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Virulence
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Virulence

2150-5594

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/virulence/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 69 140 140 28
Immunology 145 36 32 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 306
Documents by Best Scientists*: 268
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 100
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.585
Impact Factor: 5.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Virulence?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Microbiology, Virulence, Immunology, Virology and Immune system. The Microbiology works, particularly on Pathogen are tackled in the journal. Virulence research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Mutant and Candida albicans.

The journal connects the study in Immunology with the closely related area of Disease. The works on Virology deal in particular with Virus. The majority of Immune system studies are focused on the issues of Innate immune system.

  • Microbiology (53.02%)
  • Virulence (35.55%)
  • Immunology (16.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Candida albicans pathogenicity mechanisms (937 citations)
  • Epidemiology of severe sepsis. (710 citations)
  • Staphylococcus aureus biofilms: properties, regulation, and roles in human disease. (560 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Virulence:

The most cited papers investigate studies in Microbiology, Virulence, Immunology, Immune system and Innate immune system. The published papers explore research in Biofilm and overlapping concepts in Pilus to expand the discourse in Microbiology. While Virulence is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Human pathogen, Pathogen and Host (biology).

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

  • Gene
  • Bacteria
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Microbiology, Virulence, Virology, Virus and Cell biology. Virulence focuses on Microbiology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Immune system which is concerned with Inflammation. Topics in Virulence explored in Virulence were investigated in conjunction with research in Pathogenicity and Mutant.

Research on Virology addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Antibody. The journal facilitates discussions on Virus that incorporate concepts from other fields like Disease, Outbreak and Coronavirus. It addresses concerns in Cell biology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Autophagy, Proinflammatory cytokine and Pathogenesis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • COVID-19 evolution during the pandemic - Implications of new SARS-CoV-2 variants on disease control and public health policies. (55 citations)
  • Pathogenicity and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus. (14 citations)
  • Immune dysregulation and system pathology in COVID-19. (9 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 Virulence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eleftherios Mylonakis (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joshua D. Nosanchuk (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Andreas Vilcinskas (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Georgios N. Belibasakis (11 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 Virulence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 3.39% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.28% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.71% of all publications and 56.73% 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

  • Pathogenicity and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Gordon Y. C. Cheung;Justin S. Bae;Michael Otto

    (2021)
    1185 Citations
  • Pathogenesis and virulence of <i>Candida albicans</i>

    (2021)
    227 Citations
  • Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium perfringens

    Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari;Mauricio A. Navarro;Jihong Li;Archana Shrestha

    (2021)
    203 Citations
  • Immune priming: the secret weapon of the insect world

    Gerard Sheehan;Gemma Farrell;Kevin Kavanagh

    (2020)
    186 Citations
  • Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae is emerging as an increasingly prevalent K. pneumoniae pathotype responsible for nosocomial and healthcare-associated infections in Beijing, China

    Chao Liu;Pengcheng Du;Nan Xiao;Fansen Ji

    (2020)
    83 Citations
  • PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE OF THE LIVER FLUKES FASCIOLA HEPATICA AND FASCIOLA GIGANTICA THAT CAUSE THE ZOONOSIS FASCIOLOSIS

    Richard Lalor;Krystyna Cwiklinski;Nichola Eliza Davies Calvani;Amber Dorey

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • Maternal-neonatal listeriosis

    Caroline Charlier;Olivier Disson;Olivier Disson;Marc Lecuit

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Trehalose and bacterial virulence.

    Muthita Vanaporn;Richard W Titball

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • From environmental adaptation to host survival: Attributes that mediate pathogenicity of Candida auris

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Paeoniflorin reduce luxS/AI-2 system-controlled biofilm formation and virulence in Streptococcus suis

    (2021)
    61 Citations

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