Crystal Growth & Design

Top Research Topics at Crystal Growth & Design?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Crystallography, Crystal structure, Stereochemistry, Crystallization and Chemical engineering. Crystal Growth & Design focuses on Crystallography but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Ligand which is concerned with Metal-organic framework. While work presented in Crystal Growth & Design provided substantial information on Crystal structure, it also covered topics in Inorganic chemistry and Single crystal.

It focused on Inorganic chemistry research but expanded to cover Aqueous solution. The journal explores topics in Stereochemistry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Metal and Polymer. Topics in Crystallization were tackled in line with various other fields like Supersaturation, Solvent and Nucleation.

It explores issues in Chemical engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Nanotechnology and Mineralogy. In addition to Crystal research, the journal aims to explore topics under Crystal growth and Analytical chemistry. Intermolecular force is part of Molecule studies tackled in the journal.

• Crystallography (43.47%)
• Crystal structure (19.69%)
• Stereochemistry (17.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Applied Topological Analysis of Crystal Structures with the Program Package ToposPro (1714 citations)
• Pharmaceutical Cocrystals and Their Physicochemical Properties (1084 citations)
• Crystal Growth of the Perovskite Semiconductor CsPbBr3: A New Material for High-Energy Radiation Detection (800 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Crystal Growth & Design:

The journal publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Crystallography, Stereochemistry, Crystal structure, Molecule and Ligand. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Crystallography that incorporate concepts from other fields like Inorganic chemistry, Polymer, Metal-organic framework and Hydrogen bond. The journal publications tackle studies in Crystallization and the interrelated subject of Supersaturation and Crystal to gain insights into Crystal structure.

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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Crystal Growth & Design (based on the number of publications) are:

• Maochun Hong (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Allan S. Myerson (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Kumar Biradha (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ashwini Nangia (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Katsuya Teshima (46 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Crystal Growth & Design (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (770 papers) published 37 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Nanjing University (187 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (150 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Indian Institute of Science (149 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Sun Yat-sen University (140 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 8 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, 2.93% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.43% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.42% of all publications and 62.96% 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.