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Chemical Reviews
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Chemical Reviews

0009-2665

Published by: ACS Publications

https://pubs.acs.org/journal/chreay

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 2 933 738 210

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1570
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1076
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 88
SCIMAGO H-index: 873
SCIMAGO SJR: 16.455
Impact Factor: 55.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chemical Reviews?

Organic chemistry, Nanotechnology, Catalysis, Combinatorial chemistry and Inorganic chemistry are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Organic synthesis is a major topic of Organic chemistry research. In particular, the Catalysis works presented emphasize discussions on Transition metal.

  • Organic chemistry (19.70%)
  • Nanotechnology (16.23%)
  • Catalysis (9.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Environmental Applications of Semiconductor Photocatalysis (15621 citations)
  • Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint (13705 citations)
  • Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids. Solvents for Synthesis and Catalysis (11481 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chemical Reviews:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Nanotechnology, Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Combinatorial chemistry and Inorganic chemistry. Supramolecular chemistry and Polymer are some topics wherein Nanotechnology research discussed in the journal articles has an impact. The journal papers emphasize research on Organic chemistry, which includes concerns such as Organic synthesis.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Nanotechnology, Catalysis, Combinatorial chemistry, Computational biology and Biochemical engineering. The journal facilitates discussions on Nanotechnology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Heterogeneous catalysis, Supramolecular chemistry and Polymer. Catalysis research discussed connects with the study of Metal.

The journal holds forums on Combinatorial chemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cleavage (embryo), Ligand, Reactivity (chemistry), Molecule and Organic synthesis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Visible Light-Driven Radical-Mediated C-C Bond Cleavage/Functionalization in Organic Synthesis (142 citations)
  • Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications. (112 citations)
  • Borates: A Rich Source for Optical Materials. (80 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 Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Josef Michl (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John A. Gladysz (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Reed M. Izatt (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gustav Egloff (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Avelino Corma (12 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 Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (118 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (80 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (70 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (58 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 1.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.11% of all publications and 58.88% 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

  • Covalent Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis, and Functions.

    Keyu Geng;Ting He;Ruoyang Liu;Sasanka Dalapati

    (2020)
    3507 Citations
  • Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications.

    Benworth B. Hansen;Stephanie Spittle;Brian Chen;Derrick Poe

    (2021)
    2903 Citations
  • Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using Nanoparticles.

    Jing Zhu;Liangsheng Hu;Liangsheng Hu;Pengxiang Zhao;Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee

    (2020)
    2816 Citations
  • Particulate Photocatalysts for Light-Driven Water Splitting: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Design Strategies

    Qian Wang;Kazunari Domen;Kazunari Domen

    (2020)
    2523 Citations
  • High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Jin Young Kim;Jin-Wook Lee;Hyun Suk Jung;Hyunjung Shin

    (2020)
    2500 Citations
  • State of the Art and Prospects in Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)-Based and MOF-Derived Nanocatalysis.

    Qi Wang;Didier Astruc

    (2020)
    2276 Citations
  • Sustainable Recycling Technology for Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond: Challenges and Future Prospects.

    Ersha Fan;Li Li;Zhenpo Wang;Jiao Lin

    (2020)
    1762 Citations
  • Electrically Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks.

    Lilia S. Xie;Grigorii Skorupskii;Mircea Dincă

    (2020)
    1724 Citations
  • Pseudocapacitance: From Fundamental Understanding to High Power Energy Storage Materials

    Simon Fleischmann;James B. Mitchell;Ruocun Wang;Cheng Zhan

    (2020)
    1713 Citations
  • Metal–Organic Frameworks in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Recent Progress, New Trends, and Future Perspectives

    Anastasiya Bavykina;Nikita Kolobov;Il Son Khan;Jeremy A. Bau

    (2020)
    1616 Citations

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