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Catalysis Today

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 84 938 1530 58

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Number of Best Scientists*: 1251
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1728
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 30
SCIMAGO H-index: 247
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.05
Impact Factor: 5.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Catalysis Today?

The journal investigates studies in Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Chemical engineering and Organic chemistry. Some problems in Catalysis that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Adsorption and Nuclear chemistry. The Adsorption works, particularly on Desorption are tackled in the journal.

It explores research in Methane and overlapping concepts in Syngas to expand the discourse in Inorganic chemistry. In the journal, Palladium, Platinum, Hydrocarbon, Hydrodesulfurization and Catalyst support are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Heterogeneous catalysis research. The Chemical engineering works featured in it incorporate elements from Photocatalysis, Carbon, Mineralogy and Mesoporous material.

Catalysis Today explores topics in Photocatalysis which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Photochemistry and Visible spectrum. Hydrogen production is a major topic of Hydrogen research. The study on Zeolite presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Molecular sieve.

  • Catalysis (81.01%)
  • Inorganic chemistry (46.54%)
  • Heterogeneous catalysis (24.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Hydrotalcite-type anionic clays: Preparation, properties and applications. (4799 citations)
  • Size- and support-dependency in the catalysis of gold (3576 citations)
  • Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: Recent overview and trends (2025 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Catalysis Today:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Chemical engineering and Organic chemistry. While the published papers focused on Catalysis, they were also able to explore topics like Adsorption and Methane. The most cited articles focus on Inorganic chemistry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Photocatalysis, Hydrogen, Oxide and Metal, Catalyst support.

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

  • Catalysis
  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Catalysis, Chemical engineering, Nuclear chemistry, Adsorption and Selectivity. Catalysis research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Inorganic chemistry, Oxide, Metal and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The research on Chemical engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Photocatalysis, Hydrogen, Mesoporous material and Methane.

Photochemistry and Visible spectrum are some topics wherein Photocatalysis research discussed in Catalysis Today have an impact. The work on Nuclear chemistry tackled in it brings together disciplines like Bimetallic strip and Nickel. The studies in Adsorption featured incorporate elements of NOx, Oxygen and Selective catalytic reduction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Recent trend in thermal catalytic low temperature CO2 methanation: A critical review (46 citations)
  • Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous MnSmOx composite oxides for propane combustion: Modification effect of Sm dopant (30 citations)
  • NOx uptake and release on Pd/SSZ-13: Impact Of Feed composition and temperature (24 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 Catalysis Today (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gabriele Centi (79 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Graham J. Hutchings (70 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • José Luis García Fierro (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jacob A. Moulijn (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chunshan Song (57 papers) published 10 papers 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 Catalysis Today (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Spanish National Research Council (457 papers) published 30 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (354 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (313 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (193 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tianjin University (172 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 5.54% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.85% of all publications and 58.68% 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

  • A review of recent catalyst advances in CO2 methanation processes

    Jangam Ashok;Subhasis Pati;Plaifa Hongmanorom;Zhang Tianxi

    (2020)
    431 Citations
  • catalyst deactivation

    (2020)
    397 Citations
  • Catalyst-assisted DBD plasma for coupling of methane: Minimizing carbon-deposits by structured reactors

    (2020)
    352 Citations
  • Metal-organic frameworks for photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible radiation: A review of strategies and applications

    Ismail Issa Alkhatib;Corrado Garlisi;Mario Pagliaro;Khalid Al-Ali

    (2020)
    271 Citations
  • Preparation of MOFs and MOFs derived materials and their catalytic application in air pollution: A review

    Hanbing He;Ren Li;Zhihui Yang;Liyuan Chai

    (2021)
    226 Citations
  • Effect of metal loading on the CO2 methanation: A comparison between alumina supported Ni and Ru catalysts

    Adrián Quindimil;Unai De-La-Torre;Beñat Pereda-Ayo;Arantxa Davó-Quiñonero

    (2020)
    226 Citations
  • A review on dry reforming of methane over perovskite derived catalysts

    Srikar Bhattar;Md. Ashraful Abedin;Swarom Kanitkar;James J. Spivey

    (2021)
    200 Citations
  • Ceria and its related materials for VOC catalytic combustion: A review

    Qingyue Wang;King Lun Yeung;Miguel A. Bañares

    (2020)
    173 Citations
  • Morphology dependence of catalytic properties of Ni/CeO2 for CO2 methanation: A kinetic and mechanism study

    Zhoufeng Bian;Yi Meng Chan;Yang Yu;Sibudjing Kawi

    (2020)
    157 Citations
  • Preparation, characterization and catalytic application of phyllosilicate: A review

    Zhoufeng Bian;Sibudjing Kawi

    (2020)
    129 Citations

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