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Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
H-index 19

Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

0949-8257

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/775

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 411 113 130 19
Biology and Biochemistry 642 24 25 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 141
Documents by Best Scientists*: 153
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 115
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.513
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry?

The journal explores disciplines such as Stereochemistry, Crystallography, Biochemistry, Ligand and Inorganic chemistry. It holds forums on Stereochemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as DNA, Active site, Heme, Enzyme and Binding site. The journal features Active site research that overlaps with concepts in Substrate (chemistry).

Heme and Cytochrome are closely related fields of research discussed in it. In addition to Crystallography research, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry aims to explore topics under Photochemistry, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Molecule and Metal. Many of the studies tackled connect Photochemistry with a similar field of study like Catalysis.

The work on Metal presented in Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry focuses on Metal ions in aqueous solution in particular. The study on Ligand presented in Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry intersects with the topics under Medicinal chemistry. The Inorganic chemistry study tackling the subject of Redox is the focus of Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.

  • Stereochemistry (30.91%)
  • Crystallography (22.65%)
  • Biochemistry (18.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Silver nanoparticles: partial oxidation and antibacterial activities. (1192 citations)
  • Metal ions in biological catalysis: from enzyme databases to general principles (652 citations)
  • Iron-sulfur proteins: ancient structures, still full of surprises. (480 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry:

The most cited papers aim to foster the development of research in Stereochemistry, Biochemistry, Crystallography, Ligand and Photochemistry. The Stereochemistry research tackled in the most cited articles is interrelated with Active site which concerns subjects like Hydrogenase and Catalytic cycle. While the primary focus in the journal articles is Crystallography, they also dissect topics surrounding Inorganic chemistry and Metal as a whole.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Combinatorial chemistry, Crystallography, Ligand, Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis. The work on Combinatorial chemistry tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Platinum, Catalysis, Enzyme, Circular dichroism and Reactivity (chemistry). The journal tackles studies in Copper and the interrelated subject of Redox and Peptide to gain insights into Crystallography.

While Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry focused on Ligand, it was also able to explore topics like Molecule, Crystal structure and Medicinal chemistry. Concepts in HeLa, as well as related topics in Biophysics, are covered in the Cytotoxicity research presented in Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. Apoptosis research in the journal involves the investigation of Cancer research studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as In vivo.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Fabrication of deferasirox-decorated aptamer-targeted superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) as a therapeutic and magnetic resonance imaging agent in cancer therapy. (6 citations)
  • The anti-cancer effect of series of strained photoactivatable Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes on non-small-cell lung cancer and triple negative breast cancer cells (5 citations)
  • Room temperature stable multitalent: highly reactive and versatile copper guanidine complexes in oxygenation reactions (3 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 Biological Inorganic Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • José J. G. Moura (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Isabel Moura (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ivano Bertini (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lawrence Que (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Claudio Luchinat (33 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 Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa (122 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Florence (99 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Minnesota (58 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (55 papers) published 3 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, 6.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.68% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.49% of all publications and 69.01% 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

  • The structure-based reaction mechanism of urease, a nickel dependent enzyme: tale of a long debate.

    Luca Mazzei;Francesco Musiani;Stefano Ciurli

    (2020)
    195 Citations
  • New Pd(II) complexes of the bisthiocarbohydrazones derived from isatin and disubstituted salicylaldehydes: Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures and inhibitory properties against some metabolic enzymes

    (2022)
    68 Citations
  • Understanding the chemistry of the artificial electron acceptors PES, PMS, DCPIP and Wurster’s Blue in methanol dehydrogenase assays

    Bérénice Jahn;Niko S. W. Jonasson;Hurina Hu;Helena Singer

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Critical discussion of the applications of metal complexes for 2-photon photodynamic therapy.

    Johannes Karges;Hui Chao;Gilles Gasser

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • The model structure of the copper-dependent ammonia monooxygenase

    Francesco Musiani;Valquiria Broll;Elisa Evangelisti;Stefano Ciurli

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Spectroscopic and biochemical insight into an electron-bifurcating [FeFe] hydrogenase

    Nipa Chongdar;Krzysztof Pawlak;Olaf Rüdiger;Edward J. Reijerse

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Critical evaluation of a crystal structure of nitrogenase with bound N2 ligands

    Justin Bergmann;Esko Oksanen;Ulf Ryde

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Mitochondria-targeted phosphorescent cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes: synthesis, characterization, and anticancer properties

    Yi Li;Yi Li;Ben Liu;Cui-Xia Xu;Liang He

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Copper(II) and oxidovanadium(IV) complexes of chromone Schiff bases as potential anticancer agents

    Patrique Nunes;Yasemin Yildizhan;Zelal Adiguzel;Fernanda Marques

    (2021)
    26 Citations

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