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Synapse

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 286 38 37 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 58
Documents by Best Scientists*: 51
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 117
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.57
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Synapse?

Synapse focuses on Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Neuroscience, Dopamine and Pharmacology. It focuses on Internal medicine but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Anesthesia and In vivo. While it focused on Endocrinology, it was also able to explore topics like Agonist, Receptor and Serotonin.

The Neuroscience study featured in Synapse draws connections with the study of Postsynaptic potential. Dopaminergic, Nucleus accumbens, Dopamine receptor D2, Amphetamine and Dopamine receptor D1 studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Dopamine presented. Specifically, studies on Raclopride are prevalent in the Dopamine receptor D2 works discussed.

Topics in Pharmacology were tackled in line with various other fields like Microdialysis and Antagonist. The Hippocampus study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Hippocampal formation. Most of the works presented in it deals with NMDA receptor but it intersects with the subject of Glutamate receptor.

  • Internal medicine (30.78%)
  • Endocrinology (30.59%)
  • Neuroscience (26.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Differential projections of the infralimbic and prelimbic cortex in the rat. (1187 citations)
  • Decreased dopamine D2 receptor availability is associated with reduced frontal metabolism in cocaine abusers (793 citations)
  • Electrophysiological responses of serotoninergic dorsal raphe neurons to 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B agonists. (790 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Synapse:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Dopamine and Pharmacology. The most cited articles explore issues in Neuroscience which can be linked to other research areas like Glutamate receptor and NMDA receptor. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Endocrinology, it also covers topics in Agonist, Receptor, Serotonin and Anesthesia.

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 Synapse (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gonzalo Flores (56 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nora D. Volkow (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philip Seeman (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles R. Ashby (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joanna S. Fowler (41 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • National Institutes of Health (142 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (121 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yale University (106 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karolinska Institutet (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (85 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 72.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 55.00% 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.

Career Opportunities and Progression

While the research topics at Synapse provide substantial knowledge and insights in various branches of internal medicine, endocrinology, neuroscience, and pharmacology, it opens up numerous career opportunities for budding researchers and students. One such promising career path is that of a speech-language pathologist.

Speech-language pathology is a field that intersects with many disciplines of study conducted at Synapse, including neuroscience and pharmacology. Understanding the neurological aspects of speech and language, and the impact of various pharmaceutical interventions on them, is an integral part of this career. Therefore, prospective students or researchers could leverage their knowledge acquired on these topics to excel in their path to become successful speech-language pathologists.

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At Synapse, we constantly strive to provide high-quality, multidisciplinary research to facilitate the progression of its readers into diverse professional fields. We encourage students and researchers to tap into the wealth of information available in our published articles to widen their knowledge frontier and make informed career decisions.

Top Publications

  • Gallic acid improves recognition memory and decreases oxidative-inflammatory damage in the rat hippocampus with metabolic syndrome.

    Alfonso Diaz;Guadalupe Muñoz-Arenas;Karen Caporal-Hernandez;Rubén Vázquez-Roque

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Effects of metformin on recognition memory and hippocampal neuroplasticity in rats with metabolic syndrome

    Guadalupe Muñoz-Arenas;Guadalupe Pulido;Samuel Treviño;Rubén Vázquez-Roque

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Synaptic vesicle fusion is modulated through feedback inhibition by dopamine auto-receptors.

    Rosaria Formisano;Mahlet D. Mersha;Jeff Caplan;Abhyudai Singh

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Caffeine consumption during development alters spine density and recovery from repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in young adult rats

    Jennaya Christensen;Jennaya Christensen;Glenn R. Yamakawa;Sabrina Salberg;Melinda Wang

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Inverse changes in raphe and cortical 5-HT 1B receptor availability after acute tryptophan depletion in healthy human subjects.

    Stephen R. Baldassarri;Eunkyung Park;Eunkyung Park;Sjoerd J. Finnema;Beata Planeta

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Dopamine‐transporter heterozygous rats carrying maternal wild‐type allele are more vulnerable to the development of compulsive behavior

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Effect of cadmium administration on the antioxidant system and neuronal death in the hippocampus of rats

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Phenylbutyrate ameliorates prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and nucleus accumbens neural atrophy as well as synaptophysin and GFAP stress in aging mice.

    Fabiola Natividad Carvajal-Flores;Alfonso Díaz;Gabriel D Flores-Gómez;Fidel de la Cruz

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Chronic resveratrol administration reduces oxidative stress and brain cell loss and improves memory of recognition in old rats

    (2023)
    10 Citations
  • Phosphodiesterase inhibitors roflumilast and vardenafil prevent sleep deprivation-induced deficits in spatial pattern separation.

    Pim R. A. Heckman;Femke Roig Kuhn;Frank Raven;Youri G. Bolsius

    (2020)
    10 Citations

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