The FEBS Journal

Top Research Topics at FEBS Journal?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Enzyme, Stereochemistry and Cell biology. Biochemistry studies presented in FEBS Journal focus on topics such as Amino acid, Peptide sequence, Escherichia coli, Protein subunit and Binding site. It holds forums on Molecular biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as RNA, Messenger RNA, Gene, Complementary DNA and DNA.

FEBS Journal explores the study of Gene to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Genetics. It focuses on Enzyme as well as the interrelated topic of Chromatography. FEBS Journal facilitates discussions on Stereochemistry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Crystallography, Protein structure, Peptide and Active site.

• Biochemistry (53.73%)
• Molecular biology (20.69%)
• Enzyme (16.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A Film Detection Method for Tritium‐Labelled Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Polyacrylamide Gels (7697 citations)
• Involvement of the Superoxide Anion Radical in the Autoxidation of Pyrogallol and a Convenient Assay for Superoxide Dismutase (7350 citations)
• Quantitative film detection of 3H and 14C in polyacrylamide gels by fluorography. (4060 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at FEBS Journal:

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Enzyme, Stereochemistry and Peptide sequence. Biochemistry study tackled in the journal articles is connected to the field of Chromatography. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Molecular biology, it also covers topics in Nucleic acid sequence, RNA, Complementary DNA, Messenger RNA and Gene.

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

• Enzyme
• Gene
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in FEBS Journal deals with Cell biology, Biochemistry, Function (biology), Computational biology and Cancer research. The concepts on Cell biology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Receptor, Ubiquitin and Immune system. The featured Immune system research is covered under the field of Immunology.

FEBS Journal features studies on Biochemistry, including topics such as Enzyme. The work on Cancer research tackled in FEBS Journal brings together disciplines like Cancer cell and Cancer.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The Structural Basis of Accelerated Host Cell Entry by SARS-CoV-2 . (59 citations)
• A guide to: generation and design of nanobodies (38 citations)
• Rab family of small GTPases: an updated view on their regulation and functions. (37 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 FEBS Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hans Jörnvall (117 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Philip Cohen (94 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rudolf K. Thauer (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Cees Veeger (78 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 FEBS Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (1523 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (1367 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• French Institute of Health and Medical Research (722 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Karolinska Institutet (563 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Tokyo (449 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more 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, 17.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.10% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.85% of all publications and 73.76% 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.