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Small GTPases
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Small GTPases

2154-1248

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ksgt20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 463 34 36 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 45
Documents by Best Scientists*: 44
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.755
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Small GTPases?

The main research concerns discussed in Small GTPases are Cell biology, GTPase, RHOA, Rab and Signal transduction. The presentations discussing Cell biology offer insights in topics such as Small GTPase, Guanine nucleotide exchange factor, Effector, RAC1 and CDC42. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on GTPase, it also covered topics in Cell migration, GTPase-activating protein, Actin cytoskeleton, Cytoskeleton and GTP'.

Small GTPases focuses on Cell migration as well as the interrelated topic of Cell polarity. Actin remodeling is a major topic of Actin cytoskeleton research presented in Small GTPases. Most of the works presented in Small GTPases deals with RHOA but it intersects with the subject of Actin.

Some problems in Rab that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Autophagy, Prenylation, Endocytosis and Endosome. The study on Signal transduction presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Kinase. The study of Cancer research and how it intertwines with concepts under Cancer were explored in the presented Kinase research.

  • Cell biology (98.83%)
  • GTPase (46.41%)
  • RHOA (16.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Ras history: The saga continues. (439 citations)
  • Rho-associated coiled-coil containing kinases (ROCK): Structure, regulation, and functions (272 citations)
  • Biology and biogenesis of shed microvesicles. (216 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Small GTPases:

The most cited publications mainly deal with areas of study such as Cell biology, GTPase, RHOA, Signal transduction and CDC42. The published papers feature Cell biology research that overlaps with concepts in Cell migration. The featured GTPase studies in the published articles mainly concentrate on Cell signaling but also cover areas of interest in Microvesicles.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Cell membrane

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Cell biology, GTPase, Guanine nucleotide exchange factor, CDC42 and RAC1. The study on Cell biology presented in it intersects with the topics under Cancer. Topics in GTPase were tackled in line with various other fields like Ras superfamily, GTP' and Actin cytoskeleton, Cytoskeleton, Rho GTPases.

The research on Guanine nucleotide exchange factor featured in it combines topics in other fields like Protein kinase B, Cell migration, Rab and GTPase-activating protein. Small GTPases facilitates discussions on CDC42 that incorporate concepts from other fields like Synaptic plasticity, Long-term potentiation, Excitatory postsynaptic potential and Nervous system. Small GTPases addresses concerns in RAC1 which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Inflammatory bowel disease, Pleckstrin homology domain, ADP ribosylation factor, G protein and Islet.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • LRRK2 binds to the Rab32 subfamily in a GTP-dependent manner via its armadillo domain. (22 citations)
  • Approaches to inhibiting oncogenic K-Ras (12 citations)
  • Anchorage-independent growth conditions reveal a differential SOS2 dependence for transformation and survival in RAS-mutant cancer cells. (9 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 Small GTPases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Williams (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael F. Olson (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Anne J. Ridley (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Paul Timpson (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonathan Chernoff (5 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • National Institutes of Health (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (11 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, 1.96% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.00% of all publications and 56.00% 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

  • Acute compressive stress activates RHO/ROCK-mediated cellular processes.

    Sarah T. Boyle;Jasreen Kular;Max Nobis;Andrew Ruszkiewicz

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Targeting ROCK activity to disrupt and prime pancreatic cancer for chemotherapy.

    Claire Vennin;Claire Vennin;Nicola Rath;Marina Pajic;Marina Pajic;Michael F Olson

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Regulation and functions of RhoU and RhoV.

    Richard G Hodge;Anne J Ridley

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Fast-cycling Rho GTPases.

    Pontus Aspenström

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Regulation and functions of the RhoA regulatory guanine nucleotide exchange factor GEF-H1.

    Emily Joo;Michael F Olson

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Isolation of Rab5-positive endosomes reveals a new mitochondrial degradation pathway utilized by BNIP3 and Parkin

    Babette C. Hammerling;Sarah E. Shires;Leonardo J. Leon;Melissa Q. Cortez

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • New insights into RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling: a key regulator of vascular contraction

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • New model for the interaction of IQGAP1 with CDC42 and RAC1.

    Kazem Nouri;David J. Timson;Mohammad R. Ahmadian

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Guanine nucleotide exchange factors activate Rab8a for Toll-like receptor signalling

    Samuel J. Tong;Adam A. Wall;Yu Hung;Lin Luo

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • RhoG and Cdc42 can contribute to Rac-dependent lamellipodia formation through WAVE regulatory complex-binding.

    Matthias Schaks;Hermann Döring;Frieda Kage;Anika Steffen

    (2021)
    19 Citations

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