Compare journal citation distributions beta

Empirical cumulative distribution function (eCDF)

Each point represents the fraction of papers (y) that have x or fewer citations. Click on the journal names to toggle their display.

Summary statistics

for journal articles published in 2017 to 2018

Journal	ISSN	Count	Mean	Median	Variance
Molecular Biology and Evolution	1537-1719	603	103.41	24	1090759.48
Annual Review of Biophysics	1936-1238	54	99.85	79	28461.34
Nucleic Acids Research	0305-1048	2680	100.89	28	192316.85
Nature Astronomy	2397-3366	635	23.34	1	1688.87

Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests

	Molecular Biology and Evolution	Annu. Rev. Biophys.	Nucleic Acids Research	Nat Astron
Molecular Biology and Evolution	-	0.4842*	0.1718*	0.3546*
Annu. Rev. Biophys.	0.4842*	-	0.4241*	0.6331*
Nucleic Acids Research	0.1718*	0.4241*	-	0.5193*
Nat Astron	0.3546*	0.6331*	0.5193*	-

D values for the pairwise tests are shown (the higher the number, the more different are the journals' citation distributions). An '*' indicates that the difference is significant after Bonferroni correction at an alpha value of 0.05.

Top 10 cited papers for each journal

CrossRef citation counts are provided in parentheses. OpenCitations links can be used to search for open metadata on the citing articles, if available, through the OpenCitations.net service built by researchers at the University of Bologna and University of Oxford.

Molecular Biology and Evolution

1. MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms (24555)
   OpenCitations
2. UFBoot2: Improving the Ultrafast Bootstrap Approximation (5585)
   OpenCitations
3. DnaSP 6: DNA Sequence Polymorphism Analysis of Large Data Sets (3944)
   OpenCitations
4. TimeTree: A Resource for Timelines, Timetrees, and Divergence Times (1799)
   OpenCitations
5. Fast Genome-Wide Functional Annotation through Orthology Assignment by eggNOG-Mapper (1693)
   OpenCitations
6. BUSCO Applications from Quality Assessments to Gene Prediction and Phylogenomics (1646)
   OpenCitations
7. SMS: Smart Model Selection in PhyML (1406)
   OpenCitations
8. Datamonkey 2.0: A Modern Web Application for Characterizing Selective and Other Evolutionary Processes (602)
   OpenCitations
9. DAMBE7: New and Improved Tools for Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution (493)
   OpenCitations
10. Two Methods for Mapping and Visualizing Associated Data on Phylogeny Using Ggtree (491)
    OpenCitations

Annual Review of Biophysics

1. CRISPR–Cas9 Structures and Mechanisms (1265)
   OpenCitations
2. Predicting Binding Free Energies: Frontiers and Benchmarks (261)
   OpenCitations
3. Weighted Ensemble Simulation: Review of Methodology, Applications, and Software (212)
   OpenCitations
4. RNA Structure: Advances and Assessment of 3D Structure Prediction (157)
   OpenCitations
5. Integration of Bacterial Small RNAs in Regulatory Networks (139)
   OpenCitations
6. Molecular Mechanisms of Fast Neurotransmitter Release (133)
   OpenCitations
7. The Molecular Origin of Enthalpy/Entropy Compensation in Biomolecular Recognition (129)
   OpenCitations
8. Reconstructing Ancient Proteins to Understand the Causes of Structure and Function (126)
   OpenCitations
9. Structure and Immune Recognition of the HIV Glycan Shield (114)
   OpenCitations
10. The Physical Properties of Ceramides in Membranes (112)
    OpenCitations

Nucleic Acids Research

1. STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets (11487)
   OpenCitations
2. SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes (8297)
   OpenCitations
3. GEPIA: a web server for cancer and normal gene expression profiling and interactive analyses (6036)
   OpenCitations
4. The PRIDE database and related tools and resources in 2019: improving support for quantification data (5973)
   OpenCitations
5. UniProt: a worldwide hub of protein knowledge (5794)
   OpenCitations
6. DrugBank 5.0: a major update to the DrugBank database for 2018 (5319)
   OpenCitations
7. The Pfam protein families database in 2019 (3633)
   OpenCitations
8. The Gene Ontology Resource: 20 years and still GOing strong (3149)
   OpenCitations
9. The NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog of published genome-wide association studies, targeted arrays and summary statistics 2019 (3138)
   OpenCitations
10. COSMIC: the Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer (3105)
    OpenCitations

Nature Astronomy

1. Dynamical dark energy in light of the latest observations (328)
   OpenCitations
2. Tests for the existence of black holes through gravitational wave echoes (274)
   OpenCitations
3. A seven-planet resonant chain in TRAPPIST-1 (258)
   OpenCitations
4. Quantitative evaluation of gender bias in astronomical publications from citation counts (239)
   OpenCitations
5. AGN outflows and feedback twenty years on (224)
   OpenCitations
6. Nuclear obscuration in active galactic nuclei (200)
   OpenCitations
7. Cosmology at a crossroads (191)
   OpenCitations
8. The current ability to test theories of gravity with black hole shadows (189)
   OpenCitations
9. Impact of supermassive black hole growth on star formation (189)
   OpenCitations
10. The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817 (180)
    OpenCitations