Citation Analysis Reveals Leading Institutions, Scientists Researching AIDS

Scientists Researching AIDS Sidebars TOP 25 RESEARCHERS RANKED BY TOTAL CITATIONS AND CITATION IMPACT OF AIDS JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1993-95 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RANKED BY TOTAL CITATIONS AND CITATION IMPACT OF AIDS JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1993-95 Editor's Note: Early in the AIDS epidemic, a small group of investigators and research centers focused on studying the syndrome. Now, more than 15 years later, the field has grown to encompass hundreds of scientists worldwide and several journals specifically dedicated to the field of HIV research. This reprint from the May/June 1996 issue of the newsletter Science Watch ranks institutions and scientists studying AIDS by the total number of citations of their papers published between 1993 and 1995, as well as by the citation impact (citations per paper) of these articles. The analysis is an update of the newsletter's 1993 AIDS survey (4[5]:1, 1993). Both are based on information from the Science Indicators Database of the Philadelphia-based Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The May/June 1996 Science Watch article (7[3]:1, 1996), which analyzes the rankings, is reprinted here with the permission of the newsletter and ISI, its publisher. For more information on the citation databases and papers discussed in this article, contact Christopher King, editor of Science Watch, ISI, 3501 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104; (800) 523-1850, Ext. 1341. Fax: (215) 387-1266. E-mail: cking@isinet.com. Much of the history of AIDS research has already passed from journals and newspapers into the annals of the history of science. But what of recent research? Here Science Watch concentrates on research papers dealing with AIDS that were published from 1993 to 1995. To identify these papers, analysts first created a list of 50 AIDS-related key words, which were derived from nine AIDS journals (AIDS, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology, International Journal of STD and AIDS, AIDS Patient Care, AIDS Care, AIDS Education and Prevention, Pediatric AIDS and HIV Infection, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases) and such general life-science journals as Science and Nature. These key words were then plugged into ISI's Science Indicators Database to create a listing of pertinent AIDS papers. This search came up with more than 34,000 articles. From these articles, Science Watch gleaned the most-cited institutions and researchers. TOP 25 RESEARCHERS RANKED BY TOTAL CITATIONS AND CITATION IMPACT OF AIDS JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1993-95 (Authors Publishing 20 Or More Papers) RankNameInstitution (in 1993-95)Numberof PapersTotalCitations 1Anthony S. FauciNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID)831,402 2 David D. HoAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York831,123 3Giuseppe PantaleoNIAID371,005 4Mario ClericiUniversity of Milan58913 5Gene M. ShearerNational Cancer Institute (NCI)57901 6Jan MarcOrenstein George Washington University25724 7Donald P. KotlerColumbia University42713 8George M. ShawUniversity of Alabama38688 9Beatrice H. HahnUniversity of Alabama36598 10Michael S. SaagUniversity of Alabama30594 11Jay A. LevyUniversity of California, San Francisco51577 12Erik DeclercqCatholic University, Leuven, Belgium107562 13Jeffrey D.LifsonGenelabs Technology Inc., Redwood City,Calif.20548 14Yunzhen CaoAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center29523 15Emilio EminiMerck, Sharpe & Dohme, West Point, Pa.51514 16John P. MooreAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center44486 17Frank MiedemaUniversity of Amsterdam56483 Douglas D.RichmanUniversity of California, San Diego70483 19Robert C. GalloNCI170472 20Craig W. HendrixWilford Hall U.S. Air ForceMedical Center, Lockland Air Force Base, Texas20408 21Joseph SodroskiHarvard University48366 22Roel A. CoutinhoMunicipal Health Services, Amsterdam48339 23Luc MontagnierInstitut Pasteur, Paris49333 William A. SchleifMerck, Sharpe & Dohme 34333 25Mark A. WainbergMcGill University71323 RankNameInstitution (in 1993-95)Numberof PapersCitationImpact 1Jan MarcOrenstein George Washington University2528.96 2Jeffrey D. LifsonGenelabs Technology Inc.2027.40 3Guiseppe PantaleoNIAID 3727.16 4Craig W. HendrixWilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center2020.40 5Michael S. SaagUniversity of Alabama3019.80 6George M. ShawUniversity of Alabama3818.11 7Yunzhen CaoAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center 2918.03 8Donald P. KotlerColumbia University4216.98 9Anthony S. FauciNIAID8316.89 10Beatrice H. HahnUniversity of Alabama3616.61 11Gene M. ShearerNCI5715.81 12Richard T.D'AquilaHarvard University2015.80 13Mario ClericiUniversity of Milan5815.74 14Francine E. McCutchanJackson Foundation for theAdvancement of Military Research,Rockville, Md.2313.96 15David D. HoAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center8313.53 16Margaret A. FischlUniversity of Miami2212.77 17Richard A. KoupAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center2412.75 18Matthijs TersmetteUniversity of Amsterdam2212.50 19Edward ArnoldRutgers University2212.36 20Stephen H. HughesNCI2511.88 21Anna KarlssonKarolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden2211.64 22Martin S. HirschHarvard University2811.32 23Jay A. LevyUniversity of California, San Francisco5111.31 24John P. MooreAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center4411.05 25Ronald C.DesrosiersHarvard University2810.25 Source: ISI's Science Indicators Database, 1993-95 Institutions were ranked according to total citations and citation impact (citations per paper) in two groups: those that produced more than 250 papers during 1993-95, and those that produced between 100 and 249 papers (see table). As it did in Science Watch's 1993 AIDS survey (4[5]:1, May 1993), the National Cancer Institute captured the top spot in the total-citations ranking among the big producers. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) topped the list in the citations-per-paper category. Among authors, NIAID director Anthony S. Fauci recorded the highest number of citations (see table). Fauci and his colleagues also accounted for the most-cited paper in AIDS research during the last three years: a 1993 Nature report on the activity of HIV in lymphoid tissue, which has been cited nearly 500 times (G. Pantaleo et al., Nature, 362:355-8, 1993). Immediately below Fauci in the total-citations ranking is David D. Ho of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City. As Science Watch reported in its March/April issue (7[2]:1, March/April 1996), Ho and colleagues accounted for the most-cited paper published in 1995, a Nature report on viral and immune-system dynamics in HIV-1 infection (D.D. Ho et al., Nature, 373:123-6, 1995)-one of two 1995 AIDS reports that garnered more than 100 citations in their first year of publication. The other is the Ho et al. companion paper (X. Wei et al., Nature, 373:117-22, 1995). It should be noted that in the institutional rankings, Ho and colleagues' 1995 report and all other papers from the Aaron Diamond center were gathered and tabulated with those of New York University, as the two institutions were affiliated between 1993 and 1995. The Aaron Diamond center is now associated with Rockefeller University. Aside from the 1993 report from Fauci and colleagues, the other most-cited papers in AIDS research over the last three years included a paper that appeared in the same issue of Nature. This article also reported on viral activity during the incubation period of the disease (J. Embretson et al., Nature, 362:359-62, 1993). The paper has now been cited more than 400 times. A report on the action of TH1 and TH2 T-helper cells during HIV infection was next, with more than 300 citations to date (M. Clerici, G.M. Shearer, Immunology Today, 14[3]:107-10, 1993). Also cited more than 300 times was a report from Science on HIV levels in plasma at all stages of infection (M. Piatak et al., Science, 259:1749-54, 1993), and a review from Fauci and colleagues on the immunopathogenesis of HIV infection (G. Pantaleo et al., New England Journal of Medicine, 328:327-35, 1993). Regarding national performance, United States institutions collected the highest number of total citations: 48,967. The U.S. was followed by England (6,630), France (5,789), Germany (3,735), Italy (3,636), and Canada (2,527). RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RANKED BY TOTAL CITATIONS AND CITATION IMPACT OF AIDS JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1993-95 TOP 10 PUBLISHING 250 OR MORE PAPERS RankNameTotal CitationsNameCitation Impact 1National Cancer Institute4,735NIAID6.92 2National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID)4,501New York University5.31 3Harvard University3,856Stanford University4.64 4University of California (UC) San Francisco3,514University of Alabama4.35 5Centers for Disease Control2,328Harvard University4.31 6Johns Hopkins University2,283UC-San Francisco4.27 7New York University2,242Duke University4.07 8Department of Veterans Affairs1,903UC-San Diego3.95 9UC-Los Angeles1,633University of Washington3.86 10UC-San Diego1,508Johns Hopkins University3.84 TOP 10 PUBLISHING 100 OR MORE PAPERS RankNameCitationsNameCitation Impact 1Yale University1,130George Washington Univ.6.91 2University of Amsterdam1,107Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Research6.84 3University of Minnesota983Abbott Laboratories Inc., Abbott Park, Ill.6.17 4Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Research, Rockville, Md.958Massachusetts General Hospital5.68 5George Washington University954University of Minnesota5.55 6Washington University925New York University5.31 7Emory University870Scripps Clinic & Res. Institute, San Diego5.15 8Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston818Yale University5.04 Northwestern University818University of Amsterdam4.92 10University of Oxford804University of Oxford4.79 Source:ISI's Science Indicators Database, 1993-95

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