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Trends in Cell Biology
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Trends in Cell Biology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 25 81 87 34
Biology and Biochemistry 66 179 171 50

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 308
Documents by Best Scientists*: 284
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 271
SCIMAGO SJR: 5.455
Impact Factor: 18.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Trends in Cell Biology?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Cell biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Signal transduction and Cell. Studies on Cell biology discussed in Trends in Cell Biology link to the field of Cytoskeleton. Most of the works presented in it deals with Cytoskeleton but it intersects with the subject of Actin.

Gene is a major topic of Genetics research presented in Trends in Cell Biology.

  • Cell biology (62.31%)
  • Genetics (10.63%)
  • Biochemistry (9.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mitochondria as the central control point of apoptosis (1664 citations)
  • Aggresomes, inclusion bodies and protein aggregation. (1649 citations)
  • Long noncoding RNAs and human disease (1458 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Trends in Cell Biology:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Cell biology, Signal transduction, Biochemistry, Genetics and Cytoskeleton. The most cited papers focus on Cell biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Receptor and Cell. The published papers address concerns in Signal transduction which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Integrin and Transcription factor.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Trends in Cell Biology are Cell biology, Computational biology, Function (biology), Organelle and Cancer. Microtubule, Mitosis, Stem cell, Endoplasmic reticulum and Kinase are some of the facets of Cell biology tackled in it. Topics in Mitosis explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Spindle apparatus and Nucleus.

The study of Computational biology encompasses disciplines such as DNA repair, as well as fields such as Ubiquitin, Genome and Enzyme, all of which overlap with one another. Some problems in Function (biology) that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Autophagy, Neuroscience and Mechanism (biology). In addition to Organelle research, it aims to explore topics under Protein targeting, Biophysics, Membrane, Intracellular and Protein Homeostasis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Lipid Droplet Nucleation (18 citations)
  • Mitochondrial Fusion: The Machineries In and Out (18 citations)
  • The Ways of Actin: Why Tunneling Nanotubes Are Unique Cell Protrusions (15 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 Cell Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David J. Stephens (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan de Boer (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cezary Wojcik (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wallace F. Marshall (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Volker Haucke (21 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 Cell Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (100 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (83 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, San Francisco (75 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (68 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University College London (62 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 2.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 57.27% 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

  • Emerging Mechanisms and Disease Relevance of Ferroptosis.

    Brent R. Stockwell;Xuejun Jiang;Wei Gu

    (2020)
    830 Citations
  • Tight Junction Structure and Function Revisited

    Tetsuhisa Otani;Mikio Furuse

    (2020)
    458 Citations
  • Lipid Rafts: Controversies Resolved, Mysteries Remain

    Ilya Levental;Kandice R. Levental;Frederick A. Heberle;Frederick A. Heberle

    (2020)
    441 Citations
  • Cytoskeletal Crosstalk in Cell Migration.

    Shailaja Seetharaman;Shailaja Seetharaman;Sandrine Etienne-Manneville

    (2020)
    349 Citations
  • Mitochondrial Functions in Infection and Immunity

    Varnesh Tiku;Man Wah Tan;Ivan Dikic;Ivan Dikic

    (2020)
    270 Citations
  • Cell cycle on the crossroad of tumorigenesis and cancer therapy.

    Jing Liu;Yunhua Peng;Wenyi Wei

    (2021)
    235 Citations
  • p53 and Tumor Suppression: It Takes a Network.

    Anthony M. Boutelle;Laura D. Attardi

    (2021)
    218 Citations
  • ER-Phagy: Quality Control and Turnover of Endoplasmic Reticulum.

    Haruka Chino;Noboru Mizushima

    (2020)
    205 Citations
  • A Senescence-Centric View of Aging: Implications for Longevity and Disease

    M Borghesan;W M H Hoogaars;M Varela-Eirin;N Talma

    (2020)
    177 Citations
  • Conformational Basis of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling Versatility.

    Laura M. Wingler;Robert J. Lefkowitz;Robert J. Lefkowitz

    (2020)
    176 Citations

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