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Stem Cell Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 86 53 112 12
Biology and Biochemistry 472 149 278 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 525
Documents by Best Scientists*: 690
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.495
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Stem Cell Research?

The objective of Stem Cell Research is to combine knowledge in the areas of Induced pluripotent stem cell, Cell biology, Cancer research, Cellular differentiation and Cell culture. In addition to Induced pluripotent stem cell research, Stem Cell Research aims to explore topics under Mutation, Reprogramming and Molecular biology. The journal focuses on Reprogramming but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as SOX2, KLF4 and Sendai virus.

The journal explores topics in Molecular biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Homeobox protein NANOG, Compound heterozygosity and Exon. The Cell biology research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Immunology and the closely related topic of Transplantation. The Cancer research works featured in it incorporate elements from Peripheral blood mononuclear cell, Disease and Ipsc line.

It links adjacent topics like Cellular differentiation with Neural stem cell. Cell culture research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Human embryonic stem cell line and Blastocyst. While Stem cell is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Mesenchymal stem cell and Stromal cell.

  • Induced pluripotent stem cell (56.96%)
  • Cell biology (40.46%)
  • Cancer research (22.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Exosome secreted by MSC reduces myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. (1399 citations)
  • Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes increase ATP levels, decrease oxidative stress and activate PI3K/Akt pathway to enhance myocardial viability and prevent adverse remodeling after myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (691 citations)
  • Reduction of myocardial infarct size by human mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium. (444 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Stem Cell Research:

The journal articles explore disciplines such as Cell biology, Stem cell, Cellular differentiation, Immunology and Embryonic stem cell. While the most cited articles focused on Cell biology, they were also able to explore topics like Cell culture, Cell, Induced pluripotent stem cell and Cell growth. In addition to Embryonic stem cell research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Molecular biology and Chemically defined medium.

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

  • Gene
  • Mutation
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Induced pluripotent stem cell, Cell biology, Cancer research, Gene and Mutation. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Induced pluripotent stem cell, it also covered topics in Reprogramming, Peripheral blood mononuclear cell, Karyotype and Molecular biology. It facilitates discussions on Reprogramming that incorporate concepts from other fields like SOX2, KLF4 and Cellular differentiation.

The majority of Cell biology studies are focused on the issues of Stem cell. Stem Cell Research addresses concerns in Cancer research which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Sendai virus, Disease, Ipsc line and Pathogenesis. The studies on Mutation discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Heterozygote advantage and Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Neutralizing antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. (25 citations)
  • Furin cleavage sites naturally occur in coronaviruses. (12 citations)
  • The effects of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection on cardiovascular diseases and cardiopulmonary injuries. (8 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 Stem Cell Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yi Liu (29 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Uli Schmidt (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Biljana Dumevska (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert McKernan (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhongtao Gai (27 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 7 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Stem Cell Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Boston Children's Hospital (75 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (63 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (54 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhengzhou University (47 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Central South University (42 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 less 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, 3.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.66% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.20% of all publications and 43.32% 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

  • Human mesenchymal stem cell therapy for cartilage repair: Review on isolation, expansion, and constructs.

    Alan T.L. Lam;Shaul Reuveny;Steve Kah-Weng Oh

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Methadone interrupts neural growth and function in human cortical organoids.

    Hang Yao;Wei Wu;Ines Cerf;Helen W. Zhao

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Generation of pure monocultures of human microglia-like cells from induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Poulomi Banerjee;Evdokia Paza;Emma M. Perkins;Owen G. James

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Establishment of human induced trophoblast stem-like cells from term villous cytotrophoblasts

    Tao Bai;Chian-Yu Peng;Ivy Aneas;Noboru Sakabe

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • In vitro differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into hepatocyte like cells - Basic principles and current progress.

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Cryopreservation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes is not detrimental to their molecular and functional properties

    Lettine van den Brink;Karina O. Brandão;Loukia Yiangou;Mervyn P.H. Mol

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • NODAL inhibition promotes differentiation of pacemaker-like cardiomyocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Sergey Yechikov;Hillary K.J. Kao;Che-Wei Chang;Dalyir Pretto

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Characterization and application of electrically active neuronal networks established from human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells for neurotoxicity evaluation.

    Laura Nimtz;Julia Hartmann;Julia Tigges;Stefan Masjosthusmann

    (2020)
    28 Citations

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