S. Karger AG Bibliometric Report

Introduction

This report provides a comprehensive analytics report of the publisher S. Karger AG including basic bibliometric information, citation data, impact metrics, top journals, publication keywords, etc., over recent years. The Crossref database (up to the end of 2021) processed by ScienceGate has been used for this report as the source of data.

S. Karger AG has published 434703 documents so far, receiving a total of 3512352 citations. These numbers are equal to 0.35% and 0.32% of the total documents and citations in the scientific community, respectively. S. Karger AG has a score of 8.08 as a number of citations per document based on all recorded data. There are different types of documents published by S. Karger AG. In this regard, Journal Article, Chapter, Book, Monograph, and Book Series a with the total document number of 362931, 67165, 1089, 3470, and 48 have the largest share, respectively. These numbers are equal to 83.49%, 15.45%, 0.25%, 0.80%, and 0.01% of the total documents published in S. Karger AG so far, respectively. S. Karger AG has been an active publisher from 1890-2021.

Basic Bibliometric Information

This section provides the bibliometrics data of S. Karger AG over the last 11 years, including the number of published documents, total citations, citations per document, and scaled number of citations per document by year. Share of S. Karger AG documents and citations among all published scientific documents are also presented here. S. Karger AG has the highest annual number of publications in 2015, with 54715 published documents. Most annual citations are also received in 2010, with 112617 citations. The highest citations per document’s scores, scaled by the number of years ahead, are associated with 2020, with scores of 0.37.

Document Types

There are different types of documents published by publishers. In this section, the yearly publication data of S. Karger AG are presented by document type, including Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess.

The number of published documents by S. Karger AG are 362931, 67165, 3470, 1089, and 48 for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.40%, 0.43%, 0.60%, 0.12%, and 1.58% of the whole published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess in the database so far, respectively.

The number of received citations by Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess of S. Karger AG are 3326152, 182292, 1625, 2092, and 191, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.31%, 1.14%, 0.03%, 0.03%, and 2.61% of the citations received by whole Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess of the database so far, respectively.

The h-index value for published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by S. Karger AG are 261, 100, 18, 17, and 5, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3201, 588, 760, 793, and 33, respectively.

The g-index value for published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by S. Karger AG are 27, 15, 7, 6, and 3, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 129, 48, 60, 60, and 10, respectively.

The score of citations per document for published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by S. Karger AG are 9.165, 2.714, 0.468, 1.921, and 3.979, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 11.521, 1.016, 9.566, 8.593, and 2.404, respectively.

The highest number of annually published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by S. Karger AG are 8292, 46951, 100, 49, and 41, respectively. The corresponding year of maximum publication for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess are 2018, 2015, 2011, 2012, and 2014, respectively.

The highest number of annual received citations by Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess published in S. Karger AG are 106397, 83965, 166, 100, and 190, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum received citations for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess are 2010, 2015, 2016, 2010, and 2014, respectively.

The highest values of citations per number of document for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess published in S. Karger AG are 14.15, 7.66, 1.89, 2.27, and 4.63, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum values of citations per document for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess are 2010, 2011, 2016, 2010, and 2014, respectively.

Impact Metrics

Various metrics and indicators are used to evaluate the impact and quality of publishers and journals. Here, h-index, g-index, and i-index are selected as impact evaluation metrics of the publisher S. Karger AG.

H-index

H-index indicates the number of articles published by a journal/publisher, h, that have been cited at least h times. h5-index and h10-index are the h-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. h-index, h10-index, and h5-index of the documents published by S. Karger AG, are 264, 143, and 76, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3269, 1489, and 795, respectively.

G-index

The g-index indicator is the first g papers of a publisher/journal (sorted by the highest to the lowest number of citations) that have cumulatively received at least g^2 citations. Again, g5-index and g10-index are the g-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. G-index, g10-index, and g5-index of the documents published by S. Karger AG are 28, 19, and 13, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 131, 80, and 55, respectively.

I-n index

I-n index shows the number of publications of a publisher/journal with at least n citations. Read another post here for more detailed information on different research impact metrics. It is to be noted that, i10-index, i25-index, i50-index, i100-index, i250-index, i500-index, i1000-index, i2500-index, i5000-index, and i10000-index of the documents published by S. Karger AG, are 100901, 37103, 11798, 2770, 307, 58, 14, 3, 1, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 21796896, 10617845, 4822066, 1785083, 390499, 114230, 31648, 5505, 1423, and 355, respectively.

Top Journals

This section provides the basic bibliometrics data of the S. Karger AG top journals, including the number of published documents, total citations, and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each journal among all published documents by S. Karger AG is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top journals are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

The Top 5 journals of S. Karger AG based on the number of published documents are Dermatology, Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, Ophthalmologica, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, and European Neurology. The numbers of documents published so far by these top 5 journals are 16915, 15717, 14865, 12007, and 11366, respectively. These numbers are equal to 3.891%, 3.616%, 3.420%, 2.762%, and 2.615% of the total documents published by S. Karger AG so far, respectively.

Concerning the number of received citations, the top 5 journals of S. Karger AG are Neuroendocrinology, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, Dermatology, Cytogenetic and Genome Research, and Nephron. The total number of citations received so far by these top 5 journals are 6791, 12007, 16915, 8458, and 8912, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.193%, 0.342%, 0.482%, 0.241%, and 0.254% of the total citations received by S. Karger AG publications so far, respectively.

Regarding the number of citations received per document, the top 5 journals of S. Karger AG are Neuroendocrinology, Developmental Neuroscience, Nephron, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, and Brain Behavior and Evolution. The numbers of citations received per published document so far by these top 5 journals are 23.914, 21.165, 21.209, 21.966, and 21.535, respectively.

Top Keywords

The Most used keywords are of particular importance for reviewing a publisher. This section provides detailed information about basic bibliometrics data of top used keywords in S. Karger AG. The metrics used here are the number of documents, citations and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each keyword among whole published documents is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top keywords are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

According to the number of published documents, the top 10 keywords of the publisher S. Karger AG are in vitro, title page, book reviews, case report, breast cancer, growth factor, risk factors, renal failure, page table, and kidney disease, respectively. The number of published documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 4845, 4729, 2790, 2715, 2399, 1927, 1883, 1817, 1802, and 1751, respectively.

Based on the number of received citations, the top 10 keywords of the publisher S. Karger AG are in vitro, alzheimer’s disease, alzheimer’s disease, growth factor, risk factors, renal failure, growth hormone, systematic review, kidney disease, and breast cancer, respectively. The number of citations received by the documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 4845, 1358, 1347, 1927, 1883, 1817, 1706, 1074, 1751, and 2399, respectively.

Concerning the score of received citations per document, the top 10 keywords of the publisher S. Karger AG are alzheimer’s disease, alzheimer’s disease, cognitive impairment, systematic review, releasing hormone, stem cells, oxidative stress, parkinson’s disease, parkinson’s disease, and meta analysis, respectively. The score of citations received per document in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 24.196, 24.166, 21.759, 21.289, 20.960, 20.538, 17.550, 17.349, 17.307, and 16.287, respectively.