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Green Energy and Environment
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Green Energy and Environment

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 134 268 294 46
Engineering and Technology 229 74 89 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 545
Documents by Best Scientists*: 461
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 68
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.664
Impact Factor: 14.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Green Energy & Environment?

Green Energy & Environment mostly deals with topics like Chemical engineering, Catalysis, Ionic liquid, Nanotechnology and Inorganic chemistry. The work on Chemical engineering tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Photocatalysis, Carbon, Electrochemistry and Adsorption. The Carbon study featured in Green Energy & Environment draws connections with the study of Anode.

It explores topics in Anode which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ion and Lithium. While the journal focused on Electrochemistry, it was also able to explore topics like Cathode and Electrolyte. It focuses on Electrolyte research which is adjacent to topics in Battery (electricity).

In it, Electrocatalyst, Oxygen evolution and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Catalysis research. The in-depth study on Oxygen evolution also explores topics in the intersecting field of Overpotential. Topics in Ionic liquid were tackled in line with various other fields like Aqueous solution and Solvent.

  • Chemical engineering (40.21%)
  • Catalysis (33.26%)
  • Ionic liquid (14.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Progress in electrolytes for rechargeable Li-based batteries and beyond (198 citations)
  • Synthesis and applications of MOF-derived porous nanostructures (162 citations)
  • Recent progress in rechargeable alkali metal–air batteries (149 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Green Energy & Environment:

Nanotechnology, Inorganic chemistry, Catalysis, Electrochemistry and Battery (electricity) are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The published articles hold forums on Nanotechnology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Electrolyte, Aqueous solution, Water splitting and Lithium. In addition to Inorganic chemistry research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Urea, Separation process, Ionic liquid and Choline chloride.

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 main points discussed in the journal deals with Chemical engineering, Catalysis, Ionic liquid, Electrochemistry and Carbon. The Chemical engineering works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Cathode, Overpotential and Anode, Electrode. Cathode research in the journal involves the investigation of Electrolyte studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Nanotechnology.

Green Energy & Environment holds forums on Anode that merges themes from other disciplines such as Battery (electricity) and Lithium. In addition to Catalysis research, it aims to explore topics under Inorganic chemistry, Electrocatalyst and Oxide. It explores issues in Ionic liquid which can be linked to other research areas like Extractive distillation, Solvent, Interaction energy, Thermodynamics and Solubility.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Recent advancements in metal–organic frameworks for green applications (47 citations)
  • High Piezo/photocatalytic Efficiency of Ag/Bi5O7I Nanocomposite using Mechanical and Solar Energy for N2 fixation and Methyl Orange Degradation (19 citations)
  • High CO2 absorption capacity of metal-based ionic liquids: A molecular dynamics study (15 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 Energy & Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Suojiang Zhang (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Huaming Li (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hongyan He (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lifang Chen (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wenshuai Zhu (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Green Energy & Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (83 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • East China University of Science and Technology (30 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing University of Chemical Technology (22 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhengzhou University (19 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 4.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.20% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.99% of all publications and 21.60% 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

  • Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and fuels

    Unknown

    (2022)
    852 Citations
  • Overview of acidic deep eutectic solvents on synthesis, properties and applications

    Hao Qin;Xutao Hu;Jingwen Wang;Hongye Cheng

    (2020)
    403 Citations
  • Cellulose-based materials in wastewater treatment of petroleum industry

    Baoliang Peng;Baoliang Peng;Zhaoling Yao;Xiaocong Wang;Xiaocong Wang;Xiaocong Wang;Mitchel Crombeen

    (2020)
    277 Citations
  • Recent advancement and future challenges of photothermal catalysis for VOCs elimination: From catalyst design to applications

    Unknown

    (2022)
    258 Citations
  • High Piezo/photocatalytic Efficiency of Ag/Bi5O7I Nanocomposite using Mechanical and Solar Energy for N2 fixation and Methyl Orange Degradation

    Lu Chen;Wenqian Zhang;Junfeng Wang;Xiaojing Li

    (2021)
    224 Citations
  • A mini-review on ZnIn2S4-Based photocatalysts for energy and environmental application

    Guping Zhang;Hao Wu;Dongyun Chen;Najun Li

    (2020)
    208 Citations
  • Recent progress on synthesis of ZIF-67-based materials and their application to heterogeneous catalysis

    (2020)
    177 Citations
  • Recent advancements in metal–organic frameworks for green applications

    Chongxiong Duan;Yi Yu;Jing Xiao;Yuanyuan Li

    (2021)
    167 Citations
  • Facile preparation of Ag2S/KTa0.5Nb0.5O3 heterojunction for enhanced performance in catalytic nitrogen fixation via photocatalysis and piezo-photocatalysis

    (2022)
    129 Citations

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