Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Top Research Topics at Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Genetics, DNA damage, DNA repair, Genotoxicity and Carcinogen. Genetics, which encompasses Gene, Mutation, Epigenetics, Gene mutation and Carcinogenesis, is the main subject of it. Issues in DNA damage were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Oxidative stress and Cell biology.

The research on DNA repair featured in Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research combines topics in other fields like Molecular biology and Genome instability. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Genotoxicity, it also covered topics in Pharmacology and Micronucleus test. Some problems in Micronucleus test that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Buccal swab and Lymphocyte.

The studies in Carcinogen featured incorporate elements of Cancer, Cancer research and Toxicology. The work on Cancer addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Oncology. Cancer research and Immunology are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

• Genetics (29.96%)
• DNA damage (19.46%)
• DNA repair (15.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Occurrence, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of regulated and emerging disinfection by-products in drinking water: a review and roadmap for research. (2065 citations)
• Oxidative DNA damage and disease: induction, repair and significance (1042 citations)
• Analysis of a form of oxidative DNA damage, 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, as a marker of cellular oxidative stress during carcinogenesis (969 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Genetics, DNA damage, Genotoxicity, Carcinogen and Biochemistry. The journal papers address concerns in DNA damage which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Carcinogenesis, Oxidative stress, DNA repair and Cell biology. The journal articles hold forums on Genotoxicity that merge themes from other disciplines such as Environmental chemistry and Micronucleus test.

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

• Gene
• Cancer
• DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research tackles a plethora of topics, such as Micronucleus test, Internal medicine, Cancer, Disease and Biomarker (medicine). The work on Micronucleus test tackled in Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research brings together disciplines like Meta-analysis and Buccal swab. It explores issues in Internal medicine which can be linked to other research areas like Gastroenterology and Oncology.

The main emphasis of it is the subject of Cancer, focusing on Carcinogenesis. Concepts in DNA repair, as well as related topics in DNA demethylation and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, are covered in the Epigenetics research presented in Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research. While Cancer research is the key highlight in Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research, it also covered some subjects on DNA damage and Computational biology, Confounding, Biomonitoring and Mutagen.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Relationships among smoking, oxidative stress, inflammation, macromolecular damage, and cancer. (7 citations)
• The pathways related to glutamine metabolism, glutamine inhibitors and their implication for improving the efficiency of chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer. (5 citations)
• The hCOMET project: international database comparison of results with the comet assay in human biomonitoring (baseline frequency of DNA damage and effect of main confounders) (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Stefano Bonassi (31 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Michael Fenech (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Claudia Bolognesi (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Micheline Kirsch-Volders (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Michael D. Waters (14 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Mutation Research-reviews in Mutation Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Institutes of Health (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Vienna (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Medical University of Vienna (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• University of Genoa (18 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, 7.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.62% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.41% of all publications and 56.76% 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.