Stress: the International Journal on Biology of Stress

Top Research Topics at Stress?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Clinical psychology, Corticosterone and Developmental psychology. The study on Internal medicine presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Stressor. The study on Stressor presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Trier social stress test.

It links adjacent topics like Endocrinology with Receptor. Issues in Clinical psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cognition, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety. Anxiety research discussed in the journal aim to provide more information in the subject of Psychiatry.

The journal investigates Developmental psychology research which frequently intersects with Audiology. The Hippocampus study featured falls within the wider field of Neuroscience. The main emphasis of Stress is the subject of Neuroscience, focusing on Amygdala.

• Internal medicine (44.22%)
• Endocrinology (40.98%)
• Clinical psychology (15.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The awakening cortisol response: Methodological issues and significance (718 citations)
• Stress, Glucocorticoids, and Damage to the Nervous System: The Current State of Confusion (618 citations)
• Stress, depression, and cardiovascular dysregulation: A review of neurobiological mechanisms and the integration of research from preclinical disease models (312 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Stress:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Developmental psychology, Neuroscience and Corticosterone. The published papers connects the study in Internal medicine with the closely related areas of Anxiety. The most cited publications link adjacent topics like Endocrinology with Receptor.

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

• Internal medicine
• Gene
• Endocrinology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Internal medicine, Clinical psychology, Endocrinology, Chronic stress and Neuroscience. Internal medicine research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Reactivity (psychology) and Oncology. Stress primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Clinical psychology but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

• Depression (differential diagnoses) which is related to area like Serotonin and Hippocampal formation,
• Salivary cortisol which is related to area like Physiology..

The journal explores research in Endocrinology and the adjacent study of Social stress. Stress focuses on Chronic stress but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Hormone, Restraint stress, Zebrafish and Acute stress. The overlapping concepts between Open field and Anxiety are the key highlights of Corticosterone study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Understanding neurobehavioral effects of acute and chronic stress in zebrafish (16 citations)
• N-acetyl cysteine treatment mitigates biomarkers of oxidative stress in different tissues of bile duct ligated rats. (11 citations)
• Chronic social defeat stress in female mice leads to sex-specific behavioral and neuroendocrine effects (5 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 Stress (based on the number of publications) are:

• James P. Herman (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Daniela Jezova (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Oliver T. Wolf (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Stafford L. Lightman (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Clemens Kirschbaum (12 papers) absent 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 Stress (based on the number of publications) are:

• Slovak Academy of Sciences (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Colorado Boulder (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Bristol (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Max Planck Society (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• University of Cincinnati (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 2.97% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.20% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.22% of all publications and 66.33% 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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