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Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
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Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 229 14 29 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 76
Documents by Best Scientists*: 132
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 76
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.436
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy?

Atomic physics, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Spectral line, Molecule and Analytical chemistry are the subjects of interest in Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. Topics in Atomic physics were tackled in line with various other fields like Spectroscopy, Infrared and Microwave. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Resonance, Resolution (electron density) and Raman spectroscopy are some topics wherein Infrared research discussed in the journal have an impact.

It focuses on Microwave but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Dipole and Spectrum (functional analysis). The research on Dipole tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stark effect and Moment (physics). In it, Rotational spectroscopy, Molecular physics, Fourier transform, Rotational–vibrational spectroscopy and Infrared spectroscopy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Nuclear magnetic resonance research.

Some problems in Rotational spectroscopy that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Quadrupole, Rotational transition, Inorganic compound, Hyperfine structure and Diatomic molecule. The overlapping concepts between Laser and Diode are the key highlights of Spectral line study. In the journal, Crystallography and Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Molecule research.

  • Atomic physics (51.82%)
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (32.53%)
  • Spectral line (22.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The fitting and prediction of vibration-rotation spectra with spin interactions (1744 citations)
  • Spectra of porphyrins (1632 citations)
  • The labeling of parity doublet levels in linear molecules (694 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy:

The most cited articles focus on Atomic physics, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Spectral line, Molecule and Infrared. In addition to Atomic physics research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Dipole, Microwave and Absorption spectroscopy. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Nuclear magnetic resonance that incorporate concepts from other fields like Rotational spectroscopy, Spectrometer, Molecular physics, Fourier transform and Analytical chemistry.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry
  • Electron

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Atomic physics, Spectroscopy, Spectral line, Molecular physics and Infrared. The studies in Atomic physics featured incorporate elements of Fourier transform and Coupling constant. Ion trap, Ion, Analytical chemistry, Molecular electronic transition and Molecular vibration are some topics wherein Spectroscopy research discussed in it have an impact.

Topics in Spectral line explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Line (formation), Quantum number, Quantum tunnelling and Density functional theory. While Molecular physics is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Potential energy surface, Intramolecular force, Ab initio quantum chemistry methods and Absorption spectroscopy. Issues in Infrared were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Anharmonicity, Molecule, Rotational–vibrational spectroscopy and Infrared spectroscopy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Line intensities of the 01111–00001 magnetic dipole absorption band of 12C16O2: Laboratory measurements (5 citations)
  • Anharmonic infrared spectra of thermally excited pyrene (C16H10): A combined view of DFT-based GVPT2 with AnharmonicCaOs, and approximate DFT molecular dynamics with demonNano (4 citations)
  • Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of formaldoxime (CH2NOH) in the 450–3800 cm−1 region and its ν9 band (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 Molecular Spectroscopy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hans Bürger (179 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter F. Bernath (175 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jean Demaison (171 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arthur G. Maki (114 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • K. Narahari Rao (107 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 Molecular Spectroscopy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (467 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (402 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Paris (317 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (250 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (238 papers) absent 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, 41.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.98% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.20% of all publications and 59.76% 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

  • A rotational and vibrational investigation of phenylpropiolonitrile (C6H5C3N)

    Zachary Buchanan;Zachary Buchanan;Kin Long Kelvin Lee;Olivia Chitarra;Michael C. McCarthy

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Mid-infrared spectroscopic signatures of dibenzopyrene cations – The effect of symmetry on PAH IR spectroscopy

    Jordy Bouwman;Harold Linnartz;Alexander G.G.M. Tielens

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • SOLEIL and ALMA views on prototypical organic nitriles: C2H5CN

    Christian P. Endres;Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel;Oliver Zingsheim;Luis Bonah

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Analysis of the accuracy of calculations using Duo and Level diatomic nuclear motion programs

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Continuous temporal ion detection combined with time-gated imaging: Normalization over a large dynamic range

    Yuval Shagam;William B. Cairncross;Tanya S. Roussy;Yan Zhou

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Improved centrifugal and hyperfine analysis of ND2H and NH2D and its application to the spectral line survey of L1544

    Mattia Melosso;Luca Bizzocchi;Luca Dore;Zbigniew Kisiel

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • MARVEL analysis of high-resolution spectra of thioformaldehyde (H<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si118.svg" display="inline" id="d1e2722"><mml:msub><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:math>CS)

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • Rotational Spectrum of anti- and gauche-4-Cyano-1-Butyne (C5H5N) – an Open-Chain Isomer of Pyridine

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Forbidden rotational transitions and astrophysics

    Takeshi Oka

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • A high speed fitting program for rotational spectroscopy

    P. Brandon Carroll;Kin Long Kelvin Lee;Michael C. McCarthy

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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