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Chemical Communications
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Chemical Communications

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Published by: Royal Society of Chemistry

https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/chemcomm/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 40 3550 6276 77
Materials Science 71 2009 2937 69

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 5435
Documents by Best Scientists*: 7882
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 116
SCIMAGO H-index: 387
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.037
Impact Factor: 4.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chemical Communications?

The main research concerns discussed in Chemical Communications are Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Stereochemistry, Nanotechnology and Photochemistry. Organic chemistry and Polymer chemistry are closely related fields of research discussed in Chemical Communications. The journal explores research in Polymer chemistry and the adjacent study of Polymer.

Combinatorial chemistry, Inorganic chemistry and Medicinal chemistry are some topics wherein Catalysis research discussed in the journal have an impact. Many of the studies tackled connect Inorganic chemistry with a similar field of study like Ion. While the journal focused on Stereochemistry, it was also able to explore topics like Crystallography and Ligand.

The journal focused on Crystallography research but expanded to cover Molecule. The research on Nanotechnology discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Chemical engineering. The journal connects the study in Photochemistry with the closely related area of Fluorescence.

  • Organic chemistry (18.12%)
  • Catalysis (17.50%)
  • Stereochemistry (13.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole (4395 citations)
  • Aggregation-induced emission: phenomenon, mechanism and applications. (2791 citations)
  • Novel solvent properties of choline chloride/urea mixtures (2423 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chemical Communications:

The most cited papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Nanotechnology, Inorganic chemistry and Photochemistry. The most cited publications explore issues in Organic chemistry which can be linked to other research areas like Combinatorial chemistry, Medicinal chemistry and Polymer chemistry. The most cited articles explore research in Catalysis and the adjacent study of Stereochemistry.

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 Chemical Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bo Tang (124 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chi-Ming Che (105 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Colin L. Raston (93 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peter B. Hitchcock (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shunichi Fukuzumi (88 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 Chemical Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (3485 papers) published 190 papers at the last edition, 80 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (887 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (721 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (699 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Osaka University (679 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 20 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, 4.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.49% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.59% of all publications and 63.33% 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

  • Electrochemical non-enzymatic glucose sensors: recent progress and perspectives

    Ming Wei;Yanxia Qiao;Haitao Zhao;Jie Liang

    (2020)
    441 Citations
  • Electrochemical detection of heavy metal ions in water.

    Qi Ding;Chen Li;Haijun Wang;Chuanlai Xu

    (2021)
    367 Citations
  • Metal–organic framework based nanozymes: promising materials for biochemical analysis

    Xiangheng Niu;Xiangheng Niu;Xin Li;Xin Li;Zhaoyuan Lyu;Jianming Pan

    (2020)
    302 Citations
  • Recent advances in perovskite oxides as electrode materials for supercapacitors

    Yang Cao;Yang Cao;Jie Liang;Xue Li;Luchao Yue

    (2021)
    284 Citations
  • Exploiting hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) in Lewis and Brønsted acid-catalyzed reactions

    Valentyn Pozhydaiev;Martin Power;Vincent Gandon;Joseph Moran

    (2020)
    280 Citations
  • Metal–organic framework (MOF) materials as polymerization catalysts: a review and recent advances

    Timothy A. Goetjen;Jian Liu;Yufang Wu;Jingyi Sui

    (2020)
    214 Citations

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