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ACS Sensors
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ACS Sensors

Published by: American Chemical Society Publications

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 77 532 765 62
Materials Science 83 481 650 63

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1268
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1384
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 28
SCIMAGO H-index: 125
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.757
Impact Factor: 9.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at ACS Sensors?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Nanotechnology, Biosensor, Detection limit, Fluorescence and Biophysics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Nanotechnology, apply to Plasmon as well. Some problems in Biosensor that were presented in ACS Sensors overlapped with concepts under Analyte and Aptamer.

Research on Detection limit is centered around topics like Chromatography and Analytical chemistry. Most of the Fluorescence studies addressed also intersect with Photochemistry. Many of the studies tackled connect Biophysics with a similar field of study like DNA.

  • Nanotechnology (19.26%)
  • Biosensor (16.71%)
  • Detection limit (14.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Wearable Chemical Sensors: Present Challenges and Future Prospects (430 citations)
  • Fluorescent Sensors Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission: Recent Advances and Perspectives (307 citations)
  • Noninvasive Alcohol Monitoring Using a Wearable Tattoo-Based Iontophoretic-Biosensing System (298 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at ACS Sensors:

The most cited articles investigate areas of study like Nanotechnology, Biosensor, Fluorescence, Detection limit and Photochemistry. The journal publications feature Nanotechnology research that overlaps with concepts in Oxide. The works on Fluorescence tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Ion, Biophysics and Analytical chemistry.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in ACS Sensors are Biosensor, Detection limit, Nanotechnology, Biophysics and Fluorescence. The work on Biosensor addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Aptamer. Detection limit research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Chromatography.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Chromatography, it also covered topics in Immunoassay and Microfluidics. It facilitates discussions on Nanotechnology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Analyte and Electrode. ACS Sensors focuses on Biophysics as well as the interrelated topic of In vivo.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Encapsulation of Luminescent Guests to Construct Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks for Chemical Sensing. (16 citations)
  • COVID-19 Antibody Tests and Their Limitations. (16 citations)
  • CRISPR Systems for COVID-19 Diagnosis. (15 citations)

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 Sensors (based on the number of publications) are:

  • J. Justin Gooding (42 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Eric Bakker (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nongjian Tao (26 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Maarten Merkx (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shana O. Kelley (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Sensors (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (100 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of New South Wales (41 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (40 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Arizona State University (35 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (29 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more 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, 3.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.59% of all publications and 57.04% 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

  • Recent Developments of Carbon Dots in Biosensing: A Review.

    Chunyu Ji;Yiqun Zhou;Roger M. Leblanc;Zhili Peng

    (2020)
    412 Citations
  • Covalent Organic Polymers and Frameworks for Fluorescence-Based Sensors.

    Tina Skorjanc;Dinesh Shetty;Matjaz Valant;Matjaz Valant

    (2021)
    357 Citations
  • High-Performance Nanostructured Palladium-Based Hydrogen Sensors-Current Limitations and Strategies for Their Mitigation.

    Iwan Darmadi;Ferry Anggoro Ardy Nugroho;Christoph Langhammer

    (2020)
    310 Citations
  • Encapsulation of Luminescent Guests to Construct Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks for Chemical Sensing.

    Yun Shu;Qiuyu Ye;Tao Dai;Qin Xu

    (2021)
    300 Citations
  • Wearable Electrochemical Sensors for the Monitoring and Screening of Drugs.

    Hazhir Teymourian;Marc Parrilla;Juliane R Sempionatto;Noelia Felipe Montiel

    (2020)
    290 Citations
  • Molecular-Imprinting-Based Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensors.

    Xiaotong Guo;Jinhua Li;Maryam Arabi;Xiaoyan Wang;Xiaoyan Wang

    (2020)
    248 Citations
  • Size-Controlled Engineering Photoelectrochemical Biosensor for Human Papillomavirus-16 Based on CRISPR-Cas12a-Induced Disassembly of Z-Scheme Heterojunctions.

    (2022)
    207 Citations
  • Epidermal Enzymatic Biosensors for Sweat Vitamin C: Toward Personalized Nutrition.

    Juliane R. Sempionatto;Ahmed A. Khorshed;Aftab Ahmed;Andre N. De Loyola e Silva

    (2020)
    194 Citations

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