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IUCrJ

Published by: International Union of Crystallography

https://journals.iucr.org/m/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 390 125 161 20
Materials Science 453 54 73 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 236
Documents by Best Scientists*: 263
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.201
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at IUCrJ?

The journal explores disciplines such as Crystallography, Diffraction, Crystal structure, Crystal and Optics. The Crystallography works featured in IUCrJ incorporate elements from X-ray crystallography and Molecule, Hydrogen bond. The journal connects the study in Hydrogen bond with the closely related area of Intermolecular force.

Diffraction research presented in IUCrJ encompasses a variety of subjects, including Scattering, Laser, Femtosecond, Synchrotron and Synchrotron radiation. Small-angle X-ray scattering is a major topic of Scattering research presented in IUCrJ. Discussions in IUCrJ are anchored in the subject of Crystal structure and the similar topic of Crystallization.

Crystal research is concerned with Protein crystallization in particular. Optics works presented in IUCrJ have a specific focus on Detector. Research in Crystal engineering tackled falls within the umbrella of Supramolecular chemistry.

  • Crystallography (32.19%)
  • Diffraction (18.21%)
  • Crystal structure (12.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The PDB_REDO server for macromolecular structure model optimization. (488 citations)
  • CrystalExplorer model energies and energy frameworks: extension to metal coordination compounds, organic salts, solvates and open-shell systems (365 citations)
  • Advanced ensemble modelling of flexible macromolecules using X-ray solution scattering. (364 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IUCrJ:

The most cited papers primarily tackle Crystallography, Nanotechnology, Diffraction, Resolution (electron density) and Laser. While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Crystallography, it also covers topics in X-ray crystallography and Intermolecular force. The published articles deal with Diffraction in conjunction with Scattering and similar fields in Computational physics and Electron density.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

IUCrJ is mainly concerned with subjects like Crystallography, Diffraction, Crystal structure, Molecule and Crystal. While Crystallography is the focus of IUCrJ, it also provided insights into the studies of Femtosecond, Intermolecular force, Catalysis, Hydrogen bond and Electron diffraction. Topics in Diffraction explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Molecular physics, Scattering and Synchrotron.

The research on Synchrotron tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Resolution (electron density) and Laser. While the journal focused on Crystal structure, it was also able to explore topics like Work (thermodynamics) and Molecular dynamics. In addition to Molecule research, the journal aims to explore topics under Chemical physics and Nucleation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Complex imaging of phase domains by deep neural networks. (7 citations)
  • Crystallographic models of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro: In-depth assessment of structure quality and validation (6 citations)
  • Quaternary and quinary molecular solids based on structural inequivalence and combinatorial approaches: 2-nitro­resorcinol and 4,6-di­chloro­resorcinol (6 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 IUCrJ (based on the number of publications) are:

  • S. Samar Hasnain (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • John C. H. Spence (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Bo B. Iversen (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Henry N. Chapman (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Gautam R. Desiraju (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 IUCrJ (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Arizona State University (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Science (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Paul Scherrer Institute (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 6.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.51% of all publications and 41.84% 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

  • Bond-length distributions for ions bonded to oxygen: results for the transition metals and quantification of the factors underlying bond-length variation in inorganic solids

    Olivier Charles Gagné;Frank Christopher Hawthorne

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Observation of substrate diffusion and ligand binding in enzyme crystals using high-repetition-rate mix-and-inject serial crystallography

    Suraj Pandey;George Calvey;Andrea M. Katz;Tek Narsingh Malla

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Room-temperature X-ray crystallography reveals the oxidation and reactivity of cysteine residues in SARS-CoV-2 3CL Mpro: insights into enzyme mechanism and drug design.

    Daniel W. Kneller;Gwyndalyn Phillips;Hugh M. O'Neill;Kemin Tan;Kemin Tan

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Complex imaging of phase domains by deep neural networks.

    Longlong Wu;Pavol Juhas;Shinjae Yoo;Ian Robinson

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Structural chemistry of layered lead halide perovskites containing single octahedral layers.

    Jason A. McNulty;Philip Lightfoot

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Extraordinary anisotropic thermal expansion in photosalient crystals

    Khushboo Yadava;Gianpiero Gallo;Gianpiero Gallo;Sebastian Bette;Caroline Evania Mulijanto

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Continuous flexibility analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike prefusion structures

    Roberto Melero;Carlos Oscar S Sorzano;Brent Foster;Jose Luis Vilas

    (2020)
    37 Citations

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