Energy & Fuels

Top Research Topics at Energy & Fuels?

The foci of Energy & Fuels are Chemical engineering, Organic chemistry, Coal, Mineralogy and Combustion. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Chemical engineering, it also covered topics in Catalysis and Adsorption. The research on Catalysis tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Inorganic chemistry, Hydrogen and Nuclear chemistry.

The research on Coal featured in Energy & Fuels combines topics in other fields like Carbon, Metallurgy and Analytical chemistry. Many of the studies tackled connect Analytical chemistry with a similar field of study like Chromatography. The work on Combustion tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Waste management and Ignition system.

The journal investigates Pyrolysis research which frequently intersects with Biomass. Energy & Fuels focuses on Biomass research which is adjacent to topics in Pulp and paper industry.

• Chemical engineering (26.89%)
• Organic chemistry (14.35%)
• Coal (14.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Pyrolysis of Wood/Biomass for Bio-oil: A Critical Review (4051 citations)
• Overview of Applications of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Oil (2231 citations)
• Historical Developments in Hydroprocessing Bio-oils (1109 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Energy & Fuels:

The most cited publications mainly tackle studies in Chemical engineering, Organic chemistry, Mineralogy, Pyrolysis and Analytical chemistry. The main emphasis of the published articles is the research on Chemical engineering, emphasizing the topic of Asphaltene. The published papers focus on Mineralogy but also tackle concerns of closely connected disciplines like

• Coal, which have a strong connection to Carbon,
• Combustion together with Oxygen and Waste management..

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

• Organic chemistry
• Catalysis
• Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Chemical engineering, Catalysis, Petroleum engineering, Waste management and Combustion are the focal point of discussions in Energy & Fuels. In addition to Chemical engineering research, the journal aims to explore topics under Supercapacitor, Electrochemistry, Carbon and Adsorption. It focuses on Supercapacitor research as part of the broader topic of Electrode.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Review on ammonia as a potential fuel: from synthesis to economics (36 citations)
• Ionic Liquids for Supercapacitive Energy Storage: A Mini-Review (25 citations)
• Analysis and research on pipeline vibration of a natural gas compressor station and vibration reduction measures (22 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Energy & Fuels (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chunming Xu (108 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Ryan P. Rodgers (86 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• Hongwei Wu (85 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Malcolm A. Kelland (81 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Murray R. Gray (80 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Energy & Fuels (based on the number of publications) are:

• China University of Petroleum (741 papers) published 99 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (587 papers) published 74 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Alberta (326 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
• Huazhong University of Science and Technology (309 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 24 less than at the previous edition,
• Zhejiang University (303 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 4 more 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, 3.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.58% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.83% of all publications and 55.45% 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.