Pediatric Transplantation

Top Research Topics at Pediatric Transplantation?

The journal primarily tackles Transplantation, Surgery, Internal medicine, Liver transplantation and Gastroenterology. In addition to Transplantation research, the journal aims to explore topics under Immunosuppression, Immunology, Kidney and Pediatrics. The journal connects research in Immunology with the related topic of Stem cell.

The research on Surgery featured in Pediatric Transplantation combines topics in other fields like Urinary system, Renal function and Urology. The journal links adjacent topics like Internal medicine with Cardiology. It is focused mainly on Cardiology, particularly Heart transplantation.

Liver transplantation research discussed connects with the study of Liver disease. Some problems in Kidney transplantation that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Kidney disease and Intensive care medicine.

• Transplantation (47.99%)
• Surgery (37.26%)
• Internal medicine (36.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Contributions of the Transplant Registry: The 2006 Annual Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS). (410 citations)
• Indications for pediatric intestinal transplantation: a position paper of the American Society of Transplantation. (290 citations)
• Bone marrow stem cells regenerate infarcted myocardium. (269 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Pediatric Transplantation:

The most cited papers mostly deal with topics like Transplantation, Surgery, Internal medicine, Liver transplantation and Kidney transplantation. The studies on Transplantation discussed at the published papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Immunosuppression, Immunology and El Niño, Pediatrics. The journal papers explore research in Renal function and overlapping concepts in Creatinine to expand the discourse in Surgery.

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

• Internal medicine
• Disease
• Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Pediatric Transplantation was organized to reinforce research efforts on Internal medicine, Transplantation, Liver transplantation, Surgery and Gastroenterology. Pediatric Transplantation concentrates on Internal medicine topics that focus on Immunosuppression, Cohort, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Single Center and Retrospective cohort study. While the journal focused on Immunosuppression, it was also able to explore topics like Tacrolimus and Heart transplantation.

Kidney transplantation is the primary subject of Transplantation works presented in Pediatric Transplantation. Patient survival and Liver biopsy are some topics wherein Liver transplantation research discussed in Pediatric Transplantation have an impact. The study on Surgery presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Stenosis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Experience with COVID-19: An Initial Multi-Center, Multi-Organ Case Series (17 citations)
• Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) for detection of allograft rejection in pediatric kidney transplants. (5 citations)
• Outflow vein venoplasty of left lateral section graft for living donor liver transplantation in infant recipients (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 Pediatric Transplantation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Mureo Kasahara (58 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• Guido Filler (54 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Seisuke Sakamoto (53 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• Anne I. Dipchand (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Akinari Fukuda (44 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 9 more 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Pediatric Transplantation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Boston Children's Hospital (636 papers) published 63 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Toronto (149 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Pittsburgh (124 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (124 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (119 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 10.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 41.75% 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.

Becoming a Professional Contributor to Pediatric Transplantation

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