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Journal of Catalysis
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Journal of Catalysis

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 72 1000 1360 63

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1362
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1542
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 32
SCIMAGO H-index: 283
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.558
Impact Factor: 6.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Catalysis?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Adsorption and Photochemistry. The study of Hydrogen and how it intertwines with concepts under Nickel were explored in the presented Catalysis research. Topics in Inorganic chemistry explored in Journal of Catalysis were investigated in conjunction with research in Chemical reaction, Oxide, Carbon monoxide, Zeolite and Metal.

The studies in Carbon monoxide featured incorporate elements of Methanation and Compounds of carbon. Journal of Catalysis focuses on Zeolite research which is adjacent to topics in Molecular sieve. The journal explores topics in Heterogeneous catalysis which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Catalyst support, Calcination and Palladium.

While Adsorption is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Oxygen and Infrared spectroscopy, Analytical chemistry. Photochemistry research presented in Journal of Catalysis encompasses a variety of subjects, including Photocatalysis, Dehydrogenation, Isomerization and Reaction mechanism. The research on Organic chemistry discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Medicinal chemistry.

  • Catalysis (89.01%)
  • Inorganic chemistry (59.28%)
  • Heterogeneous catalysis (18.30%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Gold catalysts prepared by coprecipitation for low-temperature oxidation of hydrogen and of carbon monoxide (2739 citations)
  • Determination of integrated molar extinction coefficients for infrared absorption bands of pyridine adsorbed on solid acid catalysts (1963 citations)
  • Low-Temperature Oxidation of CO over Gold Supported on TiO2, α-Fe2O3, and Co3O4 (1931 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Catalysis:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Adsorption and Transition metal. The journal papers hold forums on Catalysis that merge themes from other disciplines such as Photochemistry and Hydrogen. The study of Inorganic chemistry in the most cited papers encompasses disciplines such as Zeolite, as well as fields such as Molecular sieve, all of which overlap with one another.

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 Catalysis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alfons Baiker (177 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Alexis T. Bell (174 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • James A. Dumesic (129 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Bruce C. Gates (106 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Johannes A. Lercher (105 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 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 Journal of Catalysis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (441 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (366 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (352 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (316 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology (271 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 4.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.70% of all publications and 61.24% 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

  • Probing the acid sites of zeolites with pyridine: quantitative AGIR measurements of the molar absorption coefficients

    Vladimir Zholobenko;Vladimir Zholobenko;Cátia Freitas;Martin Jendrlin;Philippe Bazin

    (2020)
    239 Citations
  • Promoting effect of Fe on supported Ni catalysts in CO2 methanation by in situ DRIFTS and DFT study

    Huong Lan Huynh;Jie Zhu;Guanghui Zhang;Yongli Shen

    (2020)
    214 Citations
  • Atomically dispersed Ptn+ species as highly active sites in Pt/In2O3 catalysts for methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation

    Zhe Han;Zhe Han;Chizhou Tang;Jijie Wang;Landong Li

    (2021)
    213 Citations
  • Ultrasmall PtZn bimetallic nanoclusters encapsulated in silicalite-1 zeolite with superior performance for propane dehydrogenation

    Yansu Wang;Zhong-Pan Hu;Xianwei Lv;Lei Chen

    (2020)
    201 Citations
  • An alloy chemistry strategy to tailoring the d-band center of Ni by Cu for efficient and selective catalytic hydrogenation of furfural

    Feiying Tang;Liqiang Wang;Maru Dessie Walle;Abdulhadi Mustapha

    (2020)
    191 Citations
  • Highly efficient and robust Cu catalyst for non-oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol to acetaldehyde and hydrogen

    Hongwei Zhang;Hui-Ru Tan;Stephan Jaenicke;Gaik-Khuan Chuah

    (2020)
    171 Citations
  • γ-Al2O3 sheet-stabilized isolate Co2+ for catalytic propane dehydrogenation

    Yihu Dai;Jingjing Gu;Suyang Tian;Yue Wu

    (2020)
    171 Citations
  • On the structure of γ-Al2O3

    (2020)
    139 Citations
  • Defect engineering over Co3O4 catalyst for surface lattice oxygen activation and boosted propane total oxidation

    (2022)
    121 Citations
  • Direct CO2 hydrogenation to ethanol over supported Co2C catalysts: Studies on support effects and mechanism

    Shunan Zhang;Xiaofang Liu;Zilong Shao;Hui Wang

    (2020)
    118 Citations

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