Green Chemistry

Top Research Topics at Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry explores disciplines such as Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Chemical engineering, Inorganic chemistry and Ionic liquid. Solvent, Lignin, Aqueous solution, Cellulose and Green chemistry are all topics related to Organic chemistry research discussed. The study on Cellulose presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Hydrolysis.

The main emphasis of the journal is the subject of Catalysis, focusing on Selectivity. It centers on topics in Chemical engineering, with a focus on Nanoparticle. The work on Photochemistry addressed in Green Chemistry expands to the thematically related Photocatalysis.

• Organic chemistry (44.62%)
• Catalysis (44.59%)
• Chemical engineering (14.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Characterization and comparison of hydrophilic and hydrophobic room temperature ionic liquids incorporating the imidazolium cation (3124 citations)
• Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited (2744 citations)
• Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plants (1656 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Green Chemistry:

The published papers focus largely on the fields of Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Ionic liquid, Inorganic chemistry and Chemical engineering. The works on Catalysis tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Nanoparticle and Polymer chemistry. The journal articles explore topics in Ionic liquid which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Extraction (chemistry), Dissolution, Alkyl, Ion and Solubility.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Catalysis
• Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Catalysis, Chemical engineering, Combinatorial chemistry, Organic chemistry and Yield (chemistry). The journal explores research in Photochemistry and overlapping concepts in Visible spectrum to expand the discourse in Catalysis. Green Chemistry explores issues in Chemical engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Raw material, Carbon, Polymer and Aqueous solution.

The journal explores topics in Combinatorial chemistry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Reagent, Aryl, Electrochemistry and Functional group. Lignin and Monomer are all areas of Organic chemistry tackled in it. Green Chemistry focuses on Lignin research which is adjacent to topics in Biomass.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Synergistic cooperative effect of CF3SO2Na and bis(2-butoxyethyl)ether towards selective oxygenation of sulfides with molecular oxygen under visible-light irradiation (32 citations)
• Electrochemical multicomponent synthesis of 4-selanylpyrazoles under catalyst- and chemical-oxidant-free conditions (31 citations)
• Aryl acyl peroxides for visible-light induced decarboxylative arylation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones under additive-, metal catalyst-, and external photosensitizer-free and ambient conditions (30 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 Green Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

• James H. Clark (95 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Buxing Han (80 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Rajender S. Varma (74 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Suojiang Zhang (60 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Rafael Luque (56 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 Green Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (634 papers) published 67 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• University of York (130 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (125 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• RWTH Aachen University (113 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• South China University of Technology (105 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 11 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, 6.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.87% of all publications and 57.22% 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.