Retrovirology

Top Research Topics at Retrovirology?

The topics of Virology, Antibody, Immunology, Virus and Bioinformatics are the focal point of discussions in the journal. In addition to Virology research, it aims to explore topics under Cell culture, Reverse transcriptase and Gene. Retrovirology covers Gene research under the subject of Genetics.

It concentrates on Genetics topics that focus on Genome and RNA. The Antibody works featured in Retrovirology incorporate elements from Protein structure, T cell, Immune system and Antigen. Topics in Protein structure explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Molecular biology and Cell biology.

Immunology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cytotoxic T cell, Peripheral blood mononuclear cell and Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

• Virology (47.33%)
• Antibody (44.11%)
• Immunology (28.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• HIV-1 Vif, APOBEC, and intrinsic immunity. (289 citations)
• The discovery of endogenous retroviruses (273 citations)
• SAMHD1 restricts HIV-1 reverse transcription in quiescent CD4(+) T-cells. (264 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Retrovirology:

Virology, Antibody, Immunology, Viral replication and Virus are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The journal publications address concerns in Virology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Protein structure, Genetics, Cell culture and Reverse transcriptase. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Disease are some topics wherein Immunology research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

• Gene
• Internal medicine
• Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Antibody, Virology, Cell biology, Protein structure and Immunology. Antibody research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Immune system, Virus, Viral replication and Internal medicine, Asymptomatic. It explores research in Monoclonal antibody and overlapping concepts in Neutralization to expand the discourse in Virology.

The journal goes beyond the discussion of Cell biology as it connects it with closely related disciplines like

• Capsid that connect with fields like Reverse transcriptase and Mutant,
• Host factor which is related to area like Signal transducing adaptor protein, Myeloid, Interferon, Downregulation and upregulation and SAMHD1.. The research on Protein structure featured in Retrovirology combines topics in other fields like Chicken Cells, Mutation, Retrovirus, Heterologous and Binding site. The close relationship between Disease and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Co infection, Translational research, Immunodeficient Mouse and Progenitor cell is one of the points of interest dissected in Immunology research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Extracellular vesicles from HTLV-1 infected cells modulate target cells and viral spread. (4 citations)
• HIVIntact: a python-based tool for HIV-1 genome intactness inference. (2 citations)
• Modulation of BRD4 in HIV epigenetic regulation: implications for finding an HIV cure (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Retrovirology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ben Berkhout (72 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kuan-Teh Jeang (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mark A. Wainberg (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Antoine Gessain (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Graham P. Taylor (45 papers) published 1 paper 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• National Institutes of Health (282 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• French Institute of Health and Medical Research (157 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Pasteur Institute (142 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (136 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harvard University (113 papers) published 1 paper 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, 17.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.59% of all publications and 48.28% 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.