Title: Toxicology Letters

Title: Toxicology Letters

ISO Abbreviated Title: Toxicol. Lett.

JCR Abbreviated Title: Toxicol Lett

ISSN: 0378-4274

Issues/Year: 12

Journal Country/Territory: Ireland

Language: English

Publisher: Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd

Publisher Address: Customer Relations Manager, Bay 15, Shannon Industrial Estate Co, Clare, IR

Subject Categories:

Toxicology: Impact Factor 2.430, 15/75 (2005)

? Miró, Ò., Montori, E., Ramos, X., Galicia, M. and Nogué, S. (2009), Trends in research activity in toxicology and by toxicologists in seven European countries. Toxicology Letters, 189 (1), 1-4.

Full Text: 2009\Tox Let189, 1.pdf

Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis, Impact, Oil Syndrome, Policy, Publications, Research, Spanish Scientific Production

? Schulze, M., Schrumpf, L. and Schulze, J. (2013), Chlorpyrifos neurotoxicity: A scientometric analysis. Toxicology Letters, 221, S250.

Full Text: 2013\Tox Let221, S250.pdf

Keywords: Analysis, Scientometric, Scientometric Analysis

Title: Toxicon

ISO Abbreviated Title: Toxicon

JCR Abbreviated Title: Toxicon

ISSN: 0041-0101

Issues/Year: 12

Journal Country/Territory: England

Language: Multi-Language

Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd

Publisher Address: the Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England

Subject Categories:

Pharmacology & Pharmacy: Impact Factor181 (2000)

Toxicology: Impact Factor

? Guimaraes, J.A. and Carlini, C.R. (2004), Most cited papers in Toxicon. Toxicon, 44 (4), 345-359.

Full Text: 2004\Toxicon44, 345.pdf

Abstract: Citation of a published work is one of the parameters considered in the analysis of relevance and importance of scientific contributions. In 2002. for the first time the Impact Factor of Toxicon has risen above 2.0, placing it at the 17th position among 76 journals in the ‘toxicology’ field. The aim of this article was to identify the most cited articles in Toxicon, that have contributed to the steady increase of its Impact Factor. The number of citations, complete reference and type of all documents appearing in Toxicon in the period 1963-2003 were retrieved from the ISI Web-of-Science homepage. The documents retrieved were sorted by the number of citations received. A ‘citation index’, defined as the number of citations divided by the number of years since publication, was calculated for each document. It was clearly seen that reviews in Toxicon received 4.4-fold more citations than articles. Unexpectedly, it was found that recent papers were proportionally more cited than old ones. A decrease in the proportion of papers dealing on ‘snake*’ through out the period and the broadened range of subjects of the most cited papers recently published in Toxicon reflects an increased ‘visibility’ in other fields of toxinology. Research on plant toxins gained its own space in Toxicon with newer publications showing high citation indexes. It can be postulated that these facts helped to increase Toxicon’s Impact Factor from 1.248 in 1999 to 2.003 in 2002. With the increased number of issues in Toxicon as well as publications of subject-dedicated volumes containing mostly reviews, the Impact Factor of Toxicon is expected to keep rising in the near future. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Anabaena-Flos-Aquae, Analysis, Blue-Green-Algae, Bothrops-Asper Venom, Buthus-Martensi Karsch, Citation, Citation Index, Citation Indexes, Citations, Cyanobacteria, Cyanobacterium Microcystis-Aeruginosa, Eclipta-Prostrata Asteraceae, Engaddensis Burrowing Asp, Impact, Impact Factor, Indexes, ISI, ISI Web of Science, Journals, Linked-Immunosorbent-Assay, Papers, Paralytic Shellfish Toxins, Plant, Plant Lantana-Camara, Plant Toxins, Publication, Publications, Research, Snakes, Visibility, Web of Science

? Merel, S., Villarin, M.C., Chung, K. and Snyder, S. (2013), Spatial and thematic distribution of research on cyanotoxins. Toxicon, 76, 118-131.

Full Text: 2013\Toxicon76, 118.pdf

Abstract: Cyanobacteria in surface water are well known for their ability to form toxic blooms responsible for animal mortality and human poisoning. Accompanying major progress in science and technology, the state of knowledge of cyanotoxins has dramatically increased over the last two decades. The bibliometric approach applied in this study shows the evolution of research and identifies major gaps to be filled by future work. Although the publication rate has gradually increased from one hundred to three hundred articles per year since the 1990s, half of the literature available focuses on microcystins and another quarter on saxitoxins. Other cyanotoxins such as beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine or cylindrospermopsin remain vastly disregarded. Moreover, most of the publications deal with toxicity and ecology while other research areas, such as environmental and public health, require additional investigation. The analysis of the literature highlights the main journals for the communication of knowledge on cyanotoxins but also reveals that 90% of the research is originated from only ten countries. These countries are also those with the highest H-index and average number of citation per article. Nonetheless, the ranking of these countries is significantly altered when the amount of publications is normalized based on the population, the number of universities, the national gross domestic product or the government revenue. However, the lower amount of publications from Eastern Europe, Africa and South America could also reflect the lack of monitoring campaigns in these regions. This lack could potentially lead to the underestimation of the prevalence of toxic cyanobacterial blooms and the diversity of toxins worldwide. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Activated Carbon, Adsorption, Africa, Analysis, Anatoxin, Aplysiatoxin, Approach, Bibliometric, Bibliometry, Bloom, Bmaa, Citation, Communication, Cyanobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Cylindrospermopsin, Cylindrospermopsin, Distribution, Diversity, Drinking-Water, Eastern Europe, Ecology, Economy, Environmental, Environmental and Public Health, Europe, Evolution, Geography, Gross Domestic Product, h Index, h-Index, Health, Human, Human Poisoning, Investigation, Island Mystery Disease, Journals, Knowledge, Lead, Literature, Lyngbyatoxin, Main Journals, Microcystin, Microcystis-Aeruginosa, Monitoring, Mortality, Nanofiltration, Nodularin, Poisoning, Population, Prevalence, Progress, Public, Public Health, Publication, Publication Rate, Publications, Ranking, Research, Rights, Saxitoxin, Science, Science and Technology, South America, State, Surface, Surface Water, Technology, Toxic, Toxicity, Toxins, Universities, Water, Work