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Nature Cell Biology
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Nature Cell Biology

1465-7392

Published by: Springer

https://www.nature.com/ncb/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 6 263 297 70
Biology and Biochemistry 13 532 465 86

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1126
Documents by Best Scientists*: 730
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 57
SCIMAGO H-index: 420
SCIMAGO SJR: 7.711
Impact Factor: 19.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nature Cell Biology?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Cell biology, Signal transduction, Stem cell, Cancer research and Microtubule. The studies in Cell biology featured incorporate elements of Cell and Transcription factor. The Stem cell study featured in Nature Cell Biology draws parallels with the field of Cellular differentiation.

The journal features Phosphorylation research that overlaps with concepts in Kinase.

  • Cell biology (98.53%)
  • Signal transduction (7.92%)
  • Stem cell (5.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Exosome-mediated transfer of mRNAs and microRNAs is a novel mechanism of genetic exchange between cells (8114 citations)
  • AMPK and mTOR regulate autophagy through direct phosphorylation of Ulk1 (3970 citations)
  • Glioblastoma microvesicles transport RNA and proteins that promote tumour growth and provide diagnostic biomarkers (3559 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature Cell Biology:

The published articles mainly tackle studies in Cell biology, Signal transduction, Molecular biology, Biochemistry and Phosphorylation. In particular, the Cell biology works presented in the published articles emphasize discussions on Kinase. The journal papers cover various topics on Apoptosis such as Programmed cell death and Cytochrome c.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Cell biology, Stem cell, Chromatin, RNA and DNA. The study of Cell biology encompasses disciplines such as Transcriptome, as well as fields such as Single-cell analysis, all of which overlap with one another. The journal addresses concerns in Stem cell which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Niche and Regeneration (biology).

While Nature Cell Biology focused on Chromatin, it was also able to explore topics like Cancer cell, Epigenetics and DNA methylation. Nature Cell Biology explores topics in Epigenetics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Reprogramming and Histone. Nature Cell Biology focuses on different DNA studies like Homologous recombination, DNA repair and Genome instability.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluating totipotency using criteria of increasing stringency. (28 citations)
  • ALC1 links chromatin accessibility to PARP inhibitor response in homologous recombination-deficient cells (25 citations)
  • Single-cell analysis reveals transcriptomic remodellings in distinct cell types that contribute to human prostate cancer progression (21 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 Nature Cell Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nathalie Le Bot (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christina Karlsson Rosenthal (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexia-Ileana Zaromytidou (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mien Chie Hung (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Emily J. Chenette (24 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 Nature Cell Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (316 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (198 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (175 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (150 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, San Francisco (146 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 10.30% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.78% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.84% of all publications and 38.51% 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

  • Energy-stress-mediated AMPK activation inhibits ferroptosis.

    Hyemin Lee;Fereshteh Zandkarimi;Yilei Zhang;Jitendra Kumar Meena

    (2020)
    790 Citations
  • PD-L1-mediated gasdermin C expression switches apoptosis to pyroptosis in cancer cells and facilitates tumour necrosis

    Junwei Hou;Rongce Zhao;Rongce Zhao;Rongce Zhao;Weiya Xia;Chiung Wen Chang

    (2020)
    676 Citations
  • Combined single-cell and spatial transcriptomics reveal the molecular, cellular and spatial bone marrow niche organization.

    Chiara Baccin;Chiara Baccin;Jude Al-Sabah;Lars Velten;Patrick M. Helbling

    (2020)
    659 Citations
  • Actin cytoskeleton vulnerability to disulfide stress mediates disulfidptosis

    (2023)
    624 Citations
  • Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases

    (2022)
    561 Citations
  • Supermeres are functional extracellular nanoparticles replete with disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets

    (2021)
    445 Citations
  • Single-cell reconstruction of the adult human heart during heart failure and recovery reveals the cellular landscape underlying cardiac function

    Li Wang;Peng Yu;Bingying Zhou;Jiangping Song

    (2020)
    379 Citations

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