Environmental Chemistry Letters

Top Research Topics at Environmental Chemistry Letters?

Environmental Chemistry Letters focuses largely on the fields of Environmental chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Inorganic chemistry, Adsorption and Pollutant. The Environmental chemistry works featured in Environmental Chemistry Letters incorporate elements from Environmental engineering, Soil water, Contamination, Environmental remediation and Pollution. The study on Ecotoxicology presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Toxicity.

The studies in Inorganic chemistry featured incorporate elements of Catalysis and Aqueous solution. The journal explores topics in Adsorption which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Wastewater and Chemical engineering. Specifically, studies on Nanoparticle are prevalent in the Chemical engineering works discussed.

• Environmental chemistry (23.41%)
• Ecotoxicology (11.60%)
• Inorganic chemistry (10.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Heavy metals, occurrence and toxicity for plants: a review (1911 citations)
• Significance of flavonoids in plant resistance: a review (738 citations)
• Monitoring of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review (613 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Chemistry Letters:

The published articles primarily tackle Environmental chemistry, Pollutant, Ecotoxicology, Inorganic chemistry and Waste management. While Environmental chemistry is the key highlight in the published papers, thet also covered some subjects on Pollution and Environmental engineering. The works on Pollutant tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Wastewater, Water pollution, Heavy metals and Sewage treatment.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Oxygen
• Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Environmental chemistry, Chemical engineering, Pollutant, Nanotechnology and Pulp and paper industry. The journal addresses concerns in Environmental chemistry which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Contamination and Environmental remediation. The study of Environmental remediation encompasses disciplines such as Wastewater, as well as fields such as Photocatalysis, all of which overlap with one another.

The research on Chemical engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Catalysis and Adsorption. The research on Pollutant discussed in Environmental Chemistry Letters draws on the closely related field of Pollution. In addition to Pulp and paper industry research, it aims to explore topics under Biomass and Sewage treatment.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Can the coronavirus disease be transmitted from food? A review of evidence, risks, policies and knowledge gaps (68 citations)
• Air pollution by NO2 and PM2.5 explains COVID-19 infection severity by overexpression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in respiratory cells: a review (53 citations)
• Recent advances in carbon capture storage and utilisation technologies: a review (46 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 Environmental Chemistry Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

• Eric Lichtfouse (59 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Dai-Viet N. Vo (31 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 21 more than at the previous edition,
• Virender K. Sharma (20 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• P. Senthil Kumar (17 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• Jan Schwarzbauer (16 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 Environmental Chemistry Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

• Aix-Marseille University (37 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (30 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (28 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 19 more than at the previous edition,
• Xi'an Jiaotong University (26 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 17 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, 5.30% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.80% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.00% of all publications and 53.20% 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.