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Green and Sustainable Chemistry
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Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 161 225 241 42
Environmental Sciences 290 33 33 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 332
Documents by Best Scientists*: 333
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Green and Sustainable Chemistry?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Catalysis, Organic chemistry, Nanotechnology, Green chemistry and Ionic liquid. While Green and Sustainable Chemistry focused on Catalysis, it was also able to explore topics like Combinatorial chemistry and Chemical engineering. It covers various topics on Organic chemistry such as Solvent and Yield (chemistry).

The main emphasis of Green and Sustainable Chemistry is the research on Nanotechnology, emphasizing the topic of Nanomaterials. The study on Green chemistry presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Sustainable development.

  • Catalysis (19.29%)
  • Organic chemistry (14.66%)
  • Nanotechnology (12.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Review of Ionic Liquids, Their Limits and Applications (333 citations)
  • Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: A Review (169 citations)
  • Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Extracts of Ananas comosus (137 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Green and Sustainable Chemistry:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Organic chemistry, Nanotechnology, Catalysis, Ionic liquid and Biomass. The Organic chemistry research tackled in the journal papers is interrelated with Chemical engineering which concerns subjects like Green chemistry. The most cited papers focus on Catalysis but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Electrochemistry and Carbon dioxide.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Green and Sustainable Chemistry are Catalysis, Nanotechnology, Biochemical engineering, Renewable energy and Combinatorial chemistry. Catalysis research in the journal involves the investigation of Chemical engineering studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Aqueous solution. Concepts in Photocatalysis, as well as related topics in Contamination, are covered in the Nanotechnology research presented in Green and Sustainable Chemistry.

Topics in Biochemical engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Biocatalysis, Biotransformation and Process (engineering). Biomass, Water splitting and Process engineering are some topics wherein Renewable energy research discussed in it have an impact. Biomass research in the journal involves the investigation of Pulp and paper industry studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Raw material.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A critical view on the environmental sustainability of biorefinery systems (15 citations)
  • Aminopropyltriethoxysilane as a linker for cellulose-based functional materials: New horizons and future challenges (12 citations)
  • Cost-effective catalysts for renewable hydrogen production via electrochemical water splitting: Recent advances (9 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 Green and Sustainable Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rafael Luque (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Daniel Pleissner (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Heinz Langhals (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vijay Kumar Thakur (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Vânia Gomes Zuin (5 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 Green and Sustainable Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of York (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Córdoba (Spain) (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lüneburg University (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Cranfield University (7 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, 16.13% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.85% of all publications and 64.62% 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

  • Deep eutectic solvents and their applications as green solvents

    Filippo Maria Perna;Paola Vitale;Vito Capriati

    (2020)
    512 Citations
  • Cyclic carbonates synthesised from CO2: Applications, challenges and recent research trends

    Paolo P. Pescarmona

    (2021)
    313 Citations
  • Micro)plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Tony R. Walker

    (2021)
    287 Citations
  • Biodegradable plastic as an integral part of the solution to plastic waste pollution of the environment

    Markus Flury;Ramani Narayan

    (2021)
    193 Citations
  • Deep Eutectic Solvents and their application in electrochemistry

    (2022)
    170 Citations
  • Regulation of plastic from a circular economy perspective

    Kristian Syberg;Maria Bille Nielsen;Lauge Peter Westergaard Clausen;Geert van Calster

    (2021)
    162 Citations
  • Type V deep eutectic solvents: Design and applications

    (2022)
    161 Citations
  • In situ Raman spectroscopy studies for electrochemical CO2 reduction over Cu catalysts

    (2022)
    144 Citations

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