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Protein Journal
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Protein Journal

1572-3887

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10930

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 763 22 20 5
Chemistry 973 23 30 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 59
Documents by Best Scientists*: 57
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.458
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Protein Journal?

Protein Journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Biochemistry, Bioorganic chemistry, Enzyme, Molecular biology and Stereochemistry. Peptide sequence, Escherichia coli, Amino acid, Recombinant DNA and Molecular mass are all aspects of Biochemistry discussed in Protein Journal. While work presented in Protein Journal provided substantial information on Bioorganic chemistry, it also covered topics in Protein secondary structure, Crystallography, Circular dichroism, Biophysics and Mutant.

The study on Crystallography presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Protein structure. Protein Journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Enzyme and Chromatography. Stereochemistry research discussed connects with the study of Binding site.

  • Biochemistry (48.81%)
  • Bioorganic chemistry (22.74%)
  • Enzyme (18.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Intrinsically disordered proteins and their environment: effects of strong denaturants, temperature, pH, counter ions, membranes, binding partners, osmolytes, and macromolecular crowding. (237 citations)
  • The Proteins of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2 or n-COV19), the Cause of COVID-19. (194 citations)
  • Strategies for the Production of Recombinant Protein in Escherichia coli (161 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Protein Journal:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Biochemistry, Bioorganic chemistry, Chromatography, Molecular biology and Enzyme. Issues in Bioorganic chemistry were discussed in the journal papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Enzyme assay, Protein secondary structure, Crystallography, Bacteria and Protein structure. While Molecular biology is the key highlight in the journal publications, thet also covered some subjects on Heterologous expression and Gene isoform.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Amino acid

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Protein Journal primarily tackles Biochemistry, Bioorganic chemistry, Enzyme, Cell biology and Stereochemistry. Biochemistry studies presented include Ligand (biochemistry), Thioredoxin, Amino acid, Inducer and Recombinant DNA. The research on Bioorganic chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Thermolysin, Computational biology and Protein folding.

While Enzyme is the focus of Protein Journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Chromatography and Binding site. Topics in Cell biology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Transcription factor and Actin cytoskeleton. In particular, the Stereochemistry works presented emphasize discussions on Circular dichroism.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • In Silico Evaluation of Prospective Anti-COVID-19 Drug Candidates as Potential SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors. (16 citations)
  • Structure-Based Identification of Potential Drugs Against FmtA of Staphylococcus aureus: Virtual Screening, Molecular Dynamics, MM-GBSA, and QM/MM (5 citations)
  • The Formation of Native Disulfide Bonds: Treading a Fine Line in Protein Folding (3 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 Protein Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sergio Marangoni (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mahmoud E. S. Soliman (14 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Lawrence J. Berliner (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Luis Alberto Ponce-Soto (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Matthew R. Pincus (9 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 Protein Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tehran (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal (19 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • State University of Campinas (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.28% of all publications and 70.83% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Molecular Cloning, Expression and Characterisation of a Bacterial Myrosinase from Citrobacter Wye1

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Immobilization of Cellulase onto Core-Shell Magnetic Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized by Aspartic Acid and Determination of its Activity

    Elahe Poorakbar;Elahe Poorakbar;Ali Akbar Saboury;Behzad Laame Rad;Kamyar Khoshnevisan

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Purification and Characterization of Trehalase From Acyrthosiphon pisum, a Target for Pest Control.

    Virgile Neyman;Frédéric Francis;André Matagne;Marc Dieu

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Comparative Analyses of Human Exosome Proteomes

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • Structure Analysis of Proteins and Peptides by Difference Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Purification and Regulation of Pyruvate Kinase from the Foot Muscle of the Anoxia and Freeze Tolerant Marine Snail, Littorina littorea

    Michael B Smolinski;Anchal Varma;Stuart R Green;Kenneth B Storey

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Oxidative Damage? Not a Problem! The Characterization of Humanin-like Mitochondrial Peptide in Anoxia Tolerant Freshwater Turtles

    Sanoji Wijenayake;Kenneth B Storey

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • RNA and DNA Binding Epitopes of the Cold Shock Protein TmCsp from the Hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima.

    Konstanze von König;Norman Kachel;Hans Robert Kalbitzer;Werner Kremer

    (2020)
    5 Citations

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