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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA
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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 59 21 25 19
Biology and Biochemistry 436 26 30 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 70
Documents by Best Scientists*: 77
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 99
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.005
Impact Factor: 4.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Rna?

The scientific interests tackled in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Rna are RNA, Genetics, Computational biology, Cell biology and Messenger RNA. The concepts on RNA presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Regulation of gene expression, microRNA and Gene expression. The microRNA study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Gene silencing.

Presentations on Genetics include those discussing Gene, Intron, Transcription (biology), Non-coding RNA and Polyadenylation. While Computational biology is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Riboswitch and RNA interference. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Rna explores issues in Cell biology which can be linked to other research areas like P-bodies, Translation (biology), Molecular biology, RNA silencing and RNA polymerase II.

The studies in Translation (biology) featured incorporate elements of Ribosome and Protein biosynthesis. It tackles issues in Messenger RNA, particularly in the topics of Untranslated region and RNA Stability. Alternative splicing and Exon are some topics wherein RNA splicing research discussed in it have an impact.

  • RNA (73.50%)
  • Genetics (42.27%)
  • Computational biology (36.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An overview of pre‐ribosomal RNA processing in eukaryotes (340 citations)
  • The box C/D and H/ACA snoRNPs: key players in the modification, processing and the dynamic folding of ribosomal RNA. (301 citations)
  • Posttranscriptional regulation of cancer traits by HuR. (296 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Rna:

Genetics, RNA, Cell biology, Computational biology and Messenger RNA are the main subjects of interest in the most cited articles. While RNA is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of microRNA and Gene expression. While the most cited papers focused on Computational biology, they were also able to explore topics like 5.8S ribosomal RNA, Ribosome biogenesis, RNA interference, Transfer RNA and Transcription (biology).

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

  • Gene
  • RNA
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with RNA, Computational biology, Cell biology, Gene expression and microRNA. RNA research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Translation (biology) and Messenger RNA. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Computational biology, it also covered topics in Nucleic acid structure, RNA interference, Transcriptome and Riboswitch.

Topics in Gene expression explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Regulation of gene expression and Transcription (biology). It explores research in microRNA alongside concepts in Disease and other areas of study in Cancer and Genetics. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Rna deals with RNA splicing in conjunction with Alternative splicing and similar fields in Intron and Human genome.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • microRNA strand selection: Unwinding the rules. (11 citations)
  • A birds'-eye view of the activity and specificity of the mRNA m6A methyltransferase complex (10 citations)
  • Regulation of ribosomal protein genes: An ordered anarchy (8 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 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Rna (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Myriam Gorospe (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Kotb Abdelmohsen (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeffrey Wilusz (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carol S. Lutz (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Juan D. Alfonzo (3 papers) published 1 paper 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 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Rna (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Rutgers University (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Colorado State University (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • McGill University (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 4.05% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.72% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.90% of all publications and 54.93% 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

  • Dynamic transcriptomic m5C and its regulatory role in RNA processing

    (2021)
    245 Citations
  • Understanding and targeting the disease‐related RNA binding protein human antigen R (HuR)

    Christopher W. Schultz;Ranjan Preet;Teena Dhir;Dan A. Dixon

    (2020)
    158 Citations
  • The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in human disease.

    Brian Song;Yusuke Shiromoto;Moeko Minakuchi;Kazuko Nishikura

    (2021)
    104 Citations
  • Transcription and splicing: A two-way street.

    Michael Tellier;Isabella Maudlin;Shona Murphy

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • <scp>RNA</scp> nucleotide methylation: 2021 update

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • tRNA introns: Presence, processing, and purpose.

    Casey A. Schmidt;A. Gregory Matera

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Regulation of antiviral innate immunity by chemical modification of viral RNA

    (2022)
    58 Citations
  • Cluster miRNAs and cancer: Diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic opportunities

    Shama Prasada Kabekkodu;Vaibhav Shukla;Vinay Koshy Varghese;Divya Adiga

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • The multifaceted eukaryotic cap structure

    Jerry Pelletier;T. Martin Schmeing;Nahum Sonenberg

    (2021)
    53 Citations

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