Sunday, August 29, 2010

Top 25 articles in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology



Yesterday, I twittered about Sciverse, a new "Elsevier platform that combines ScienceDirect (fulltext journal articles) and Scopus (abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature)" (more about it here, in @mfenner's blog).

While browsing around the ScienceDirect site, I found a new service: "Top-25 hottest articles".

Basically, Top 25 "allows you to see which articles have been downloaded the most, either from any of the 24 subject areas and/or from any of the 2,500 journals on ScienceDirect".



These reports are published quarterly and so reflect usage behavior from the prior three months.

So, which articles have been the most downloaded ones in the period between April and June 2010, in the field of "Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"?

1. The Hallmarks of Cancer
Cell, Volume 100, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 57-70
Hanahan, D.; Weinberg, R.A.

2. Transcriptome-wide Identification of RNA-Binding Protein and MicroRNA Target Sites by PAR-CLIP Cell, Volume 141, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 129-141
Hafner, M.; Landthaler, M.; Burger, L.; Khorshid, M.; Hausser, J.; Berninger, P.; Rothballer, A.; Ascano, M.; Jungkamp, A.C.; Munschauer, M.; Ulrich, A.; Wardle, G.S.; Dewell, S.; Zavolan, M.; Tuschl, T.

3. A Chromatin-Mediated Reversible Drug-Tolerant State in Cancer Cell Subpopulations
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 69-80
Sharma, S.V.; Lee, D.Y.; Li, B.; Quinlan, M.P.; Takahashi, F.; Maheswaran, S.; McDermott, U.; Azizian, N.; Zou, L.; Fischbach, M.A.; Wong, K.K.; Brandstetter, K.; Wittner, B.; Ramaswamy, S.; Classon, M.; Settleman, J.

4. Immunity, Inflammation, and Cancer
Cell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 883-899
Grivennikov, S.I.; Greten, F.R.; Karin, M.

5. Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors
Cell, Volume 126, Issue 4, August 2006, Pages 663-676
Takahashi, K.; Yamanaka, S.

6. The Inflammasomes Cell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 821-832
Schroder, K.; Tschopp, J.

7. Mitochondria Supply Membranes for Autophagosome Biogenesis during Starvation
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 4, May 2010, Pages 656-667
Hailey, D.W.; Rambold, A.S.; Satpute-Krishnan, P.; Mitra, K.; Sougrat, R.; Kim, P.K.; Lippincott-Schwartz, J.

8. Pattern Recognition Receptors and Inflammation
Cell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 805-820
Takeuchi, O.; Akira, S.

9. Reconstitution of the RIG-I Pathway Reveals a Signaling Role of Unanchored Polyubiquitin Chains in Innate Immunity
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 315-330
Zeng, W.; Sun, L.; Jiang, X.; Chen, X.; Hou, F.; Adhikari, A.; Xu, M.; Chen, Z.J.

10. Ragulator-Rag Complex Targets mTORC1 to the Lysosomal Surface and Is Necessary for Its Activation by Amino Acids
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 290-303
Sancak, Y.; Bar-Peled, L.; Zoncu, R.; Markhard, A.L.; Nada, S.; Sabatini, D.M.

11. A Transcriptional Signature and Common Gene Networks Link Cancer with Lipid Metabolism and Diverse Human Diseases
Cancer Cell, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 348-361
Hirsch, H.A.; Iliopoulos, D.; Joshi, A.; Zhang, Y.; Jaeger, S.A.; Bulyk, M.; Tsichlis, P.N.; Shirley Liu, X.; Struhl, K.

12. NLRC5 Negatively Regulates the NF-@kB and Type I Interferon Signaling Pathways Cell, Volume 141, Issue 3, April 2010, Pages 483-496
Cui, J.; Zhu, L.; Xia, X.; Wang, H.Y.; Legras, X.; Hong, J.; Ji, J.; Shen, P.; Zheng, S.; Chen, Z.J.; Wang, R.F.

13. A Temporarily Distinct Subpopulation of Slow-Cycling Melanoma Cells Is Required for Continuous Tumor Growth
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 4, May 2010, Pages 583-594
Roesch, A.; Fukunaga-Kalabis, M.; Schmidt, E.C.; Zabierowski, S.E.; Brafford, P.A.; Vultur, A.; Basu, D.; Gimotty, P.; Vogt, T.; Herlyn, M.

14. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and the Inflammatory Basis of Metabolic Disease
Cell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 900-917
Hotamisligil, G.S.

15. 53BP1 Inhibits Homologous Recombination in Brca1-Deficient Cells by Blocking Resection of DNA Breaks Cell, Volume 141, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 243-254
Bunting, S.F.; Callen, E.; Wong, N.; Chen, H.T.; Polato, F.; Gunn, A.; Bothmer, A.; Feldhahn, N.; Fernandez-Capetillo, O.; Cao, L.; Xu, X.; Deng, C.X.; Finkel, T.; Nussenzweig, M.; Stark, J.M.; Nussenzweig, A.

16. Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics Cell, Volume 141, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 154-165
Gradinaru, V.; Zhang, F.; Ramakrishnan, C.; Mattis, J.; Prakash, R.; Diester, I.; Goshen, I.; Thompson, K.R.; Deisseroth, K.

17. Identification of the Switch in Early-to-Late Endosome Transition
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 3, April 2010, Pages 497-508
Poteryaev, D.; Datta, S.; Ackema, K.; Zerial, M.; Spang, A.

18. Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironment
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 52-67
Kessenbrock, K.; Plaks, V.; Werb, Z.

19. An Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanism for Controlling the Efficiency of Protein Translation Cell, Volume 141, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 344-354
Tuller, T.; Carmi, A.; Vestsigian, K.; Navon, S.; Dorfan, Y.; Zaborske, J.; Pan, T.; Dahan, O.; Furman, I.; Pilpel, Y.

20. 3.3 A Cryo-EM Structure of a Nonenveloped Virus Reveals a Priming Mechanism for Cell Entry
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 3, April 2010, Pages 472-482
Zhang, X.; Jin, L.; Fang, Q.; Hui, W.H.; Zhou, Z.H.

21. A Hierarchy of Self-Renewing Tumor-Initiating Cell Types in Glioblastoma
Cancer Cell, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 362-375
Chen, R.; Nishimura, M.C.; Bumbaca, S.M.; Kharbanda, S.; Forrest, W.F.; Kasman, I.M.; Greve, J.M.; Soriano, R.H.; Gilmour, L.L.; Rivers, C.S.; Modrusan, Z.; Nacu, S.; Guerrero, S.; Edgar, K.A.; Wallin, J.J.; Lamszus, K.; Westphal, M.; Heim, S.; James, C.D

22. Peroxisomes Are Signaling Platforms for Antiviral Innate Immunity
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 4, May 2010, Pages 668-681
Dixit, E.; Boulant, S.; Zhang, Y.; Lee, A.S.Y.; Odendall, C.; Shum, B.; Hacohen, N.; Chen, Z.J.; Whelan, S.P.; Fransen, M.; Nibert, M.L.; Superti-Furga, G.; Kagan, J.C.

23. Th17 and Regulatory T Cells in Mediating and Restraining Inflammation
Cell, Volume 140, Issue 6, March 2010, Pages 845-858
Littman, D.R.; Rudensky, A.Y.

24. Transmembrane Receptor DCC Associates with Protein Synthesis Machinery and Regulates Translation
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 4, May 2010, Pages 632-644
Tcherkezian, J.; Brittis, P.A.; Thomas, F.; Roux, P.P.; Flanagan, J.G.

25. Persistent Telomere Damage Induces Bypass of Mitosis and Tetraploidy
Cell, Volume 141, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 81-93
Davoli, T.; Denchi, E.L.; de Lange, T.

Well that's a very "cancer & immunology"-oriented list!

Let's take a closer look at these stats:

23 out of the 25 articles are from Cell. The other two, from Cancer Cell.
17 are review articles.
The article "The hallmarks of cancer" (2000) has been cited in 7602 documents! 

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Just as a comparison, let's take a look at what the "Essential Science Indicators" tool from Web of Science has to say regarding "highly cited articles" in the field of "Molecular Biology and Genetics". This list has been updated as of July 1, 2010 to cover a ~10-year period (January 1st, 2000 to April 30th, 2010).

Top-10

THE HALLMARKS OF CANCER
CELL 100 (1): 57-70 JAN 7 2000

INITIAL SEQUENCING AND ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN GENOME
NATURE 409 (6822): 860-921 FEB 15 2001

THE SEQUENCE OF THE HUMAN GENOME
SCIENCE 291 (5507): 1304-+ FEB 16 2001

INFERENCE OF POPULATION STRUCTURE USING MULTILOCUS GENOTYPE DATA
GENETICS 155 (2): 945-959 JUN 2000

TRANSLATING THE HISTONE CODE
SCIENCE 293 (5532): 1074-1080 AUG 10 2001

MICRORNAS: GENOMICS, BIOGENESIS, MECHANISM, AND FUNCTION
CELL 116 (2): 281-297 JAN 23 2004

THE GENOME SEQUENCE OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
SCIENCE 287 (5461): 2185-2195 MAR 24 2000

THE LANGUAGE OF COVALENT HISTONE MODIFICATIONS
NATURE 403 (6765): 41-45 JAN 6 2000

INITIAL SEQUENCING AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MOUSE GENOME
NATURE 420 (6915): 520-562 DEC 5 2002

A NEW STATISTICAL METHOD FOR HAPLOTYPE RECONSTRUCTION FROM POPULATION DATA
AMER J HUM GENET 68 (4): 978-989 APR 2001


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1 Comment:

Chris Dieni said...

There's something to be said for diversity, for multiple opinions, and interdisciplinary thought. My opinion is actually less than positive. I think that having almost every single article from Cell is narrow-minded and detrimental.

Time to expand horizons a little, people!