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Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

1860-5397

Published by: Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften

https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/home

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 381 287 333 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 368
Documents by Best Scientists*: 387
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 86
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.482
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry?

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry covers a variety of subjects, including Organic chemistry, Combinatorial chemistry, Stereochemistry, Catalysis and Medicinal chemistry. Organic chemistry studies presented include Enantioselective synthesis, Aryl, Reagent, Yield (chemistry) and Regioselectivity. The research on Combinatorial chemistry featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Molecule and Cycloaddition.

The work on Stereochemistry tackled in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry brings together disciplines like Ring (chemistry) and Stereoselectivity. The work on Catalysis addressed in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry expands to the thematically related Polymer chemistry. It focuses on Polymer chemistry as well as the interrelated topic of Polymer.

  • Organic chemistry (31.80%)
  • Combinatorial chemistry (23.65%)
  • Stereochemistry (20.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Spin state switching in iron coordination compounds (474 citations)
  • An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles (414 citations)
  • A review of new developments in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation – From green chemistry to asymmetric catalysis (392 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry:

The published articles focus largely on the fields of Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Combinatorial chemistry, Stereochemistry and Enantioselective synthesis. The study on Organic chemistry presented in the journal papers is investigated in conjunction with research in Medicinal chemistry. In addition to Catalysis research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Polymer chemistry and Metathesis.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Catalysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry is to expand the discussion of research in Combinatorial chemistry, Catalysis, Medicinal chemistry, Stereochemistry and Organic chemistry. The Combinatorial chemistry studies in it expound on topics in

  • Alkylation, which have a strong connection to Regioselectivity,
  • Nucleophile which connect with Electrophile.. Michael reaction, Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Transition metal, Palladium and Reaction conditions are Catalysis topics of special interest in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Issues in Medicinal chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Yield (chemistry), Friedel–Crafts reaction, Pyrrole, Ring (chemistry) and Aryl. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Stereochemistry and Enantioselective synthesis. Reagent is the primary subject of Organic chemistry works presented in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Synthetic reactions driven by electron-donor-acceptor (EDA) complexes. (4 citations)
  • 19F NMR as a tool in chemical biology (4 citations)
  • A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries. (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.

The top authors publishing in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Helmut Ritter (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeroen S. Dickschat (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peter G. Jones (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henning Hopf (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexandra M. Z. Slawin (21 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 Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bonn (54 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Düsseldorf (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (48 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Free University of Berlin (47 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 12.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.19% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.29% of all publications and 70.13% 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

  • Activated carbon as catalyst support: precursors, preparation, modification and characterization.

    Melanie Iwanow;Melanie Iwanow;Tobias Gärtner;Volker Sieber;Volker Sieber;Burkhard König

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

    Stephanie G E Amos;Marion Garreau;Luca Buzzetti;Jerome Waser

    (2020)
    104 Citations
  • Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations.

    Maria A Theodoropoulou;Nikolaos F Nikitas;Christoforos G Kokotos

    (2020)
    89 Citations
  • Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis.

    Callum Prentice;James Morrisson;Andrew D Smith;Eli Zysman-Colman

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes.

    Mingbing Zhong;Xavier Pannecoucke;Philippe Jubault;Thomas Poisson

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries.

    Guido Gambacorta;James S Sharley;Ian R Baxendale

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Development of N-F fluorinating agents and their fluorinations: Historical perspective.

    Teruo Umemoto;Yuhao Yang;Gerald B Hammond

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation.

    Francesca Liguori;Carmen Moreno-Marrodán;Pierluigi Barbaro

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects.

    Shivani Gulati;Stephy Elza John;Nagula Shankaraiah

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Germacrene B – a central intermediate in sesquiterpene biosynthesis

    (2023)
    36 Citations

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