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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

1759-5045

Published by: Springer

https://www.nature.com/nrgastro/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 58 254 227 87

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 389
Documents by Best Scientists*: 292
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 211
SCIMAGO SJR: 9.911
Impact Factor: 51

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology?

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology investigates studies in Internal medicine, Gastroenterology, Immunology, MEDLINE and Disease. The study on Internal medicine presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Oncology. The in-depth study on Oncology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Hepatocellular carcinoma.

Specifically, studies on Cirrhosis are prevalent in the Gastroenterology works discussed. Some problems in Immunology that were presented in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology overlapped with concepts under Inflammatory bowel disease and Virology. Viral hepatitis, Hepatitis and Hepatitis C are all aspects of Virology research featured in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

The concepts on MEDLINE presented in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology can also apply to other research fields, including Bioinformatics and Intensive care medicine. The study on Gut flora presented in it intersects with the topics under Microbiology.

  • Internal medicine (35.42%)
  • Gastroenterology (19.32%)
  • Immunology (15.09%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Expert consensus document. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic (2966 citations)
  • Global burden of NAFLD and NASH: Trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention (1564 citations)
  • Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics (1512 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Internal medicine, Immunology, Disease, Gastroenterology and Gut flora. The Internal medicine research tackled in the most cited articles is interrelated with Oncology which concerns subjects like Pancreatic cancer. The journal papers focus on Immunology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Fibrosis and Liver disease.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

MEDLINE, Internal medicine, Bioinformatics, Text mining and Immunology are the subjects of interest in the journal. The studies on MEDLINE discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Crohn's disease, Inflammatory bowel disease and Intensive care medicine. It explores studies in Inflammatory bowel disease as part of the wider topic of Disease.

The journal holds forums on Internal medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Gastroenterology and Oncology. Research in Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the interrelating topic of Cirrhosis, Obesity and Epidemiology were among the subjects of interest in the Bioinformatics studies discussed in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Topics in Immunology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Microbiome and Liver disease.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Global epidemiology of NAFLD-related HCC: trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention (73 citations)
  • Liver regeneration: biological and pathological mechanisms and implications. (53 citations)
  • Molecular and cellular mechanisms of liver fibrosis and its regression. (51 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 Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Katrina Ray (227 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Iain Dickson (120 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
  • Isobel Franks (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hugh Thomas (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Claire Greenhill (72 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 Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mayo Clinic (60 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (23 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 36.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.77% of all publications and 38.61% 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.

Career Opportunities in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research

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Top Publications

  • The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of postbiotics

    Unknown

    (2021)
    2509 Citations
  • The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics

    Kelly S. Swanson;Glenn R. Gibson;Robert W. Hutkins;Raylene A. Reimer

    (2020)
    1937 Citations
  • Gut microbiota-derived metabolites as key actors in inflammatory bowel disease.

    Aonghus Lavelle;Aonghus Lavelle;Harry Sokol

    (2020)
    1805 Citations
  • Cholangiocarcinoma 2020: the next horizon in mechanisms and management

    Jesus M. Banales;Jesus M. Banales;Jesus M. Banales;Jose J. G. Marin;Jose J. G. Marin;Angela Lamarca;Angela Lamarca;Pedro M. Rodrigues

    (2020)
    1653 Citations
  • Advances in immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

    Bruno Sangro;Pablo Sarobe;Sandra Hervás-Stubbs;Ignacio Melero

    (2021)
    1277 Citations
  • Akkermansia muciniphila: paradigm for next-generation beneficial microorganisms

    Unknown

    (2022)
    1217 Citations
  • Global epidemiology of NAFLD-related HCC: trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention

    Daniel Q Huang;Daniel Q Huang;Hashem B El-Serag;Rohit Loomba

    (2021)
    1215 Citations
  • Molecular and cellular mechanisms of liver fibrosis and its regression.

    Tatiana Kisseleva;David Brenner

    (2021)
    1183 Citations
  • The four epidemiological stages in the global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease.

    Gilaad G. Kaplan;Joseph W. Windsor

    (2021)
    758 Citations
  • Gut microbiota and human NAFLD: disentangling microbial signatures from metabolic disorders

    Judith Aron-Wisnewsky;Judith Aron-Wisnewsky;Chloé Vigliotti;Julia Witjes;Phuong Le

    (2020)
    706 Citations

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