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Trends in Biochemical Sciences
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Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 28 72 74 31
Biology and Biochemistry 86 160 156 44

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 304
Documents by Best Scientists*: 273
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 309
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.158
Impact Factor: 11

Overview

Top Research Topics at Trends in Biochemical Sciences?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Biochemistry, Cell biology, Genetics, Computational biology and Enzyme. Biochemistry and Biophysics are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. It explores research in Cell biology and the adjacent study of Cell.

Gene, DNA and RNA are all areas of Genetics tackled in it.

  • Biochemistry (23.21%)
  • Cell biology (22.55%)
  • Genetics (12.53%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Multiple sequence alignment with Clustal X (2463 citations)
  • RASMOL: biomolecular graphics for all (2362 citations)
  • Caspases: killer proteases (2258 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Trends in Biochemical Sciences:

The most cited publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Cell biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Signal transduction and Protein structure. In addition to Cell biology research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Receptor and Transcription factor. The most cited articles focus on Genetics research which is adjacent to topics in Computational biology.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Trends in Biochemical Sciences tackles a plethora of topics, such as Cell biology, Computational biology, Function (biology), RNA and DNA. The Cell biology research dealing mostly with Intracellular is the focus of it. Trends in Biochemical Sciences explores research in Computational biology alongside concepts in Translation (biology) and other areas of study in Ribosome.

Trends in Biochemical Sciences holds forums on Function (biology) that merges themes from other disciplines such as Tissue homeostasis, Homeostasis and Mechanism (biology). The DNA research presented falls under the domain of Genetics. The studies on Gene discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cleavage (embryo) and Nucleus.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • How Lysosomes Sense, Integrate, and Cope with Stress. (25 citations)
  • FUS and TDP-43 Phases in Health and Disease. (19 citations)
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Mitophagy in Parkinson's Disease: From Mechanism to Therapy. (18 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 Trends in Biochemical Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul N. Hengen (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrea Rinaldi (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peer Bork (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chris P. Ponting (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eugene V. Koonin (25 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 Trends in Biochemical Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (148 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (115 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (111 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (108 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (105 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 1.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.66% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.66% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.93% of all publications and 57.76% 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.

Top Publications

  • Biomolecular Condensates in the Nucleus.

    Benjamin R. Sabari;Benjamin R. Sabari;Alessandra Dall’Agnese;Richard A. Young

    (2020)
    331 Citations
  • The SLC25 Mitochondrial Carrier Family: Structure and Mechanism

    Jonathan J. Ruprecht;Edmund R.S. Kunji

    (2020)
    248 Citations
  • FUS and TDP-43 Phases in Health and Disease.

    Bede Portz;Bo Lim Lee;James Shorter

    (2021)
    210 Citations
  • Structure and Roles of V-type ATPases

    Thamiya Vasanthakumar;John L. Rubinstein

    (2020)
    200 Citations
  • Coordinating gene expression during the cell cycle.

    (2022)
    188 Citations
  • Hippo Signaling in Embryogenesis and Development.

    Zhengming Wu;Kun-Liang Guan

    (2021)
    171 Citations
  • Mechanisms and Regulation of RNA Condensation in RNP Granule Formation.

    Devin Tauber;Gabriel Tauber;Roy Parker;Roy Parker

    (2020)
    163 Citations
  • Senescent Cells: Emerging Targets for Human Aging and Age-Related Diseases.

    Shuling Song;Eric W.-F. Lam;Tamara Tchkonia;James L. Kirkland

    (2020)
    157 Citations
  • Autophagy Assays for Biological Discovery and Therapeutic Development.

    Noboru Mizushima;Leon O. Murphy

    (2020)
    139 Citations
  • Discovering riboswitches: the past and the future

    (2023)
    137 Citations

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