Seminars in Cancer Biology

Top Research Topics at Seminars in Cancer Biology?

Seminars in Cancer Biology focuses largely on the fields of Cancer, Cancer research, Cell biology, Immunology and Carcinogenesis. The studies in Cancer featured incorporate elements of Computational biology, Epigenetics and Bioinformatics. It explores issues in Cancer research which can be linked to other research areas like Cancer stem cell, Metastasis and Tumor progression.

Research in the field of Stem cell was used to conduct the presented Cancer stem cell study. The journal holds forums on Cell biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cell, Transcription factor and Cell growth. Immunology studies presented include Immune system, Antigen and Lymphoma.

Immune system research is the primary subject tackled in Seminars in Cancer Biology with a focus on Immunotherapy. A big portion of the Carcinogenesis research presented is connected to Genetics and Gene. Breast cancer and Disease are all aspects of Internal medicine discussed in Seminars in Cancer Biology.

• Cancer (33.21%)
• Cancer research (33.17%)
• Cell biology (23.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The role of angiogenesis in tumor growth. (1161 citations)
• Matrigel: basement membrane matrix with biological activity. (1098 citations)
• The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family: structures, suggested functions and expression in normal and malignant tissues. (921 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Seminars in Cancer Biology:

The published papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Cell biology, Cancer research, Cancer, Immunology and Carcinogenesis. The Cell biology research tackled in the published papers is interrelated with Cancer cell which concerns subjects like Mitochondrion. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Cancer research that incorporate concepts from other fields like Tumor progression, Metastasis and Pathology.

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 Seminars in Cancer Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Anupam Bishayee (24 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Asfar S. Azmi (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mohammad Amjad Kamal (15 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Richard Rosenquist (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Gautam Sethi (14 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 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 Seminars in Cancer Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Karolinska Institutet (76 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Harvard University (45 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (42 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• National Institutes of Health (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Wayne State University (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 5.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.44% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.01% of all publications and 65.91% 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.

Relevance to Other Areas of Study

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