Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences

Top Research Topics at Journal of Chromatography B?

Journal of Chromatography B focuses on Chromatography, High-performance liquid chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Detection limit and Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. The Chromatography study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Analytical chemistry. While the journal focused on High-performance liquid chromatography, it was also able to explore topics like Metabolite, Pharmacokinetics and Sample preparation.

The studies in Mass spectrometry featured incorporate elements of Analyte and Formic acid. The journal explores topics in Detection limit which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Matrix (chemical analysis), Urine, Elution and Derivatization. Triple quadrupole mass spectrometer is a primary topic of Selected reaction monitoring research in Journal of Chromatography B.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, apply to Gas chromatography as well.

• Chromatography (98.13%)
• High-performance liquid chromatography (29.87%)
• Mass spectrometry (25.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Downstream processing of monoclonal antibodies--application of platform approaches. (699 citations)
• Validation of bioanalytical LC-MS/MS assays: evaluation of matrix effects. (607 citations)
• Quality control of herbal medicines (592 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Chromatography B:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Chromatography, High-performance liquid chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Detection limit and Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. The published articles feature Chromatography research that overlaps with concepts in Analytical chemistry. The journal publications explore issues in High-performance liquid chromatography which can be linked to other research areas like Elution, Sample preparation, Metabolite, Urine and Analyte.

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

• Enzyme
• Internal medicine
• Biochemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Detection limit, High-performance liquid chromatography and Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Chromatography study tackled is connected to the field of Pharmacokinetics. The journal explores research in Pharmacokinetics alongside concepts in Metabolite and other areas of study in Pharmacology.

Journal of Chromatography B explores issues in Mass spectrometry which can be linked to other research areas like Quantitative analysis (chemistry), Resolution (mass spectrometry) and Formic acid. It is focused mainly on Detection limit, particularly Solid phase extraction. Some problems in Extraction (chemistry) that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Sample preparation and Adsorption.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Isolation of extracellular vesicles with combined enrichment methods (6 citations)
• Automated mass spectrometry multi-attribute method analyses for process development and characterization of mAbs (5 citations)
• Nucleic acid sample preparation from whole blood in a paper microfluidic device using isotachophoresis. (5 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Chromatography B (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jos H. Beijnen (81 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Jan H.M. Schellens (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Dimitrios Tsikas (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rolf W. Sparidans (42 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Dafang Zhong (40 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Chromatography B (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (251 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (204 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• China Pharmaceutical University (189 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Peking Union Medical College (106 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Utrecht University (97 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 4.62% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.40% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 71.79% 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.