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Transfusion Medicine

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 212 15 19 5
Medicine 2667 40 43 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 93
Documents by Best Scientists*: 97
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.434
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Transfusion Medicine?

The journal facilitates discussions on Immunology, Blood transfusion, Surgery, Antibody and Internal medicine. Research on Immunology addressed in Transfusion Medicine frequently intersections with the field of Virology. Some problems in Blood transfusion that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under MEDLINE, Medical emergency, Emergency medicine, Intensive care medicine and Pediatrics.

The study on Intensive care medicine presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Transfusion medicine. In addition to Surgery research, Transfusion Medicine aims to explore topics under Anesthesia, Blood donor and Donation. The studies in Antibody featured incorporate elements of Molecular biology and Pregnancy.

Most of the works presented in it deals with Molecular biology but it intersects with the subject of Genetics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Internal medicine, apply to Gastroenterology as well. More specifically, the research on Platelet in Transfusion Medicine is related to Platelet transfusion.

  • Immunology (26.04%)
  • Blood transfusion (19.91%)
  • Surgery (18.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Transfusion‐transmitted hepatitis E in a ‘nonhyperendemic’ country (245 citations)
  • The relationship between ABO histo-blood group, factor VIII and von Willebrand factor. (220 citations)
  • Erythrocyte ageing in vivo and in vitro: structural aspects and implications for transfusion. (202 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Transfusion Medicine:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Blood transfusion, Immunology, Surgery, Platelet and Antibody. The journal publications focus on Blood transfusion but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Intensive care medicine which is concerned with Medical emergency, Perioperative and MEDLINE. While Surgery is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Donation, Anesthesia and Internal medicine, Adverse effect.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Blood transfusion, Internal medicine, Immunology and Emergency medicine. It addresses concerns in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Donation and Virology. Blood transfusion studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Surgery.

The Emergency medicine works featured in it incorporate elements from Hematology, Blood supply and Audit. The work on Antibody tackled in Transfusion Medicine brings together disciplines like Transmission (medicine) and Thalassemia. The journal holds forums on Antigen that merges themes from other disciplines such as Molecular biology, Gene, ABO blood group system and Platelet.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: Assessment of methods available for antibody detection and their correlation with neutralising antibody levels. (33 citations)
  • Safety and efficacy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in severe pulmonary disease: A report of 17 patients. (8 citations)
  • Comparison of four methods to measure haemoglobin concentrations in whole blood donors ( COMPARE ): A diagnostic accuracy study (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 Transfusion Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael F. Murphy (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • David J. Roberts (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Geoff Daniels (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John A. J. Barbara (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Willem H. Ouwehand (17 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 Transfusion Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • NHS Blood and Transplant (125 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Blood Service (122 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center (107 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (58 papers) published 2 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, 41.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.70% of all publications and 57.97% 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

  • Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: Assessment of methods available for antibody detection and their correlation with neutralising antibody levels.

    Heli Harvala;Matthew L. Robb;Nick Watkins;Samreen Ijaz

    (2021)
    89 Citations
  • Comparison of four methods to measure haemoglobin concentrations in whole blood donors ( COMPARE ): A diagnostic accuracy study

    Steven Bell;Michael Sweeting;Michael Sweeting;Anna Ramond;Ryan Chung

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • E‐learning/online education in transfusion medicine: A cross‐sectional international survey

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • The CRYOSTAT2 trial: The rationale and study protocol for a multi‐Centre, randomised, controlled trial evaluating the effects of early high‐dose cryoprecipitate in adult patients with major trauma haemorrhage requiring major haemorrhage protocol activation

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Absence of SARS-CoV-2 viraemia in a blood donor with COVID-19 post-donation

    C K Lee;J N S Leung;P Cheng;D C Lung

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Hydrops fetalis associated with anti-CD36 antibodies in fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: Possible underlying mechanism.

    Yongbin Wu;Dawei Chen;Xiuzhang Xu;Mingqin Mai

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Extracorporeal photopheresis to attenuate decline in lung function due to refractory obstructive allograft dysfunction

    Chadi A Hage;Julia Klesney-Tait;Keith Wille

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Impact of Covid-19 epidemic on the activities of a blood centre, transfusion support for infected patients and clinical outcomes.

    Anna Quaglietta;Antonio Nicolucci;Raffaella Posata;Antonella Frattari

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Convalescent plasma and <scp>COVID</scp>‐19: Time for a second—second look?

    (2022)
    10 Citations

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