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Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
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Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

2095-9907

Published by: Springer

https://www.nature.com/sigtrans/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 17 262 402 82
Medicine 237 147 211 50

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 758
Documents by Best Scientists*: 899
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 161
SCIMAGO SJR: 12.135
Impact Factor: 52.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Cancer research, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Virology. The studies on Cancer research discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cancer cell, Cancer, Metastasis, Carcinogenesis and Text mining. The work on Text mining tackled in it brings together disciplines like Computational biology and MEDLINE.

The research on MEDLINE featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Internal medicine and Oncology. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy explores issues in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which can be linked to other research areas like Immune system and Coronavirus Infections. The work on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presented in the journal focuses on Pandemic in particular.

Some problems in Virology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Antibody and Betacoronavirus.

  • Cancer research (33.33%)
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (15.21%)
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (14.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • NF-κB signaling in inflammation (1900 citations)
  • The role of MicroRNAs in human cancer (847 citations)
  • Lymphopenia predicts disease severity of COVID-19: a descriptive and predictive study (749 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy:

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Cancer research, Cancer, Immune system, Immunology and Clinical trial. While Cancer research is the focus of the published articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Cancer cell, Apoptosis and Microvesicles. The published papers address concerns in the field of Cancer by exploring it in line with topics in Epigenetics which intersect with Regulation of gene expression subjects.

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 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Min Wu (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Rong Xiang (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Wei Wang (10 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shibo Jiang (9 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shengyong Yang (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sichuan University (104 papers) published 43 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (75 papers) published 40 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peking Union Medical College (63 papers) published 39 papers at the last edition, 21 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sun Yat-sen University (59 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fudan University (58 papers) published 30 papers at the last edition, 8 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, 3.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 56.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.24% of all publications and 24.44% 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

  • Applications of genome editing technology in the targeted therapy of human diseases: mechanisms, advances and prospects

    Hongyi Li;Yang Yang;Weiqi Hong;Mengyuan Huang

    (2020)
    1428 Citations
  • Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

    Liqun Yang;Pengfei Shi;Gaichao Zhao;Jie Xu

    (2020)
    1412 Citations
  • Microbiota in health and diseases

    (2022)
    1390 Citations
  • Comprehensive review of targeted therapy for colorectal cancer

    Yuan-Hong Xie;Ying-Xuan Chen;Jing-Yuan Fang

    (2020)
    1263 Citations
  • CD147-spike protein is a novel route for SARS-CoV-2 infection to host cells.

    Ke Wang;Wei Chen;Zheng Zhang;Yongqiang Deng

    (2020)
    999 Citations
  • COVID-19: immunopathogenesis and Immunotherapeutics.

    Li Yang;Shasha Liu;Jinyan Liu;Zhixin Zhang

    (2020)
    922 Citations
  • Viral vector platforms within the gene therapy landscape

    Jote T. Bulcha;Yi Wang;Hong Ma;Phillip W. L. Tai

    (2021)
    842 Citations
  • Copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in health and disease

    (2022)
    841 Citations
  • Metabolism pathways of arachidonic acids: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets.

    Bei Wang;Lujin Wu;Jing Chen;Lingli Dong

    (2021)
    769 Citations

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