Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials

Top Research Topics at Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Crystallography, Crystal structure, Medicinal chemistry, Crystal and Molecule. The journal explores topics in Crystallography which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Wurtzite crystal structure and Hydrogen bond. Crystal structure research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Inorganic chemistry and Polymer chemistry.

Many of the studies tackled connect Crystal with a similar field of study like Chemical structure. The Molecule study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Stereochemistry.

• Crystallography (40.03%)
• Crystal structure (24.11%)
• Medicinal chemistry (20.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Effective ionic radii in oxides and fluorides (6527 citations)
• The Cambridge Structural Database (4568 citations)
• The classification of tilted octahedra in perovskites (2522 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry:

The most cited papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Crystallography, Crystal structure, Crystal, Molecule and Inorganic chemistry. The most cited publications focus on Crystallography but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Wurtzite crystal structure and Hydrogen bond. The most cited papers investigate Crystal structure research which frequently intersects with Stereochemistry.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Crystallography

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry explores disciplines such as Crystallography, Crystal structure, Crystal, Molecule and Phase transition. While Crystallography is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of X-ray crystallography and Hydrogen bond. Topics in Crystal structure were tackled in line with various other fields like Powder diffraction, Diffraction and Physical chemistry.

The Crystal studies in the journal expound on topics in

• Intermolecular force that intertwine with fields like Halogen bond,
• Single crystal and related Atmospheric temperature range and Electron density.. The close relationship between Stacking and Supramolecular chemistry is one of the points of interest dissected in Molecule research. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry focuses on Phase transition but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as X-ray, Scattering, Phase (matter) and Radiation damage.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• A half-salamo-based pyridine-containing ligand and its novel NiII com­plexes including different auxiliary ligands: syntheses, structures, fluorescence properties, DFT calculations and Hirshfeld surface analysis (12 citations)
• Synthesis, crystal structure and structure–property relations of strontium orthocarbonate, Sr2CO4 (5 citations)
• Polymorphism and surface diversity arising from stress-induced transformations – the case of multicomponent forms of carbamazepine (3 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

• Gabriel Germain (97 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jean-Paul Declercq (93 papers) absent at the last edition,
• S. García-Blanco (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
• M. Van Meerssche (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
• D. van der Helm (59 papers) absent at the last 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

• Russian Academy of Sciences (48 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Lorraine (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Polish Academy of Sciences (26 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 5.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.12% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.98% of all publications and 41.86% 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.