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mSystems
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mSystems

Published by: American Society for Microbiology

https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 38 273 337 41
Biology and Biochemistry 69 378 525 49
Ecology and Evolution 82 111 136 31
Medicine 834 117 104 26

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1194
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1055
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 59
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.558
Impact Factor: 4.6

Top Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases

    Fuqing Wu;Jianbo Zhang;Amy Xiao;Xiaoqiong Gu

    (2020)
    795 Citations
  • Genome-Resolved Metagenomics Reveals Distinct Phosphorus Acquisition Strategies between Soil Microbiomes

    Unknown

    (2022)
    257 Citations
  • Depletion of Blautia Species in the Microbiota of Obese Children Relates to Intestinal Inflammation and Metabolic Phenotype Worsening.

    Alfonso Benítez-Páez;Eva M. Gómez del Pugar;Inmaculada López-Almela;Ángela Moya-Pérez

    (2020)
    242 Citations
  • MICOM: Metagenome-Scale Modeling To Infer Metabolic Interactions in the Gut Microbiota.

    Christian Diener;Sean M. Gibbons;Sean M. Gibbons;Osbaldo Resendis-Antonio

    (2020)
    188 Citations
  • Consistent Metagenome-Derived Metrics Verify and Delineate Bacterial Species Boundaries.

    Matthew R. Olm;Alexander Crits-Christoph;Spencer Diamond;Adi Lavy

    (2020)
    175 Citations
  • Abundant and Diverse RNA Viruses in Insects Revealed by RNA-Seq Analysis: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications

    (2020)
    151 Citations
  • High-Throughput Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 Detection Enables Forecasting of Community Infection Dynamics in San Diego County

    Smruthi Karthikeyan;Nancy Ronquillo;Pedro Belda-Ferre;Destiny Alvarado

    (2021)
    144 Citations
  • Consumption of Fermented Foods Is Associated with Systematic Differences in the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome.

    Bryn C. Taylor;Franck Lejzerowicz;Marion Poirel;Justin P. Shaffer

    (2020)
    141 Citations
  • Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives.

    Haiyan Chu;Gui-Feng Gao;Yuying Ma;Kunkun Fan

    (2020)
    123 Citations

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