Table 1. Comparison of the most frequent words in titles and abstracts of articles in cell biology, medicine, and translational research journals.
| JCB | JCS | NEJ | Lan | JEM | STM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cell | cell | patient | patient | cell | patient |
| protein | protein | year | treatment | mouse | cell |
| function | expression | group | study | t cell | mouse |
| study | function | percent | group | expression | disease |
| activity | activity | treatment | year | response | treatment |
| role | formation | study | trial | antigen | expression |
| membrane | role | month | disease | study | t cell |
| formation | effect | rate | month | antibody | study |
| structure | receptor | number | interpretation | role | model |
| mechanism | activation | risk | risk | protein | therapy |
| effect | study | day | data | effect | response |
| addition | pathway | effect | day | receptor | activity |
| presence | mechanism | disease | funding | gene | infection |
| expression | microtubule | age | effect | activity | protein |
| interaction | interaction | therapy | child | activation | effect |
| data | structure | use | analysis | mechanism | gene |
| process | domain | level | use | vitro | development |
| complex | complex | death | infection | function | tumor |
| region | process | data | week | data | mutation |
| site | gene | time | phase | molecule | data |
The table only depicts the 20 most frequent words, while the complete data are available in Supplementary Table S1. Color-coded cells represent the same word in different journals. JCB: Journal of Cell Biology; JCS: Journal of Cell Science; Lan: Lancet; NEJ: New England Journal of Medicine; JEM: Journal of Experimental Medicine; STM: Science Translational Medicine.