for entry and hijack of host cells by the Apicomplexa.

    Rouaa Ben Chaabene;Gaëlle Lentini;Dominique Soldati-Favre

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • Ecogenetics of antibiotic resistance in Listeria monocytogenes

    Fernando Baquero;Val F. Lanza;Mélodie Duval;Teresa M. Coque

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • The Staphylococcus aureus ArlRS two-component system regulates virulence factor expression through MgrA.

    Heidi A. Crosby;Nitija Tiwari;Jakub M. Kwiecinski;Zhen Xu

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • A holin/peptidoglycan hydrolase-dependent protein secretion system.

    Tracy Palmer;Alexander J Finney;Chayan Kumar Saha;Gemma C Atkinson

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • The PfAP2-G2 transcription factor is a critical regulator of gametocyte maturation

    Suprita Singh;Joana M. Santos;Lindsey M. Orchard;Naomi Yamada

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Targeting of proteins to the twin-arginine translocation pathway

    Tracy Palmer;Phillip J. Stansfeld

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Fatty acid activation and utilization by Alistipes finegoldii, a representative Bacteroidetes resident of the human gut microbiome.

    Christopher D. Radka;Matthew W. Frank;Charles O. Rock;Jiangwei Yao

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Mycobacteria-host interactions in human bronchiolar airway organoids.

    Nino Iakobachvili;Stephen Adonai Leon-Icaza;Kèvin Knoops;Norman Sachs

    (2021)
    44 Citations

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