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Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Published by: Oxford University Press

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 28 835 2505 46
Medicine 275 1056 2339 46

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2433
Documents by Best Scientists*: 4093
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 89
SCIMAGO H-index: 74
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.441
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Open Forum Infectious Diseases?

Open Forum Infectious Diseases is organized to address concerns in the fields of Internal medicine, Intensive care medicine, Microbiology, Pediatrics and Virology. While Internal medicine is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Gastroenterology, Bacteremia, Antibiotics and Surgery. The Intensive care medicine works featured in it incorporate elements from Antimicrobial stewardship and Antimicrobial.

Virology and Immunology are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

  • Internal medicine (22.22%)
  • Intensive care medicine (14.66%)
  • Microbiology (11.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Weight gain after fecal microbiota transplantation. (273 citations)
  • High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin as a therapeutic option for deteriorating patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (247 citations)
  • Treatment Options for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections (243 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Open Forum Infectious Diseases:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Internal medicine, Immunology, Virology, Intensive care medicine and Pediatrics. While the published articles focused on Intensive care medicine, they were also able to explore topics like Antimicrobial stewardship and Antibiotics. While Pediatrics is the key highlight in the journal publications, thet also covered some subjects on Epidemiology and Incidence (epidemiology) and Disease.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Diabetes mellitus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Open Forum Infectious Diseases focuses largely on the fields of Internal medicine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Virology. Open Forum Infectious Diseases investigates Internal medicine research which frequently intersects with Gastroenterology. The research on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Intensive care medicine, Health care and Immunology, Vaccination.

Open Forum Infectious Diseases is focused mainly on Immunology, particularly Immune system. The tackled Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) research is interrelated with Coronavirus which concerns subjects like Antibody. Studies on Odds ratio discussed in the journal link to the field of Logistic regression.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Prevalence of Co-Infection at the Time of Hospital Admission in COVID-19 Patients, A Multicenter Study (24 citations)
  • The clinical course of COVID-19 in the outpatient setting: a prospective cohort study (21 citations)
  • Nasopharyngeal Panbio COVID-19 Antigen Performed at Point-of-Care Has a High Sensitivity in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients With Higher Risk for Transmission and Older Age. (17 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 Open Forum Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert K. Flamm (105 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Deverick J. Anderson (103 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Helio S. Sader (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert A. Bonomo (81 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mariana Castanheira (80 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 Open Forum Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (752 papers) published 34 papers at the last edition, 55 less than at the previous edition,
  • Veterans Health Administration (480 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 56 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (450 papers) published 45 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (375 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 51 less than at the previous edition,
  • Emory University (372 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 47 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, 3.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.63% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.44% of all publications and 43.20% 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

  • Coronavirus disease 2019 treatment: A review of early and emerging options

    Erin K McCreary;Jason M Pogue

    (2020)
    393 Citations
  • Lessons Learned From the First 10 Consecutive Cases of Intravenous Bacteriophage Therapy to Treat Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections at a Single Center in the United States.

    Saima Aslam;Elizabeth Lampley;Darcy Wooten;Maile Karris

    (2020)
    297 Citations
  • Long COVID and Post-infective Fatigue Syndrome: A Review.

    Carolina X Sandler;Vegard Bruun Wyller;Vegard Bruun Wyller;Rona Moss-Morris;Dedra Buchwald

    (2021)
    226 Citations
  • An "Infodemic": Leveraging high-volume twitter data to understand early public sentiment for the Coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

    Richard J Medford;Sameh N Saleh;Andrew Sumarsono;Trish M Perl

    (2020)
    218 Citations
  • 1543. Validation of a Nitrocefin-based Rapid Test for the Detection of the Cefazolin Inoculum Effect in Pediatric Patients with Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Acute Osteomyelitis

    (2022)
    165 Citations
  • Postacute COVID-19: An Overview and Approach to Classification

    Eva M Amenta;Amy Spallone;Maria C Rodriguez-Barradas;Maria C Rodriguez-Barradas;Hana M El Sahly

    (2020)
    165 Citations
  • Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Human Monkeypox: An Initial Series From Massachusetts, United States

    (2022)
    161 Citations

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