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Analytical Chemistry
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Analytical Chemistry

0003-2700

Published by: ACS Publications

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 18 1579 4883 105

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 3310
Documents by Best Scientists*: 6390
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 93
SCIMAGO H-index: 380
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.533
Impact Factor: 6.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Analytical Chemistry?

The concepts of Analytical chemistry, Chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Inorganic chemistry and Detection limit are tackled in the journal. The studies in Analytical chemistry featured incorporate elements of Spectroscopy, Fluorescence, Ion, Ionization and Electrode. The work on Electrode presented in it focuses on Electrochemistry in particular.

Gas chromatography, High-performance liquid chromatography, Analyte, Capillary electrophoresis and Tandem mass spectrometry are among the areas of Chromatography tackled. It explores topics in Mass spectrometry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and Chemical ionization.

  • Analytical chemistry (30.17%)
  • Chromatography (26.68%)
  • Mass spectrometry (14.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances (38976 citations)
  • Use of Dinitrosalicylic Acid Reagent for Determination of Reducing Sugar (20677 citations)
  • Smoothing and Differentiation of Data by Simplified Least Squares Procedures. (13616 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Analytical Chemistry:

The most cited papers investigate studies in Analytical chemistry, Chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Detection limit and Inorganic chemistry. While the primary focus in the published papers is Analytical chemistry, they also dissect topics surrounding Fluorescence and Photochemistry as a whole. The studies on Mass spectrometry discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and Chemical ionization.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Internal medicine
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Analytical Chemistry mainly deals with areas of study such as Mass spectrometry, Chromatography, Detection limit, Biophysics and Fluorescence. In Analytical Chemistry, researchers investigate the Mass spectrometry study as part of research in the field of Analytical chemistry. Analyte is a focus of the presented Chromatography works and it dives deep in Analyte.

It focuses on Detection limit but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Optoelectronics, Aptamer and Biosensor. Biosensor research featured in Analytical Chemistry incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Combinatorial chemistry and DNA. Analytical Chemistry centers on topics in Nanotechnology, with a focus on Nanoparticle.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • N- and O-Glycosylation of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein. (48 citations)
  • Pressure-Based Biosensor Integrated with a Flexible Pressure Sensor and an Electrochromic Device for Visual Detection. (42 citations)
  • Development of a Low-Cost Cotton-Tipped Electrochemical Immunosensor for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2. (27 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 Analytical Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Royce W. Murray (269 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard D. Smith (180 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Purnendu K. Dasgupta (175 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jonathan V. Sweedler (170 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Janusz Pawliszyn (157 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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 Analytical Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1264 papers) published 125 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (480 papers) published 46 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (454 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Purdue University (437 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Washington (422 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 3.34% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.96% of all publications and 62.75% 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 Advances in Photoelectrochemical Sensing: From Engineered Photoactive Materials to Sensing Devices and Detection Modes.

    Jian Shu;Dianping Tang

    (2020)
    1017 Citations
  • CRISPR-Cas12a-Derived Photoelectrochemical Biosensor for Point-Of-Care Diagnosis of Nucleic Acid.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    525 Citations
  • Recent Progress in Electrochemiluminescence Sensing and Imaging.

    Cheng Ma;Yue Cao;Xiaodan Gou;Jun-Jie Zhu

    (2020)
    515 Citations
  • ZIF-8-Assisted NaYF4:Yb,Tm@ZnO Converter with Exonuclease III-Powered DNA Walker for Near-Infrared Light Responsive Biosensor

    Shuzhen Lv;Kangyao Zhang;Ling Zhu;Dianping Tang

    (2020)
    461 Citations
  • Discovery of Aptamers Targeting the Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein.

    Yanling Song;Jia Song;Xinyu Wei;Mengjiao Huang

    (2020)
    426 Citations
  • Liposome-Mediated In Situ Formation of Type-I Heterojunction for Amplified Photoelectrochemical Immunoassay.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    387 Citations
  • Potentiometric Sensing.

    Unknown

    (2020)
    385 Citations
  • Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Biosensing

    Honglan Qi;Chengxiao Zhang

    (2020)
    385 Citations
  • Molecular Diagnosis of COVID-19: Challenges and Research Needs.

    Wei Feng;Ashley M. Newbigging;Connie Le;Bo Pang

    (2020)
    369 Citations
  • Smartphone-Based Electrochemical Immunoassay for Point-of-Care Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein

    (2022)
    331 Citations

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