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Journal of Applied Crystallography
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Journal of Applied Crystallography

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 387 145 187 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 338
Documents by Best Scientists*: 389
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 187
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.183
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Applied Crystallography?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Optics, Crystallography, Diffraction, Scattering and Analytical chemistry. Issues in Optics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Computational physics and Crystal. Crystallography and Phase (matter) are closely related fields of research discussed in Journal of Applied Crystallography.

Condensed matter physics, Synchrotron radiation and Crystallite are some topics wherein Diffraction research discussed in the journal have an impact. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Scattering but it intersects with the subject of Molecular physics. The Small-angle neutron scattering works, particularly on Biological small-angle scattering are tackled in Journal of Applied Crystallography.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Powder diffraction, apply to Rietveld refinement as well. The study on Neutron diffraction presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Neutron.

  • Optics (32.31%)
  • Crystallography (28.75%)
  • Diffraction (24.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • PROCHECK: a program to check the stereochemical quality of protein structures (20391 citations)
  • ORTEP-3 for Windows - a version of ORTEP-III with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) (18677 citations)
  • WinGX suite for small-molecule single-crystal crystallography (17303 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Applied Crystallography:

The most cited articles primarily focus on research topics in Optics, Crystallography, Diffraction, Scattering and Powder diffraction. Neutron and Computational physics are some topics wherein Optics research discussed in the journal publications has an impact. The Crystallography research presented in the journal papers focuses mostly on Computer program and, on occasion, topics in Algorithm.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Scattering, Diffraction, Optics, X-ray crystallography and Neutron scattering. While Scattering is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Neutron, Computational physics and Pair distribution function. Diffraction research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Diffractometer, Synchrotron, Powder diffraction, Analytical chemistry and Crystal.

Research in Powder diffraction tackled falls within the umbrella of Crystallography. It links adjacent topics like Optics with Silicon. X-ray crystallography research featured in Journal of Applied Crystallography incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Python (programming language), Reciprocal lattice, Characterization (materials science), Crystallite and Composite material.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • ATSAS 3.0: expanded functionality and new tools for small-angle scattering data analysis. (59 citations)
  • CrystalExplorer: a program for Hirshfeld surface analysis, visualization and quantitative analysis of molecular crystals (33 citations)
  • Validation of the Crystallography Open Database using the Crystallographic Information Framework (10 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 Journal of Applied Crystallography (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carmelo Giacovazzo (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Angela Altomare (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anna Moliterni (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rosanna Rizzi (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John R. Helliwell (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Journal of Applied Crystallography (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (187 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Argonne National Laboratory (160 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (156 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (134 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (124 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 8.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.18% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.42% of all publications and 36.18% 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

  • CrystalExplorer: a program for Hirshfeld surface analysis, visualization and quantitative analysis of molecular crystals

    Peter R Spackman;Michael J Turner;Joshua J McKinnon;Stephen K Wolff

    (2021)
    4191 Citations
  • ATSAS 3.0: expanded functionality and new tools for small-angle scattering data analysis.

    Karen Manalastas-Cantos;Petr V. Konarev;Nelly R. Hajizadeh;Alexey G. Kikhney

    (2021)
    958 Citations
  • X-Seed 4: updates to a program for small-molecule supramolecular crystallography

    Leonard J. Barbour

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Domain Auto Finder (DAFi) program: the analysis of single-crystal X-ray diffraction data from polycrystalline samples

    (2022)
    45 Citations
  • A high-flux automated laboratory small-angle X-ray scattering instrument optimized for solution scattering

    Jeppe Lyngsø;Jan Skov Pedersen

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Accurate high-resolution single-crystal diffraction data from a Pilatus3 X CdTe detector.

    Lennard Krause;Kasper Tolborg;Thomas Bjørn Egede Grønbech;Kunihisa Sugimoto

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • PtyNAMi: ptychographic nano-analytical microscope

    Andreas Schropp;Ralph Döhrmann;Stephan Botta;Dennis Brückner

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Assessment of structure factors for analysis of small-angle scattering data from desired or undesired aggregates

    Andreas Haahr Larsen;Jan Skov Pedersen;Lise Arleth

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • RADDOSE-XFEL: femtosecond time-resolved dose estimates for macromolecular X-ray free-electron laser experiments

    Joshua L. Dickerson;Patrick T. N. McCubbin;Elspeth F. Garman

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • High-pressure small-angle X-ray scattering cell for biological solutions and soft materials

    Durgesh K. Rai;Richard E. Gillilan;Qingqiu Huang;Robert Miller

    (2021)
    29 Citations

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