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Toxicological Sciences
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Toxicological Sciences

1096-6080

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/toxsci

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 523 35 43 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 306
Documents by Best Scientists*: 347
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 214
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.086
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Toxicological Sciences?

The concepts of Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Toxicity, Pharmacology and Biochemistry are tackled in Toxicological Sciences. While Internal medicine is the focus of Toxicological Sciences, it also provided insights into the studies of Developmental toxicity and Carcinogen. Some problems in Endocrinology that were presented in Toxicological Sciences overlapped with concepts under Offspring, Pregnancy, Fetus and Gestation.

The journal facilitates discussions on Toxicity that incorporate concepts from other fields like Oral administration, Inhalation, Pathology, Teratology and Physiology. The study on Inhalation featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Inhalation exposure in particular. The study on Pathology presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Lung.

The study of Pharmacology encompasses disciplines such as In vivo, as well as fields such as In vitro, all of which overlap with one another. It connects the study in Biochemistry with the closely related area of Molecular biology. Toxicological Sciences focuses on Molecular biology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Apoptosis which is concerned with Cell biology.

  • Internal medicine (34.15%)
  • Endocrinology (33.05%)
  • Toxicity (25.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The 2005 World Health Organization reevaluation of human and Mammalian toxic equivalency factors for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds. (2794 citations)
  • Perfluoroalkyl Acids: A Review of Monitoring and Toxicological Findings (1815 citations)
  • Pulmonary Toxicity of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Mice 7 and 90 Days After Intratracheal Instillation (1705 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Toxicological Sciences:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Toxicity, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. The most cited papers hold forums on Endocrinology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Offspring and Teratology, Fetus. The published papers primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Toxicity but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

  • Lung most often made with reference to Pathology,
  • In vivo together with In vitro..

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Toxicological Sciences is organized to address concerns in the fields of Pharmacology, Toxicity, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Cell biology. In Toxicological Sciences, Oxidative stress, Genotoxicity and In vivo are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Pharmacology research. While the journal focused on Toxicity, it was also able to explore topics like Metabolite, Molecular biology, Transcriptome and Physiology.

Internal medicine research discussed connects with the study of Offspring. It focuses on Endocrinology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor and Feces. Cell biology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Downregulation and upregulation, Gene expression, Neurodegeneration and Transcription factor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Application of a Framework for Grouping and Mixtures Toxicity Assessment of PFAS: A Closer Examination of Dose-Additivity Approaches (8 citations)
  • Early Life Exposure to Environmental Contaminants (BDE-47, TBBPA, and BPS) Produced Persistent Alterations in Fecal Microbiome in Adult Male Mice (6 citations)
  • High-Throughput Transcriptomics Platform for Screening Environmental Chemicals. (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.

The top authors publishing in Toxicological Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Melvin E. Andersen (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Curtis D. Klaassen (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joseph K. Haseman (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard E. Peterson (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Linda S. Birnbaum (49 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 Toxicological Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Research Triangle Park (769 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (466 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (290 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Michigan State University (238 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (226 papers) published 6 papers 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, 3.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.88% of all publications and 36.42% 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

  • Effects of Prenatal Exposure to a Mixture of Organophosphate Flame Retardants on Placental Gene Expression and Serotonergic Innervation in the Fetal Rat Brain

    Kylie D Rock;Genevieve St Armour;Brian Horman;Allison Phillips

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • The Exposome and Toxicology: A Win–Win Collaboration

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Immunotoxicity of an Electrochemically Fluorinated Aqueous Film-Forming Foam

    Carrie A McDonough;Carrie A McDonough;Chastity Ward;Qing Hu;Samuel Vance

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Identification of Flucloxacillin-Haptenated HLA-B*57:01 Ligands: Evidence of Antigen Processing and Presentation.

    James C Waddington;Xiaoli Meng;Patricia T Illing;Arun Tailor

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Gut Microbiome Critically Impacts PCB-induced Changes in Metabolic Fingerprints and the Hepatic Transcriptome in Mice.

    Joe Jongpyo Lim;Xueshu Li;Hans Joachim Lehmler;Dongfang Wang

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Neuromelanin Modulates Heterocyclic Aromatic Amine-Induced Dopaminergic Neurotoxicity.

    Vivek Lawana;Vivek Lawana;Se Young Um;Jean Christophe Rochet;Robert J. Turesky

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • FXR-Deoxycholic Acid-TNF-α Axis Modulates Acetaminophen-Induced Hepatotoxicity.

    Tingting Yan;Nana Yan;Hong Wang;Tomoki Yagai;Tomoki Yagai

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Combined Maternal Exposure to Cypermethrin and Stress Affect Embryonic Brain and Placental Outcomes in Mice

    Benjamin A Elser;Khaled Kayali;Ram Dhakal;Bailey O'Hare

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Targeted and non-targeted detection and characterization of trace organic chemicals in human serum and plasma using QuEChERS extraction.

    Katherine E Manz;Kyle Yamada;Lukas Scheidl;Michele A La Merrill

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Potential of ToxCast Data in the Safety Assessment of Food Chemicals.

    Ans Punt;James Firman;Alan Boobis;Mark Cronin

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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