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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 356 78 93 22

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Number of Best Scientists*: 202
Documents by Best Scientists*: 194
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 46
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.041
Impact Factor: 6.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at FlatChem?

Graphene, Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology, Oxide and Electrochemistry are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The close relationship between Nanomaterials and Nanostructure is one of the points of interest dissected in Graphene research. While Chemical engineering is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Catalysis and Adsorption.

Catalysis research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Electrocatalyst, Oxygen evolution and Overpotential. FlatChem focuses on Nanotechnology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Semiconductor which is concerned with Monolayer. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Electrochemistry, it also covered topics in Detection limit and Anode.

Heterojunction is a major topic of Optoelectronics research presented in the journal. The study of Capacitance serves as the foundation of the Supercapacitor research discussed in FlatChem. FlatChem investigates Exfoliation joint research which frequently intersects with Raman spectroscopy.

  • Graphene (47.35%)
  • Chemical engineering (31.86%)
  • Nanotechnology (26.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Liquid-phase exfoliation of black phosphorus and its applications (90 citations)
  • A review on liquid-phase exfoliation for scalable production of pure graphene, wrinkled, crumpled and functionalized graphene and challenges (84 citations)
  • MICAtronics: A new platform for flexible X-tronics (76 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at FlatChem:

The most cited publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Graphene, Nanotechnology, Chemical engineering, Nanomaterials and Graphite. The most cited publications about Functionalized graphene research are fields of study within Graphene but they also intertwine with concepts in Human welfare. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Chemical engineering, it also covers topics in Desalination, Supercapacitor, Electrochemistry and Oxide.

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

  • Oxygen
  • Catalysis
  • Semiconductor

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Graphene, Chemical engineering, Oxide, Nanotechnology and Electrochemistry. The research on Graphene featured in it combines topics in other fields like Supercapacitor, Composite material, Nanomaterials and Nanostructure. The research on Chemical engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Electrocatalyst, Nanowire, Catalysis and Adsorption.

The studies in Oxide featured incorporate elements of Epoxide, Hydroquinone, Electrochemical gas sensor, Dielectric spectroscopy and Dispersity. The overlapping concepts between Metal-organic framework and Gas separation are the key highlights of Nanotechnology study. The work on Electrochemistry tackled in it brings together disciplines like Detection limit and Anode.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Enhancing corrosion and wear performance of PEO coatings on Mg alloys using graphene and graphene oxide additions: A review (7 citations)
  • Top-down synthesis of graphene: A comprehensive review (6 citations)
  • Bi2MoO6/Bi2S3 S-scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic oxygen evolution (4 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 FlatChem (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hui Ying Yang (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zdeněk Sofer (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dezhi Kong (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin Pumera (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bo Liu (4 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 FlatChem (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague (10 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (8 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nanjing University (6 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shenzhen University (6 papers) published 1 paper 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, 5.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.91% of all publications and 46.27% 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

  • Top-down synthesis of graphene: A comprehensive review

    Neeraj Kumar;Reza Salehiyan;Vongani Chauke;Orebotse Joseph Botlhoko

    (2021)
    316 Citations
  • Fabrication of MnO2 Nanowires and Their Nanohybrid with Flat Conductive Matrix for the Treatment of Industrial Effluents

    Muhammad Aadil;Majid Mahmood;Muhammad Farooq Warsi;Ibrahim A Alsafari

    (2021)
    122 Citations
  • Photocatalytic activity of CoFe2O4/g-C3N4 nanocomposite toward degradation of different organic pollutants and their inactivity toward hydrogen production: The role of the conduction band position

    (2022)
    117 Citations
  • Graphene/graphitic carbon nitride-based ternary nanohybrids: Synthesis methods, properties, and applications for photocatalytic hydrogen production

    Shelly Singla;Surbhi Sharma;Soumen Basu;Nagaraj P. Shetti

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Electrochemical sensor for the detection of dopamine using carbon quantum dots /copper oxide nanocomposite modified electrode

    (2022)
    91 Citations
  • Graphene-based functional nanomaterials for biomedical and bioanalysis applications

    Twinkle Mathew;R. Aishwarya Sree;S. Aishwarya;Khan Kounaina

    (2020)
    90 Citations
  • Anisotropic mechanical response, high negative thermal expansion, and outstanding dynamical stability of biphenylene monolayer revealed by machine-learning interatomic potentials

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • Ultrasonication and electrochemically-assisted synthesis of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for electrochemical sensor applications

    Shikandar D. Bukkitgar;Nagaraj P. Shetti;Kakarla Raghava Reddy;Tawfik A. Saleh

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Cholesterol intercalated 2D graphene oxide sheets fabricated sensor for voltammetric analysis of theophylline

    Mahesh M. Shanbhag;Nagaraj P. Shetti;Shweta J. Malode;Ravindra S. Veerapur

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Emerging applications of MXene materials in CO2 photocatalysis

    Jiahui Shen;Zhiyi Wu;Chaoran Li;Chengcheng Zhang

    (2021)
    41 Citations

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