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Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
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Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

0066-426X

Published by: Annual Reviews

http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/physchem

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 235 9 9 7
Chemistry 306 55 48 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 75
Documents by Best Scientists*: 63
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 189
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.779
Impact Factor: 11.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annual Review of Physical Chemistry?

The journal facilitates discussions on Chemical physics, Molecule, Atomic physics, Nanotechnology and Spectroscopy. The journal explores issues in Chemical physics which can be linked to other research areas like Ion, Computational chemistry and Chemical reaction. Polyatomic ion is a major topic of Molecule research presented in Annual Review of Physical Chemistry.

Atomic physics works presented in Annual Review of Physical Chemistry have a specific focus on Excited state.

  • Chemical physics (18.86%)
  • Molecule (14.35%)
  • Atomic physics (11.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy and Sensing (4395 citations)
  • Chemical and Electrochemical Electron-Transfer Theory (3381 citations)
  • Block Copolymer Thermodynamics: Theory and Experiment (3108 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annual Review of Physical Chemistry:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Chemical physics, Molecule, Nanotechnology, Atomic physics and Statistical physics. The Chemical physics research presented in the most cited publications focuses mostly on Spectroscopy and, on occasion, topics in Excitation. The most cited papers focus on Molecule but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Molecular physics, Computational chemistry and Intramolecular force.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Molecule

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Nanotechnology, Chemical physics, Spectroscopy, Molecule and Biophysics are the subjects of interest in the journal. In addition to Nanotechnology research, the journal aims to explore topics under In situ, Excited state, Catalysis and Optical force. The research topics discussed in the journal include Chemical physics as well as Phase state.

Topics in Spectroscopy were tackled in line with various other fields like Scattering, Potential energy surface, Molecular physics, Molecular simulation and Data science. The research on Molecule featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Range (particle radiation), Nanoparticle, Polymer, Laser and Optical tweezers. While Annual Review of Physical Chemistry focused on Biophysics, it was also able to explore topics like Biomolecule, Ionizing radiation, Signal transduction, Cell activity and Radical.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Understanding and Controlling Intersystem Crossing in Molecules. (11 citations)
  • Molecular Simulation of Electrode-Solution Interfaces (10 citations)
  • First-Principles Insights into Plasmon-Induced Catalysis. (8 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 Annual Review of Physical Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David Chandler (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard N. Zare (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daniel M. Neumark (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harold S. Johnston (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard J. Saykally (4 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annual Review of Physical Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Berkeley (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Northwestern University (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (12 papers) absent at the last 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, 10.34% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.92% of all publications and 42.31% 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

  • Machine Learning for Molecular Simulation.

    Frank Noé;Frank Noé;Alexandre Tkatchenko;Klaus Robert Müller;Klaus Robert Müller;Klaus Robert Müller;Cecilia Clementi;Cecilia Clementi

    (2020)
    1035 Citations
  • Biomolecular Phase Separation: From Molecular Driving Forces to Macroscopic Properties

    Gregory L. Dignon;Gregory L. Dignon;Robert B. Best;Jeetain Mittal

    (2020)
    670 Citations
  • Accelerated Reaction Kinetics in Microdroplets: Overview and Recent Developments.

    Zhenwei Wei;Yangjie Li;R. Graham Cooks;Xin Yan

    (2020)
    532 Citations
  • Multiconfiguration Pair-Density Functional Theory.

    Prachi Sharma;Jie J. Bao;Donald G. Truhlar;Laura Gagliardi

    (2021)
    338 Citations
  • Understanding and Controlling Intersystem Crossing in Molecules.

    Christel M Marian

    (2021)
    239 Citations
  • Molecular Polaritonics: Chemical Dynamics Under Strong Light-Matter Coupling.

    (2021)
    206 Citations
  • Vibration-Cavity Polariton Chemistry and Dynamics.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    167 Citations
  • Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Biological Systems.

    Daisy Unsihuay;Daniela Mesa Sanchez;Julia Laskin

    (2021)
    128 Citations

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