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Colloid and Polymer Science
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Colloid and Polymer Science

0303-402X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/396

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 388 120 146 17
Chemistry 485 111 160 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 199
Documents by Best Scientists*: 237
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 98
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.431
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Colloid and Polymer Science?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Polymer chemistry, Humanities, Chemical engineering, Polymer and Organic chemistry. It holds forums on Polymer chemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Copolymer, Polymerization, Polystyrene, Aqueous solution and Monomer. Topics in Aqueous solution explored in Colloid and Polymer Science were investigated in conjunction with research in Inorganic chemistry and Pulmonary surfactant.

The journal connects the study in Chemical engineering with the closely related area of Adsorption. The study of Composite material serves as the foundation of the Polymer research discussed in the journal.

  • Polymer chemistry (19.60%)
  • Humanities (13.56%)
  • Chemical engineering (13.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Untersuchungen über die Reibung und Adhäsion, IV (1466 citations)
  • Beziehungen zwischen elastischen Konstanten und Dehnungsdoppelbrechung hochelastischer Stoffe (1000 citations)
  • Ueber das Zeitgesetz des kapillaren Aufstiegs von Flüssigkeiten (787 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Colloid and Polymer Science:

The published articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Polymer chemistry, Chemical engineering, Polymer, Composite material and Aqueous solution. Copolymer, Polymerization, Emulsion polymerization, Radical polymerization and Polystyrene are some topics wherein Polymer chemistry research discussed in the published papers has an impact. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Chemical engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Particle and Adsorption.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Colloid and Polymer Science is organized to address concerns in the fields of Chemical engineering, Polymer, Polymerization, Aqueous solution and Copolymer. The study of Particle and how it intertwines with concepts under Colloid were explored in the presented Chemical engineering research. The work tackled in Colloid and Polymer Science goes beyond the discipline of Polymer as it also encompasses Nanotechnology.

Polymerization research in the journal involves the investigation of Monomer studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Cationic polymerization and Pulmonary surfactant. The concepts on Aqueous solution presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Ionic liquid and Rheology. Colloid and Polymer Science explores research in Dynamic light scattering and overlapping concepts in Polymer chemistry to expand the discourse in Dispersity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Preparation and characterization of PLA/PBAT/CNC blend nanocomposites (9 citations)
  • Phase behavior of solvent-rich compositions of the polymer/drug system poly(butylene succinate) and N , N -diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) (5 citations)
  • Chitosan-based hydrogels for the sorption of metals and dyes in water: isothermal, kinetic, and thermodynamic evaluations (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 Colloid and Polymer Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsuneo Okubo (126 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masayoshi Okubo (125 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Akira Tsuchida (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiroyuki Ohshima (64 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wolfgang Ostwald (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 Colloid and Polymer Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (188 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Leipzig University (177 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (161 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Ulm (135 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kobe University (131 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, 9.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.74% of all publications and 75.97% 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

  • Janus particles: from concepts to environmentally friendly materials and sustainable applications

    Claudia Marschelke;Claudia Marschelke;Andreas Fery;Andreas Fery;Alla Synytska;Alla Synytska

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • Preparation and characterization of PLA/PBAT/CNC blend nanocomposites

    Deniz Sema Sarul;Dogan Arslan;Emre Vatansever;Yusuf Kahraman

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Amidation of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanocrystals using aromatic aminated molecules

    Manon Le Gars;Aurore Delvart;Philippe Roger;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem;Mohamed Naceur Belgacem

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Smart microgels as drug delivery vehicles for the natural drug aescin: uptake, release and interactions

    Maxim Dirksen;Carina Dargel;Lukas Meier;Timo Brändel;Timo Brändel

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Recent advances in stimuli-responsive core-shell microgel particles: synthesis, characterisation, and applications

    Julian Oberdisse;Thomas Hellweg

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Schulze-Hardy rule revisited

    Gregor Trefalt;István Szilágyi;Michal Borkovec

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Synthesis and characterization of TiO 2 /acrylic acid-co-2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid nanogel composite and investigation its self-healing performance in the epoxy coatings

    Erfan Rezvani Ghomi;Erfan Rezvani Ghomi;Saied Nouri Khorasani;Mohsen Karimi Kichi;Mohammad Dinari

    (2020)
    33 Citations

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