Table 3.
Top 15 Journals Sorted by Percent of Cell Line Authentication (Authentication or Contamination) that Were Identifiable in 2019.
| Papers Analyzed | Year | Title | Cell Lines Found | % Identifiable | % Authentication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 278 | 2019 | Elife | 849 | 55% | 71% |
| 11 | 2019 | Nature Microbiology | 39 | 33% | 64% |
| 83 | 2019 | Oncogene | 302 | 41% | 54% |
| 23 | 2019 | Journal of Cell Science | 87 | 31% | 52% |
| 27 | 2019 | Nature | 85 | 47% | 52% |
| 33 | 2019 | Oncogenesis | 95 | 36% | 52% |
| 14 | 2019 | Breast Cancer Research | 86 | 35% | 43% |
| 29 | 2019 | EMBO Molecular Medicine | 65 | 38% | 41% |
| 17 | 2019 | Disease Models & Mechanisms | 23 | 43% | 41% |
| 17 | 2019 | EMBO Reports | 42 | 36% | 41% |
| 18 | 2019 | Cell | 67 | 36% | 39% |
| 178 | 2019 | BMC Cancer | 485 | 40% | 38% |
| 37 | 2019 | Molecular Cell | 157 | 37% | 38% |
| 14 | 2019 | Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology | 48 | 44% | 36% |
| 946 | 2019 | Nature Communications | 2,601 | 38% | 34% |
There were 2,280 journals in which more than 180,316 articles and more than 388,337 cell lines were accessible in our dataset. The complete dataset is available in Data S8.