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Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
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Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 250 172 324 27
Chemistry 274 180 278 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 439
Documents by Best Scientists*: 617
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 132
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.794
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chemical Engineering and Processing?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Mechanics, Chemical engineering, Thermodynamics, Mass transfer and Chromatography. Chemical Engineering and Processing focuses on different Mechanics studies like Flow (psychology), Pressure drop, Heat transfer, Turbulence and Computational fluid dynamics. The journal investigates Heat transfer research which frequently intersects with Heat exchanger.

The journal holds forums on Chemical engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Waste management, Organic chemistry, Adsorption, Catalysis and Membrane. The journal tackles issues in Membrane, particularly in the topics of Membrane technology and Permeation. The journal connects research in Mass transfer with the related topic of Analytical chemistry.

Most of the Analytical chemistry studies addressed also intersect with Volumetric flow rate. Specifically, studies on Extraction (chemistry) are prevalent in the Chromatography works discussed.

  • Mechanics (21.08%)
  • Chemical engineering (17.53%)
  • Thermodynamics (14.63%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND NITROGEN CONCENTRATION ON THE GROWTH AND LIPID CONTENT OF NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA AND CHLORELLA VULGARIS FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION (995 citations)
  • A simple friction pressure drop correlation for two-phase flow in pipes (672 citations)
  • Effect of nitrifiers community on fouling mitigation and nitrification efficiency in a membrane bioreactor (541 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chemical Engineering and Processing:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Chemical engineering, Chromatography and Process engineering. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Chemical engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Membrane, Organic chemistry, Catalysis and Analytical chemistry. While Process engineering is the focus of the most cited articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Distillation and Waste management.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Composite material
  • Catalysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Chemical Engineering and Processing mainly deals with areas of study such as Solvent, Catalysis, Heptane, Residue curve and Butanone. The research on Solvent featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Soybean oil, Hydrogen, Unsaturated fatty acid, Fatty acid and Ultrasound. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Catalysis, apply to Chemical engineering as well.

The studies in Heptane featured incorporate elements of Distillation, Azeotrope, Iterative method and Process integration, Process engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Soybean oil extraction with ethanol from multiple-batch assays to reproduce a continuous, countercurrent, and multistage equipment (0 citations)
  • Highly stable platinum monolith catalyst for the hydrogenation of vegetable oil (0 citations)
  • Heat integration and dynamic control for separating the ternary azeotrope of butanone/isopropanol/n-heptane via pressure-swing distillation (0 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 Chemical Engineering and Processing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ernst‐Ulrich Schlünder (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Parag R. Gogate (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernández (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrzej Górak (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guang-Wen Chu (25 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 Engineering and Processing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (193 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (131 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tianjin University (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Polish Academy of Sciences (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beijing University of Chemical Technology (63 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 75.00% 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

  • Membrane reactors for sustainable hydrogen production through steam reforming of hydrocarbons: A review

    Taher Yousefi Amiri;Kamran Ghasemzageh;Adolfo Iulianelli

    (2020)
    142 Citations
  • Ultrasonic assisted aqueous extraction of catechin and gallic acid from Syzygium cumini seed kernel and evaluation of total phenolic, flavonoid contents and antioxidant activity

    Komal V. Mahindrakar;Virendra K. Rathod

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • Bioprocess intensification: A route to efficient and sustainable biocatalytic transformations for the future

    (2022)
    67 Citations
  • Enzymatic hydrolysis of waste fats, oils and greases (FOGs): Status, prospective, and process intensification alternatives

    (2022)
    66 Citations
  • Minimizing adsorbent requirements using multi-stage batch adsorption for malachite green removal using microwave date-stone activated carbons

    Mouhammad Hijab;Prakash Parthasarathy;Hamish R. Mackey;Tareq Al-Ansari

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Wastewater treatment and process intensification for degradation of solvents using hydrodynamic cavitation

    Pravin B. Patil;Pravin B. Patil;Vinay M. Bhandari;Vinay M. Bhandari;Vivek V. Ranade

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Photothermal Sweeping Gas Membrane Distillation and Reverse Electrodialysis for light-to-heat-to-power conversion

    Ahmet H. Avci;Sergio Santoro;Antonio Politano;Matteo Propato

    (2021)
    51 Citations

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