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Virus Genes
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Virus Genes

0920-8569

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11262

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 161 5 6 3
Microbiology 177 49 51 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 99
Documents by Best Scientists*: 93
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.509
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Virus Genes?

The objective of Virus Genes is to combine knowledge in the areas of Virology, Genetics, Gene, Virus and Molecular biology. In the journal, RNA, Virulence, Genotype and Phylogenetic tree are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Virology research. The concepts on Phylogenetic tree presented in Virus Genes can also apply to other research fields, including Genetic diversity, Strain (biology), Phylogenetics, GenBank and Genetic variation.

Genome, Sequence analysis, Nucleic acid sequence, Open reading frame and Peptide sequence are all areas of Genetics tackled in it. The journal addresses concerns in Genome which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as ORFS and DNA sequencing. The Gene study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Amino acid.

The study on Virus presented in it intersects with the topics under Outbreak. In addition to Molecular biology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Gene expression, Recombinant DNA, DNA, Complementary DNA and Transcription (biology). Many of the studies tackled connect Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 with a similar field of study like H5N1 genetic structure.

  • Virology (62.13%)
  • Genetics (44.51%)
  • Gene (35.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Origin and evolution of viruses (502 citations)
  • Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus: a comprehensive review of molecular epidemiology, diagnosis, and vaccines. (454 citations)
  • The evolution, distribution and diversity of endogenous retroviruses. (297 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Virus Genes:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Virology, Genetics, Gene, Virus and Phylogenetic tree. The published papers hold forums on Virology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Sequence analysis, Genotype and Virulence. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Gene, it also covers topics in Molecular biology and DNA.

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

  • Gene
  • Virus
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in Virus Genes mainly cover the fields of Virus, Virology, Genetics, Genome and Phylogenetic tree. The research on Virus featured in Virus Genes combines topics in other fields like Zoology, Outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Host (biology) and Gene. It facilitates discussions on Gene that incorporate concepts from other fields like Viral replication and Cell biology.

The research on Virology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Infectious bursal disease, Pandemic and Coronavirus. Topics in Genome were tackled in line with various other fields like RNA, Nucleic acid sequence, Recombinant DNA and Circovirus. While Phylogenetic tree is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Evolutionary biology, Lineage (genetic), Viral evolution and Phylogenetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Identification of a reptile lyssavirus in Anolis allogus provided novel insights into lyssavirus evolution (5 citations)
  • Molecular interactions of plant viral satellites (4 citations)
  • The N-terminal cysteine protease domain of rice stripe tenuivirus Pc1 possesses deubiquitinating enzyme activity. (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 Virus Genes (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yechiel Becker (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gholamreza Darai (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rob W. Briddon (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Panayotis Markoulatos (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tatsuya Nagata (15 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 Virus Genes (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (60 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (47 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 9.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.94% of all publications and 67.19% 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

  • Approaches to optimize therapeutic bacteriophage and bacteriophage-derived products to combat bacterial infections.

    Monika Reuter;Detlev H Kruger

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • A SARS-CoV-2 mutant from B.1.258 lineage with ∆H69/∆V70 deletion in the Spike protein circulating in Central Europe in the fall 2020.

    Broňa Brejová;Kristína Boršová;Kristína Boršová;Viktória Hodorová;Viktória Čabanová

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • B.1.258$\Delta$, a SARS-CoV-2 variant with $\Delta$H69/$\Delta$V70 in the Spike protein circulating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

    Broňa Brejová;Viktória Hodorová;Kristína Boršová;Viktória Čabanová

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Identification of a phage-derived depolymerase specific for KL64 capsule of Klebsiella pneumoniae and its anti-biofilm effect

    Min Li;Pei Li;Long Chen;Genglin Guo

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Peculiarities in the designations of hepatitis B virus genes, their products, and their antigenic specificities: a potential source of misunderstandings.

    Wolfram H. Gerlich;Dieter Glebe;Anna Kramvis;Lars O. Magnius

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Full genome-based characterization of G4P[6] rotavirus strains from diarrheic patients in Thailand: Evidence for independent porcine-to-human interspecies transmission events.

    Ratana Tacharoenmuang;Ratigorn Guntapong;Sompong Upachai;Phakapun Singchai

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Extensive ITR expansion of the 2022 Mpox virus genome through gene duplication and gene loss

    (2023)
    17 Citations
  • Isolation and characterization of new Puumala orthohantavirus strains from Germany

    Florian Binder;Sven Reiche;Gleyder Roman-Sosa;Marion Saathoff

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • A potent enzybiotic against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

    Jasjeet Kaur;Prashant Singh;Deepak Sharma;Kusum Harjai

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Genome characterization of fig umbra-like virus

    Xupeng Wang;Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde;Adriana Larrea-Sarmiento;Anne E Simon

    (2021)
    14 Citations

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