Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

Top Research Topics at Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Biomass, Pulp and paper industry, Food science, Nuclear chemistry and Raw material. In Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Waste management, Biofuel, Pyrolysis and Renewable energy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Biomass research. The study of Pyrolysis, which falls within the realm of Chemical engineering, was the main focus of the presentations.

The journal facilitates discussions on Pulp and paper industry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Biodiesel, Heat of combustion, Hemicellulose, Lignin and Biogas. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery explores research in Biodiesel alongside concepts in Methanol and other areas of study in Biodiesel production. The subject of Hydrolysis, which is connected to the field of Cellulose, serves as the foundation of the Food science research featured in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.

Issues in Nuclear chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Catalysis and Adsorption. The journal deals with Catalysis in conjunction with Yield (chemistry) and similar fields in Response surface methodology. The journal emphasizes research on Raw material, which includes concerns such as Biorefinery.

• Biomass (25.34%)
• Pulp and paper industry (23.23%)
• Food science (14.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Pathways of lignocellulosic biomass conversion to renewable fuels (188 citations)
• Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of selected woody and herbaceous biomass feedstocks (134 citations)
• Steam gasification of various feedstocks at a dual fluidised bed gasifier: Impacts of operation conditions and bed materials (129 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery:

The most cited papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Waste management, Biomass, Biofuel, Pulp and paper industry and Raw material. The journal articles explore issues in Biomass which can be linked to other research areas like Pyrolysis, Chemical engineering, Process engineering and Renewable energy. The most cited papers focus on Pulp and paper industry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Fermentation, Hemicellulose, Lignin, Sugar and Biodiesel production.

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 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hermann Hofbauer (31 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
• Martin Kaltschmitt (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Rameshprabu Ramaraj (18 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Selin Şahin (17 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Yuwalee Unpaprom (16 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (based on the number of publications) are:

• Vienna University of Technology (34 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (26 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (26 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Indian Institutes of Technology (25 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Hamburg University of Technology (25 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 11.78% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.85% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.58% of all publications and 68.80% 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.