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The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 2 541 637 112
Medicine 15 705 774 128

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1541
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1137
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 69
SCIMAGO H-index: 304
SCIMAGO SJR: 5.446
Impact Factor: 31

Overview

Top Research Topics at Lancet Infectious Diseases?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Virology, MEDLINE, Internal medicine, Intensive care medicine and Immunology. Virology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Pandemic, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Lancet Infectious Diseases explores issues in Internal medicine which can be linked to other research areas like Placebo, Surgery and Tuberculosis.

Lancet Infectious Diseases focuses on Immunology as well as the interrelated topic of Disease. Lancet Infectious Diseases connects research in Vaccination with the related topic of Pediatrics.

  • Virology (18.79%)
  • MEDLINE (12.73%)
  • Internal medicine (10.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time. (4726 citations)
  • Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: A microbiological and molecular biological study (2754 citations)
  • Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection (2343 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Lancet Infectious Diseases:

The published articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Immunology, Internal medicine, Intensive care medicine, Virology and Disease. The featured Immunology studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Epidemiology but also cover areas of interest in Pediatrics, Environmental health and Outbreak. The Virology research presented in the most cited publications focuses mostly on Pandemic and, on occasion, topics in Pneumonia.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Virus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Virology and MEDLINE. Public health and Vaccination are some topics wherein Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research discussed in the journal have an impact. The research on Vaccination featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Adverse effect, Pediatrics and Immunogenicity.

The Virology study featured in Lancet Infectious Diseases draws connections with the study of Antibody. The journal facilitates discussions on MEDLINE that incorporate concepts from other fields like Internal medicine, Environmental health, Family medicine and Intensive care medicine. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Internal medicine, apply to Tuberculosis as well.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genomic evidence for reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: a case study. (396 citations)
  • Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in healthy adults aged 18-59 years: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1/2 clinical trial. (354 citations)
  • Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BBIBP-CorV: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1/2 trial. (282 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 Lancet Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Talha Burki (168 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Marilynn Larkin (105 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Kathryn Senior (100 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bernard Dixon (92 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Khabir Ahmad (79 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 Lancet Infectious Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of London (317 papers) published 37 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (236 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (227 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (195 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (180 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 21.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.03% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.67% of all publications and 41.23% 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

  • Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis.

    Robert Verity;Lucy C Okell;Ilaria Dorigatti;Peter Winskill

    (2020)
    4456 Citations
  • Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study.

    Kelvin Kai Wang To;Owen Tak Yin Tsang;Wai Shing Leung;Anthony Raymond Tam

    (2020)
    3620 Citations
  • Early dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study.

    Adam J Kucharski;Timothy W Russell;Charlie Diamond;Yang Liu

    (2020)
    3083 Citations
  • Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study

    (2022)
    1975 Citations
  • Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19.

    Yang Liu;Li Meng Yan;Lagen Wan;Tian Xin Xiang

    (2020)
    1874 Citations
  • Epidemiology and transmission of COVID-19 in 391 cases and 1286 of their close contacts in Shenzhen, China: a retrospective cohort study.

    Qifang Bi;Yongsheng Wu;Shujiang Mei;Chenfei Ye

    (2020)
    1853 Citations
  • Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK

    (2022)
    1800 Citations

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