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Biopolymers
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Biopolymers

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 162 9 13 4
Chemistry 569 93 78 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 181
Documents by Best Scientists*: 132
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 147
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.554
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biopolymers?

Biopolymers is organized to address concerns in the fields of Crystallography, Stereochemistry, Peptide, Molecule and Biochemistry. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Crystallography, it also covered topics in DNA and Aqueous solution. It is mostly focused on DNA, specifically Base pair.

Many of the studies tackled connect Aqueous solution with a similar field of study like Analytical chemistry. While Stereochemistry is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Amino acid, Residue (chemistry), Hydrogen bond, Protein structure and Side chain. It focused on Hydrogen bond research but expanded to cover Intramolecular force.

In the journal, Combinatorial chemistry and Peptide sequence are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Peptide research. Biochemistry research discussed connects with the study of Biophysics.

  • Crystallography (28.34%)
  • Stereochemistry (28.14%)
  • Peptide (14.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Dictionary of protein secondary structure: pattern recognition of hydrogen-bonded and geometrical features (12130 citations)
  • Examination of the secondary structure of proteins by deconvolved FTIR spectra. (2479 citations)
  • Protein secondary structure analyses from circular dichroism spectroscopy: Methods and reference databases (1752 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biopolymers:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Crystallography, Stereochemistry, Molecule, Peptide and Analytical chemistry. The journal articles address concerns in the field of Crystallography by exploring it in line with topics in DNA which intersect with Nucleic acid subjects. In addition to Stereochemistry research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Amino acid, Crystal structure, Amide, Side chain and Aqueous solution.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Biopolymers are Peptide, DNA, Stereochemistry, Biophysics and Computational biology. Biopolymers holds forums on Peptide that merges themes from other disciplines such as Combinatorial chemistry, Supramolecular assembly and Self-assembly, Nanotechnology. RNA, Transcription (biology) and Nucleic acid are some topics wherein DNA research discussed in Biopolymers have an impact.

Enantiomer is a focus of the presented Stereochemistry works and it dives deep in Enantiomer. Biopolymers explores topics in Biophysics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Folding (chemistry), Extracellular matrix and Elastin. The study of Base pair encompasses disciplines such as Nucleotide, as well as fields such as Crystallography, all of which overlap with one another.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Purification of the key enzyme complexes of the anammox pathway from DEMON sludge. (5 citations)
  • Stapled ACE2 peptidomimetics designed to target the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein do not prevent virus internalization. (5 citations)
  • Cyclic dipeptides: Biological activities and self‐assembled materials (5 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 Biopolymers (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Claudio Toniolo (117 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harold A. Scheraga (103 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Murray Goodman (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Padmanabhan Balaram (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Evaristo Peggion (60 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 Biopolymers (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Padua (202 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (183 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (167 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of California, San Diego (158 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (153 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, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.78% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 79.63% 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 developments in catalytic amide bond formation

    Mihajlo Todorovic;David M. Perrin

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Helical polysaccharides

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • 3D printing of lignin: Challenges, opportunities and roads onward.

    L.‐S. Ebers;Aditi Arya;C. C. Bowland;W. G. Glasser

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Combining recombinase polymerase amplification and DNA‐templated reaction for SARS‐CoV‐2 sensing with dual fluorescence and lateral flow assay output

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Pyronaridine: An update of its pharmacological activities and mechanisms of action.

    Christian Bailly

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Folding dynamics of polymorphic G-quadruplex structures.

    J Tassilo Grün;Harald Schwalbe

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Peptide nucleic acids and their role in gene regulation and editing

    J Dinithi R Perera;Kelly E W Carufe;Peter M Glazer

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • FRET‐MC: A fluorescence melting competition assay for studying G4 structures in vitro

    Yu Luo;Yu Luo;Anton Granzhan;Daniela Verga;Jean-Louis Mergny

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • High-efficient and synergetic antibacterial nanocomposite hydrogel with quaternized chitosan/Ag nanoparticles prepared by one-pot UV photochemical synthesis.

    Xiaolin Xiao;Yuyuan Zhu;Jiexin Liao;Tao Wang

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Current peptide vaccine and immunotherapy approaches against Alzheimer's disease

    (2022)
    21 Citations

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