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Vascular Pharmacology
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Vascular Pharmacology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1519 112 125 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 209
Documents by Best Scientists*: 211
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 111
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.972
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Vascular Pharmacology?

Vascular Pharmacology primarily tackles Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Cell biology, Pharmacology and Endothelium. Vascular Pharmacology focused on Internal medicine research but expanded to cover Cardiology. Most of the works presented in it deals with Endocrinology but it intersects with the subject of Aorta.

The research on Cell biology featured in Vascular Pharmacology combines topics in other fields like Endothelial stem cell and Angiogenesis. It explores topics in Pharmacology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Anesthesia and Biochemistry. The majority of Nitric oxide studies presented zero in on Nitric oxide synthase.

  • Internal medicine (40.72%)
  • Endocrinology (30.46%)
  • Cell biology (18.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier: development, composition and regulation. (895 citations)
  • The role of oxidative stress, antioxidants and vascular inflammation in cardiovascular disease (a review) (471 citations)
  • Rho GTPases and the regulation of endothelial permeability (396 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Vascular Pharmacology:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Endothelium, Pharmacology and Cell biology. The published articles with studies in Internal medicine featured incorporate elements of Diabetes mellitus and Cardiology. The works on Endocrinology tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Inflammation and Pulmonary hypertension.

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:

Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Receptor, Vascular smooth muscle and Cardiology are the subjects of interest in Vascular Pharmacology. It focuses on different Internal medicine studies like Oxidative stress, Meta-analysis, Blood pressure, Aspirin and Pulmonary hypertension. Endocrinology research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Vasoconstriction.

It holds forums on Receptor that merges themes from other disciplines such as Renin–angiotensin system, Immunology, Signal transduction, Autoimmunity and Coronavirus. Topics in Vascular smooth muscle were tackled in line with various other fields like Ex vivo, Artery, Untranslated region, Cell biology and Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein. The studies on Cardiology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Stroke and Percutaneous.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-mediated cell signaling in lung vascular cells. (13 citations)
  • Endothelial cells and SARS-CoV-2: An intimate relationship. (7 citations)
  • A new storm on the horizon in COVID-19: Bradykinin-induced vascular complications. (4 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 Vascular Pharmacology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jozef Dulak (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rosalinda Madonna (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Raffaele De Caterina (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alicja Jozkowicz (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Victor W.M. van Hinsbergh (20 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 Vascular Pharmacology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Georgia Regents University (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jagiellonian University (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Chieti-Pescara (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of São Paulo (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (32 papers) absent at the last 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, 1.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 4.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.61% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.70% of all publications and 65.15% 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.

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Top Publications

  • The novel butyrate derivative phenylalanine-butyramide protects from doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

    Michele Russo;Fiorentina Guida;Lorella Paparo;Giovanna Trinchese

    (2020)
    88 Citations
  • RAAS inhibitors are not associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients: Findings from an observational multicenter study in Italy and a meta-analysis of 19 studies

    Augusto Di Castelnuovo;Simona Costanzo;Andrea Antinori;Nausicaa Berselli

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Interleukin-6 level is a powerful predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

    Gloria M. Gager;Benedikt Biesinger;Felix Hofer;Max-Paul Winter

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in HFpEF and HFrEF: Different pathophysiologic mechanism behind similar functional impairment.

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • Beta-blocker therapy and risk of vascular dementia: A population-based prospective study

    H. Holm;H. Holm;F. Ricci;F. Ricci;G. Di Martino;E. Bachus

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Association of the European Society of Cardiology echocardiographic probability grading for pulmonary hypertension with short and mid-term clinical outcomes after heart valve surgery.

    Rosalinda Madonna;Giacomo Bonitatibus;Piergiusto Vitulli;Sante Donato Pierdomenico

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Thrombin inhibition by dabigatran attenuates endothelial dysfunction in diabetic mice.

    Arief Rahadian;Daiju Fukuda;Hotimah Masdan Salim;Shusuke Yagi

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Therapeutic potential of flavonoids in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency.

    Giovanna Casili;Marika Lanza;Michela Campolo;Salvatore Messina

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • The effect of the 2019 ESC/EAS dyslipidaemia guidelines on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal achievement in patients with acute coronary syndromes: The ACS EuroPath IV project.

    (2023)
    23 Citations
  • Transcriptional regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, differentiation and senescence: Novel targets for therapy.

    (2022)
    22 Citations

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