Surgical Oncology

Top Research Topics at Surgical Oncology-oxford?

The scientific interests tackled in Surgical Oncology-oxford are Surgery, Internal medicine, Oncology, Cancer and Colorectal cancer. The journal connects the study in Surgery with the closely related area of General surgery. Research on Internal medicine addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Gastroenterology.

Some problems in Oncology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Adjuvant therapy, Metastasis and Lymph node. Issues in Lymph node were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Dissection and Lymph. The Cancer study featured in it draws connections with the study of Radiology.

Surgical Oncology-oxford links adjacent topics like Breast cancer with Biopsy. Surgical Oncology-oxford connects research in Biopsy with the related topic of Sentinel lymph node.

• Surgery (36.84%)
• Internal medicine (30.46%)
• Oncology (19.73%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Surgical resection and radiolocalization of the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer using a gamma probe (1445 citations)
• Gamma-probe guided localization of lymph nodes. (348 citations)
• Gamma-probe-guided lymph node localization in malignant melanoma (309 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Surgical Oncology-oxford:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Surgery, Internal medicine, Cancer, Oncology and Colorectal cancer. The most cited publications hold forums on Surgery that merge themes from other disciplines such as Meta-analysis, Disease and General surgery. The published articles explore topics in Cancer which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Survival rate and Pathology.

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

• Cancer
• Internal medicine
• Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Surgery, Internal medicine, Radiology, Cancer and Oncology. The work on Surgery addressed in it expands to the thematically related Cohort. The journal features works in Internal medicine, more specifically Stage (cooking), Hazard ratio and Colorectal cancer, and explores their relation to disciplines like In patient.

The journal focuses on Colorectal cancer but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Propensity score matching and General surgery. Radiology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Metastasis, Lymph node and Lymph. It explores issues in Oncology which can be linked to other research areas like Tumor size, Lymphadenectomy, Proportional hazards model, Disease and Breast cancer.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Disease recurrence and oncological outcome of patients treated surgically with curative intent for estrogen receptor positive, lymph node negative breast cancer. (9 citations)
• Advantages of preoperative localization and surgical resection of metastatic axillary lymph nodes using magnetic seeds after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. (4 citations)
• Pathologic response rates for breast cancer stages as a predictor of outcomes in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by breast-conserving surgery (3 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 Surgical Oncology-oxford (based on the number of publications) are:

• Timothy M. Pawlik (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Ho-Seong Han (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Riccardo A. Audisio (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yoo Seok Yoon (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Luigi Boni (16 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 Surgical Oncology-oxford (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (30 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Mayo Clinic (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute (22 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, 12.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.11% of all publications and 66.19% 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 Nurse Practitioner Programs

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