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ACS Catalysis
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ACS Catalysis

Published by: American Chemical Society Publications

https://pubs.acs.org/journal/accacs

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 8 2568 4904 148

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 3618
Documents by Best Scientists*: 5500
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 80
SCIMAGO H-index: 320
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.782
Impact Factor: 13.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at ACS Catalysis?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Chemical engineering and Photochemistry. Selectivity is a focus of the presented Catalysis works and it dives deep in Selectivity. Issues in Inorganic chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Heterogeneous catalysis, Oxide, Nanoparticle, Adsorption and Electrochemistry.

Chemical engineering study tackled is connected to the field of Oxygen evolution. The journal focuses on Photochemistry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Photocatalysis, Visible spectrum and Reaction mechanism. Topics in Combinatorial chemistry were tackled in line with various other fields like Enantioselective synthesis and Palladium.

  • Catalysis (86.85%)
  • Inorganic chemistry (20.66%)
  • Organic chemistry (16.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Review on Recent Progress in Nitrogen-Doped Graphene: Synthesis, Characterization, and Its Potential Applications (2504 citations)
  • Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) on Ru, Ir, and Pt Catalysts: A Comparative Study of Nanoparticles and Bulk Materials (1316 citations)
  • Recent Trends and Perspectives in Electrochemical Water Splitting with an Emphasis on Sulfide, Selenide, and Phosphide Catalysts of Fe, Co, and Ni: A Review (1135 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at ACS Catalysis:

The most cited articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Photochemistry and Chemical engineering. The study of Catalysis in the journal articles encompasses disciplines such as Electrocatalyst, as well as fields such as Electrolyte, all of which overlap with one another. The journal articles explore topics in Organic chemistry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Combinatorial chemistry and Medicinal chemistry.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in ACS Catalysis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Christopher W. Jones (86 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dionisios G. Vlachos (48 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Emiel J. M. Hensen (39 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Israel E. Wachs (38 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Robert Schlögl (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in ACS Catalysis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (758 papers) published 124 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (182 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (164 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Science and Technology of China (152 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • East China University of Science and Technology (137 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 1.70% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.83% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.17% of all publications and 52.29% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2+Products

    Josep Albero;Yong Peng;Hermenegildo García

    (2020)
    794 Citations
  • Boosting Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonium by Constructing Oxygen Vacancies in TiO2

    Ranran Jia;Yuting Wang;Changhong Wang;Yangfang Ling

    (2020)
    794 Citations
  • Carbon-Based Single-Atom Catalysts for Advanced Applications

    Manoj B. Gawande;Manoj B. Gawande;Paolo Fornasiero;Radek Zbořil

    (2020)
    682 Citations
  • Perovskite Oxide Based Materials for Energy and Environment-Oriented Photocatalysis

    Ashish Kumar;Ajay Kumar;Venkata Krishnan

    (2020)
    589 Citations
  • Machine Learning for Catalysis Informatics: Recent Applications and Prospects

    Takashi Toyao;Takashi Toyao;Zen Maeno;Satoru Takakusagi;Takashi Kamachi;Takashi Kamachi

    (2020)
    556 Citations
  • Metal–Support Interactions in Metal/Oxide Catalysts and Oxide–Metal Interactions in Oxide/Metal Inverse Catalysts

    Unknown

    (2022)
    549 Citations
  • Defect chemistry in heterogeneous catalysis: recognition, understanding and utilization

    Chao Xie;Dafeng Yan;hao li;Shiqian Du

    (2020)
    541 Citations
  • Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions.

    Kelsey E. Poremba;Sara E. Dibrell;Sarah E. Reisman

    (2020)
    529 Citations
  • CoP Nanoframes as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

    Lvlv Ji;Lvlv Ji;Jianying Wang;Xue Teng;Thomas J. Meyer

    (2020)
    527 Citations
  • Atomically Dispersed Fe–Co Dual Metal Sites as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable and Flexible Zn–Air Batteries

    (2022)
    500 Citations

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