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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 36 615 994 41
Immunology 46 222 323 31
Biology and Biochemistry 120 344 491 38
Medicine 538 292 440 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1940
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2500
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 66
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.949
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Pathogenetics?

The journal investigates studies in Microbiology, Virology, Virus, Veterinary medicine and Immunology. It explores issues in Microbiology which can be linked to other research areas like Bacteria, Biofilm and Virulence. While work presented in Pathogenetics provided substantial information on Virology, it also covered topics in Antibody, Serology, Disease and Genotype.

More specifically, the research on Immunology in it is related to Immune system.

  • Microbiology (20.05%)
  • Virology (16.48%)
  • Virus (11.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mechanisms for human genomic rearrangements (505 citations)
  • SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Disease 2019: What We Know So Far. (304 citations)
  • Metabolism of cholesterol and bile acids by the gut microbiota. (283 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Pathogenetics:

The journal articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Microbiology, Immunology, Disease, Virology and Virus. The works on Microbiology tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Biofilm, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacteria. Transmission (medicine), Genome and Coronavirus are some topics wherein Virus research discussed in the journal papers has an impact.

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

  • Gene
  • Virus
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Microbiology, Virology, Veterinary medicine, Virus and Disease. Microbiology research presented in Pathogenetics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Staphylococcus aureus, Bacteria and Virulence. The journal facilitates discussions on Virology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Antibody, Serology and Antigen.

Antibiotic resistance research discussed in Pathogenetics aim to provide more information in the subject of Antibiotics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Antiparasitic and Antibacterial Functionality of Essential Oils: An Alternative Approach for Sustainable Aquaculture. (24 citations)
  • Limits and Opportunities of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Tests: An Experienced-Based Perspective (24 citations)
  • Potential SARS-CoV-2 Immune Correlates of Protection in Infection and Vaccine Immunization (19 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 Pathogenetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert Colebunders (18 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Harriet Whiley (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Heinrich Neubauer (15 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Marcelo Gottschalk (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kirstin Ross (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous 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 Pathogenetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (47 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Friedrich Loeffler Institute (39 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (36 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (33 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kansas State University (31 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 6.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.01% of all publications and 66.13% 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

  • West Nile Virus: An Update on Pathobiology, Epidemiology, Diagnostics, Control and "One Health" Implications.

    Gervais Habarugira;Willy W. Suen;Jody Hobson-Peters;Roy A. Hall

    (2020)
    189 Citations
  • Antiparasitic and Antibacterial Functionality of Essential Oils: An Alternative Approach for Sustainable Aquaculture.

    Mahmoud A O Dawood;Mahmoud A O Dawood;Mohammed F El Basuini;Amr I Zaineldin;Sevdan Yilmaz

    (2021)
    187 Citations
  • Acinetobacter baumannii: An Ancient Commensal with Weapons of a Pathogen

    Meysam Sarshar;Payam Behzadi;Daniela Scribano;Anna Teresa Palamara

    (2021)
    175 Citations
  • Coronavirus disease pandemic (Covid-19): Challenges and a global perspective

    Yashpal Singh Malik;Naveen Kumar;Shubhankar Sircar;Rahul Kaushik

    (2020)
    148 Citations
  • Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Using Bacillus cereus SZT1 Ameliorated the Damage of Bacterial Leaf Blight Pathogen in Rice

    Temoor Ahmed;Temoor Ahmed;Muhammad Shahid;Muhammad Noman;Muhammad Noman;Muhammad Bilal Khan Niazi

    (2020)
    138 Citations
  • β-lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Current Status, Future Prospects

    (2021)
    137 Citations
  • Monkeypox and Its Possible Sexual Transmission: Where Are We Now with Its Evidence?

    (2022)
    110 Citations

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