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Vaccine
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Vaccine

0264-410X

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/vaccine

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 16 445 875 52
Microbiology 27 512 904 48
Medicine 143 598 1096 61

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1878
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2262
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 63
SCIMAGO H-index: 222
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.248
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Vaccine?

The discussions in Vaccine mainly cover the fields of Vaccination, Virology, Immunology, Antibody and Immune system. Vaccine facilitates discussions on Vaccination that incorporate concepts from other fields like Immunization, Pediatrics, Family medicine and Environmental health. The studies on Pediatrics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Epidemiology, Adverse effect and Incidence (epidemiology).

Issues in Virology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Epitope, Antigen, Immunogenicity and Microbiology. It explores topics in Antigen which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Molecular biology, Cytotoxic T cell and Recombinant DNA. Serotype is a major topic of Microbiology research.

The study on Immunology presented in Vaccine intersects with the topics under Internal medicine. Humoral immunity, Titer, Neutralizing antibody and Antibody titer are some of the study areas of Antibody discussed. It aims to address concerns in Immune system, specifically in the areas of T cell and Cellular immunity.

  • Vaccination (43.95%)
  • Virology (40.80%)
  • Immunology (37.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The annual impact of seasonal influenza in the US: Measuring disease burden and costs (1384 citations)
  • Global epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection: new estimates of age-specific HBsAg seroprevalence and endemicity. (1275 citations)
  • CHAPTER 2: THE BURDEN OF HPV-RELATED CANCERS (1127 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Vaccine:

The published articles mainly tackle studies in Virology, Immunology, Vaccination, Immunogenicity and Antibody. The journal publications with studies in Virology featured incorporate elements of Antigen, DNA vaccination and Microbiology. Aside from discussions in Vaccination, the most cited papers also deal with the subject of Pediatrics which intersects with Incidence (epidemiology) disciplines.

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 primary areas of discussion in the journal are Vaccination, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Virology, Immune system and Antibody. The Vaccination study which was featured in the journal aims to expound on the research in Immunology. Some problems in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Cross-sectional study, Demography and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

Vaccine focuses on Virology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Epitope, Antigen and Immunogenicity. The journal tackles studies in Adverse effect and the interrelated subject of Pediatrics to gain insights into Immunogenicity. The study on Immune system presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Adjuvant.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Worldwide: A Concise Systematic Review of Vaccine Acceptance Rates. (204 citations)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Health Care Workers in the United States. (104 citations)
  • Predictors of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: Results of a nationwide survey. (101 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 Vaccine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gregory A. Poland (174 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus (116 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Pierre Van Damme (99 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Umesh D. Parashar (79 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Peter McIntyre (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous 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 Vaccine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1340 papers) published 78 papers at the last edition, 34 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (877 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 30 less than at the previous edition,
  • World Health Organization (744 papers) published 54 papers at the last edition, 18 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of London (512 papers) published 60 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (498 papers) published 40 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, 12.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.97% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.99% of all publications and 65.66% 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

  • Evidence for antibody as a protective correlate for COVID-19 vaccines

    Kristen A. Earle;Donna M. Ambrosino;Andrew Fiore-Gartland;David Goldblatt

    (2021)
    943 Citations
  • Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine based on the health belief model: A population-based survey in Hong Kong.

    Martin C.S. Wong;Eliza L.Y. Wong;Junjie Huang;Annie W.L. Cheung

    (2021)
    565 Citations
  • Human monkeypox – After 40 years, an unintended consequence of smallpox eradication

    Karl Simpson;David Heymann;Colin S. Brown;W. John Edmunds

    (2020)
    284 Citations
  • NVX-CoV2373 vaccine protects cynomolgus macaque upper and lower airways against SARS-CoV-2 challenge.

    Mimi Guebre-Xabier;Nita Patel;Jing-Hui Tian;Bin Zhou

    (2020)
    260 Citations
  • Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults

    (2022)
    249 Citations

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