Virology

Top Research Topics at Virology?

Virology mostly deals with topics like Virology, Molecular biology, Virus, Gene and RNA. The journal is focused mainly on Virology, particularly Viral replication. While Molecular biology is the focus of Virology, it also provided insights into the studies of Biochemistry, DNA, Mutant, Messenger RNA and Transcription (biology).

It features studies on Biochemistry, including topics such as Amino acid. It features DNA research that overlaps with concepts in Bacteriophage. Some problems in Virus that were presented in Virology overlapped with concepts under Cell and Glycoprotein.

Gene studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Genetics. Virology tackles issues in Genetics, particularly in the topics of Genome, Nucleic acid sequence, Open reading frame, Peptide sequence and Sequence analysis. RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is a major topic of RNA research presented in it.

• Virology (51.95%)
• Molecular biology (42.16%)
• Virus (39.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A new technique for the assay of infectivity of human adenovirus 5 DNA. (8679 citations)
• Transduction of linked genetic characters of the host by bacteriophage P1 (2486 citations)
• Classification of papillomaviruses (2485 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Virology:

The most cited publications mainly tackle studies in Virology, Virus, Molecular biology, Genetics and Gene. The journal publications focus on Virology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Cell culture, Antibody and Antigen. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Virus, it also covers topics in Microbiology and Cell biology.

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

• Gene
• Virus
• Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Virology is mainly concerned with subjects like Cell biology, Virus, Kinase, Histone and Cell cycle. It facilitates discussions on Cell biology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Sf9, Capsid, Genetic enhancement, Infectivity and Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2. It focuses on different Virus studies like Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Encephalitis, Viral entry, Western equine encephalitis virus and Neutralization.

It holds forums on Kinase that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cyclin-dependent kinase 1, Cell cycle checkpoint, Mitosis and DNA damage.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Structural characterization of an envelope-associated adeno-associated virus type 2 capsid. (0 citations)
• Exposing cryptic epitopes on the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus E1 glycoprotein prior to treatment with alphavirus cross-reactive monoclonal antibody allows blockage of replication early in infection. (0 citations)
• An Adenovirus early region 4 deletion mutant induces G2/M arrest via ATM activation and reduces expression of the mitotic marker phosphorylated (ser10) histone 3. (0 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Virology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Robert G. Webster (103 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Bernard Moss (97 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Richard W. Compans (96 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter K. Vogt (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert A. Lamb (68 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Virology (based on the number of publications) are:

• National Institutes of Health (1230 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harvard University (462 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (422 papers) absent at the last edition,
• United States Department of Agriculture (351 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (351 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 66.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 33.33% 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.