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Inorganic Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry

0020-1669

Published by: American Chemical Society Publications

https://pubs.acs.org/journal/inocaj

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 65 2369 5316 66

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 3421
Documents by Best Scientists*: 6306
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 65
SCIMAGO H-index: 262
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.958
Impact Factor: 4.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Inorganic Chemistry?

Inorganic Chemistry explores disciplines such as Crystallography, Inorganic chemistry, Stereochemistry, Crystal structure and Medicinal chemistry. The research on Crystallography featured in Inorganic Chemistry combines topics in other fields like Ion, Molecule, Ligand and Metal. The study on Molecule presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Crystal.

The study of Ligand encompasses disciplines such as Photochemistry, as well as fields such as Ruthenium, all of which overlap with one another. The research on Inorganic chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Electrochemistry, Polymer chemistry, Aqueous solution and Copper. Studies on Polymer chemistry discussed in Inorganic Chemistry link to the field of Organic chemistry.

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is a major topic of Stereochemistry research presented in Inorganic Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry explores topics in Crystal structure which can be helpful for research in disciplines like X-ray crystallography and Inorganic compound. While work presented in Inorganic Chemistry provided substantial information on Medicinal chemistry, it also covered topics in Reactivity (chemistry) and Catalysis.

  • Crystallography (35.62%)
  • Inorganic chemistry (22.20%)
  • Stereochemistry (21.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Hydrophobic, Highly Conductive Ambient-Temperature Molten Salts (3801 citations)
  • Semiconducting tin and lead iodide perovskites with organic cations: phase transitions, high mobilities, and near-infrared photoluminescent properties. (3479 citations)
  • Solar energy conversion by dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells (2922 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Inorganic Chemistry:

The most cited articles explore disciplines such as Crystallography, Stereochemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Crystal structure and Ligand. The journal articles focus on Crystallography but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ion, Molecule, Metal and Copper. The study of Inorganic chemistry in the journal publications encompasses disciplines such as Polymer chemistry, as well as fields such as Organic chemistry, all of which overlap with one another.

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 objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Crystallography, Ligand, Catalysis, Metal and Density functional theory. Crystallography research featured in Inorganic Chemistry incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Ion, Molecule and Cluster (physics). Inorganic Chemistry explores issues in Ligand which can be linked to other research areas like Reactivity (chemistry), Redox and Medicinal chemistry.

Some problems in Catalysis that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Combinatorial chemistry and Polymer chemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Simultaneous Presence of Open Metal Sites and Amine Groups on a 3D Dy(III)-Metal-Organic Framework Catalyst for Mild and Solvent-Free Conversion of CO2 to Cyclic Carbonates. (22 citations)
  • Nanocage-Based N-Rich Metal-Organic Framework for Luminescence Sensing toward Fe3+ and Cu2+ Ions. (17 citations)
  • Luminescent Thermochromism and White-Light Emission of a 3D [Ag4Br6] Cluster-Based Coordination Framework with Both Adamantane-like Node and Linker. (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 Inorganic Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • F. Albert Cotton (394 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arnold L. Rheingold (269 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • John D. Corbett (238 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karl M. Kadish (217 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas J. Meyer (215 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 Inorganic Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1456 papers) published 118 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (748 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Northwestern University (609 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (547 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Texas A&M University (429 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 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, 2.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.62% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.42% of all publications and 67.53% 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

  • Turn-On Luminescent Sensor toward Fe3+, Cr3+, and Al3+ Based on a Co(II) Metal-Organic Framework with Open Functional Sites.

    Xue-Mei Tian;Shu-Li Yao;Cheng-Qiang Qiu;Teng-Fei Zheng

    (2020)
    276 Citations
  • Two Highly Water-Stable Imidazole-Based Ln-MOFs for Sensing Fe3+,Cr2O72-/CrO42- in a Water Environment.

    Haihuan Yu;Mingyue Fan;Qun Liu;Zhongmin Su

    (2020)
    236 Citations
  • Magnetite Metal-Organic Frameworks: Applications in Environmental Remediation of Heavy Metals, Organic Contaminants, and Other Pollutants.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    229 Citations
  • Porous Cobalt Metal–Organic Frameworks as Active Elements in Battery–Supercapacitor Hybrid Devices

    Kuaibing Wang;Kuaibing Wang;Rong Bi;Menglu Huang;Bo Lv

    (2020)
    182 Citations
  • Dual-Mode Optical Thermometry Design in Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+/Mn4+ Phosphor.

    Yibo Chen;Jin He;Xinguo Zhang;Mingcong Rong

    (2020)
    182 Citations
  • Exploitation of a Half-Conjugate Polydentate Salamo-Salen Hybrid Ligand and Its Two Phenoxide-Bridged Heterohexanuclear 3d-s Double-Helical Cluster Complexes.

    Unknown

    (2021)
    175 Citations
  • Synergies of Adjacent Sites in Atomically Dispersed Ruthenium toward Achieving Stable Hydrogen Evolution.

    (2022)
    173 Citations
  • Broadband Near-Infrared Emitting Ca2LuScGa2Ge2O12:Cr3+ Phosphors: Luminescence Properties and Application in Light-Emitting Diodes.

    Biao Bai;Biao Bai;Peipei Dang;Dayu Huang;Dayu Huang;Hongzhou Lian

    (2020)
    149 Citations
  • Hierarchical Hollow CoWO4-Co(OH)2 Heterostructured Nanoboxes Enabling Efficient Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis.

    (2022)
    143 Citations
  • Mixed Metal Fe2Ni MIL-88B Metal-Organic Frameworks Decorated on Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Robust and Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Alkaline Water Oxidation.

    (2022)
    135 Citations

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