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Research in Microbiology
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Research in Microbiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 183 30 32 11
Biology and Biochemistry 640 26 31 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 80
Documents by Best Scientists*: 81
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 124
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.813
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Research in Microbiology?

The journal investigates areas of study like Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Bacteria and Gene. While it focused on Microbiology, it was also able to explore topics like Virology, Mutant, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli and Virulence. Enzyme and Amino acid are all aspects of Biochemistry discussed in Research in Microbiology.

Genome, Plasmid, DNA, Nucleic acid sequence and Restriction fragment length polymorphism are Genetics topics of special interest in Research in Microbiology. Biofilm is a major topic of Bacteria research presented in Research in Microbiology. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Gene but it intersects with the subject of Molecular biology.

  • Microbiology (42.49%)
  • Biochemistry (24.72%)
  • Genetics (19.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Is meconium from healthy newborns actually sterile (578 citations)
  • Improvement in the RFLP procedure for studying the diversity of nifH genes in communities of nitrogen fixers in soil (574 citations)
  • ABC transporters: physiology, structure and mechanism--an overview. (511 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Research in Microbiology:

The journal publications focus on Microbiology, Bacteria, Genetics, Biochemistry and Gene. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Microbiology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Biofilm, Virology, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli and Virulence. Many of the studies tackled in the journal articles connect Bacteria with a similar field of study like Strain (chemistry).

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

  • Bacteria
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Research in Microbiology was organized to reinforce research efforts on Microbiology, Biochemistry, Gene, Biofilm and Bacteria. Microbiology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Pathogenic bacteria and Salmonella enterica. The presented Biochemistry research focuses mostly on Mycobacterium tuberculosis and, on occasion, topics in Amikacin and Kanamycin.

The Gene research discussed is included in the broader subject of Genetics. Research in Microbiology addresses concerns in the field of Biofilm by exploring it in line with topics in Microorganism which intersect with Ecology, Fungal biofilm, Polymicrobial biofilms and Dibenzothiophene sulfone subjects. The studies on Bacteria discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Lysin, Gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli, Fatty acid and Signal peptide.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Volatile organic compounds produced by Aureobasidium pullulans induce electrolyte loss and oxidative stress in Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata (3 citations)
  • Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov. (2 citations)
  • Involvement of amyloid proteins in the formation of biofilms in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. (2 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 Research in Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Milton H. Saier (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • P. A. D. Grimont (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nalin Rastogi (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Renato Fani (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • F. Grimont (19 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 Research in Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pasteur Institute (341 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (139 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, San Diego (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ghent University (42 papers) absent at the last 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.76% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.84% of all publications and 74.51% 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

  • Corynebacterium rouxii sp. nov., a novel member of the diphtheriae species complex.

    Edgar Badell;Mélanie Hennart;Carla Rodrigues;Virginie Passet

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Occurrence of filamentous fungi in drinking water: their role on fungal-bacterial biofilm formation.

    Tiago Barros Afonso;Lúcia Chaves Simões;Nelson Lima

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Novel strains of Klebsiella africana and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Australian fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus).

    Fiona K. McDougall;Kelly L. Wyres;Louise M. Judd;Wayne S.J. Boardman

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Involvement of amyloid proteins in the formation of biofilms in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans.

    Thierry Mourer;Mennat El Ghalid;Christophe d’Enfert;Sophie Bachellier-Bassi

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Klebsiella MALDI TypeR: a web-based tool for Klebsiella identification based on MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.

    Sébastien Bridel;Stephen C. Watts;Louise M. Judd;Taylor Harshegyi

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Dividing subpopulation of Escherichia coli in stationary phase

    Arvi Jõers;Eliis Liske;Tanel Tenson

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Copper limiting threshold in the terrestrial ammonia oxidizing archaeon Nitrososphaera viennensis.

    Carolina Reyes;Logan H. Hodgskiss;Oliver Baars;Melina Kerou

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for Bacillus cereus group bacteria.

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • Pal depletion results in hypervesiculation and affects cell morphology and outer-membrane lipid asymmetry in bordetellae.

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: extremely acidophilic chemolitho-heterotrophic Firmicutes.

    (2022)
    14 Citations

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