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Veterinary Microbiology
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Veterinary Microbiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 29 114 179 21
Microbiology 83 138 222 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 356
Documents by Best Scientists*: 439
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 26
SCIMAGO H-index: 154
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.687
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Veterinary Microbiology?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Virology, Microbiology, Virus, Antibody and Veterinary medicine. The presented Virology research focuses mostly on Genotype and, on occasion, topics in Typing. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Microbiology by exploring it in line with topics in Virulence which intersect with Pathogen subjects.

The research on Virus discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Outbreak. Humoral immunity is a primary topic of Antibody research in the journal. The work on Veterinary medicine addressed in it expands to the thematically related Feces.

The Escherichia coli study tackling the subject of Enterobacteriaceae is the focus of it. The work on Immunology presented in Veterinary Microbiology focuses on Immune system in particular. Gene studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Genetics.

  • Virology (46.12%)
  • Microbiology (43.48%)
  • Virus (25.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Leptospira and leptospirosis. (1513 citations)
  • A review of avian influenza in different bird species (1042 citations)
  • The role of probiotics in aquaculture (875 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Veterinary Microbiology:

The journal publications investigate areas of study like Virology, Microbiology, Virus, Veterinary medicine and Immunology. The journal publications hold forums on Virology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Genotype, Antibody, Serology and Polymerase chain reaction. The most cited papers explore research in Microbiology alongside concepts in Enterobacteriaceae and other areas of study in Salmonella.

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

  • Virus
  • Internal medicine
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Veterinary Microbiology aims to foster the development of research in Virology, Virus, Microbiology, Virulence and Viral replication. The overlapping concepts between Immune system and Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus are the key highlights of Virology study. In Veterinary Microbiology, Innate immune system and In vitro are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Virus research.

The featured Microbiology studies mainly concentrate on Multilocus sequence typing but also cover areas of interest in Typing. It focuses on Virulence as well as the interrelated topic of Mutant. Topics in Viral replication explored in Veterinary Microbiology were investigated in conjunction with research in Messenger RNA and Cell biology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 replicates in respiratory ex vivo organ cultures of domestic ruminant species. (15 citations)
  • Rescue of Senecavirus A to uncover mutation profiles of its progenies during 80 serial passages in vitro. (8 citations)
  • Proposal of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 19, and reformulation of previous multiplex PCRs for capsule-specific typing of all known serovars. (6 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 Veterinary Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Freddy Haesebrouck (102 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stefan Schwarz (75 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Joaquim Segalés (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hans Nauwynck (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joachim Frey (52 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 Veterinary Microbiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ghent University (276 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Friedrich Loeffler Institute (199 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (197 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Iowa State University (180 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Utrecht University (170 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, 3.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.57% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.97% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.92% of all publications and 48.54% 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

  • Novel human coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A lesson from animal coronaviruses.

    Nicola Decaro;Alessio Lorusso

    (2020)
    390 Citations
  • Proposal of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 19, and reformulation of previous multiplex PCRs for capsule-specific typing of all known serovars.

    Oliver W. Stringer;Janine T. Bossé;Sonia Lacouture;Marcelo Gottschalk

    (2021)
    107 Citations
  • Coronaviruses in cats and other companion animals: Where does SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 fit?

    Alison E. Stout;Nicole M. André;Javier A. Jaimes;Jean K. Millet

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • Canine parvovirus vaccination and immunisation failures: Are we far from disease eradication?

    N. Decaro;C. Buonavoglia;V.R. Barrs

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Prevalence, etiology, and economic impact of clinical mastitis on large dairy farms in China.

    Wenjuan He;Shizhen Ma;Lei Lei;Junjia He

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2 replicates in respiratory ex vivo organ cultures of domestic ruminant species.

    Giovanni Di Teodoro;Fabrizia Valleriani;Ilaria Puglia;Federica Monaco

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Genomic landscape of multi-drug resistant avian pathogenic Escherichia coli recovered from broilers.

    Mariya Azam;Mashkoor Mohsin;Timothy J. Johnson;Emily A. Smith

    (2020)
    47 Citations

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