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Journal of Natural Products
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Journal of Natural Products

0163-3864

Published by: American Chemical Society Publications

https://pubs.acs.org/journal/jnprdf

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 226 330 607 31

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 650
Documents by Best Scientists*: 882
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 22
SCIMAGO H-index: 167
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.629
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Natural Products?

Journal of Natural Products primarily tackles Stereochemistry, Pharmacognosy, Biochemistry, Botany and Terpenoid. Journal of Natural Products holds forums on Stereochemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Biological activity and Organic chemistry. Research on Biological activity addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Cytotoxicity.

The study on Cytotoxicity presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Cytotoxic T cell. Issues in Pharmacognosy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Lactone, Flavonoid, Alkaloid, Phenols and Traditional medicine. Biochemistry research discussed connects with the study of Cell culture.

Journal of Natural Products focuses on Botany as well as the interrelated topic of Folk medicine. The journal facilitates discussions on Terpenoid that incorporate concepts from other fields like Sesquiterpene and Diterpene.

  • Stereochemistry (56.89%)
  • Pharmacognosy (18.96%)
  • Biochemistry (16.52%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Natural Products as Sources of New Drugs over the Last 25 Years (4458 citations)
  • Flavonoids as Antioxidants (3458 citations)
  • Natural Products As Sources of New Drugs over the 30 Years from 1981 to 2010 (3279 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Natural Products:

The published papers primarily tackle Stereochemistry, Pharmacognosy, Biochemistry, Biological activity and Terpenoid. The Stereochemistry research presented in the journal papers focuses mostly on Cytotoxicity and, on occasion, topics in Cytotoxic T cell. The published articles focus on Pharmacognosy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Antibacterial agent, Botany, Flavonoid, Phenols and Traditional medicine.

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

  • Botany
  • Stereochemistry
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Stereochemistry, Biochemistry, Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Absolute configuration and Cytotoxicity. The study on Stereochemistry presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Ic50 values. Biochemistry studies presented include Nonribosomal peptide, Biosynthesis and Gene cluster.

The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Absolute configuration and Enantiomer. It focuses on Cytotoxicity but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Cytotoxic T cell and Cell culture.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Andrographis paniculata Extract and Its Major Component Andrographolide in Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Cytotoxicity Evaluation in Major Organ Cell Representatives. (10 citations)
  • Planomonospora: A Metabolomics Perspective on an Underexplored Actinobacteria Genus. (8 citations)
  • Exploring the Chemistry of Alkaloids from Malaysian Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom) and the Role of Oxindoles on Human Opioid Receptors (7 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 Natural Products (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David G. I. Kingston (151 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Kuo Hsiung Lee (148 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Geoffrey A. Cordell (141 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • George R. Pettit (128 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John M. Pezzuto (112 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 Natural Products (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (655 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Chicago (306 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peking Union Medical College (222 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Mississippi (211 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (166 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 5.47% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.13% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.80% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 53.40% 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

  • NPClassifier: A Deep Neural Network-Based Structural Classification Tool for Natural Products.

    Hyun Woo Kim;Mingxun Wang;Christopher A. Leber;Louis-Félix Nothias

    (2021)
    473 Citations
  • Discovery of Anticancer Agents of Diverse Natural Origin.

    (2022)
    133 Citations
  • Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2 and the Emerging Variants

    (2022)
    107 Citations
  • Usnic Acid Enaminone-Coupled 1,2,3-Triazoles as Antibacterial and Antitubercular Agents.

    Pavan K Bangalore;Siva K Vagolu;Rakesh K Bollikanda;Dileep K Veeragoni

    (2020)
    93 Citations
  • Cannabis Inflorescence for Medical Purposes: USP Considerations for Quality Attributes.

    Nandakumara D. Sarma;Andrew Waye;Mahmoud A. Elsohly;Paula N. Brown

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • The Chemistry of Kratom [Mitragyna speciosa]: Updated Characterization Data and Methods to Elucidate Indole and Oxindole Alkaloids.

    Laura Flores-Bocanegra;Huzefa A. Raja;Tyler N. Graf;Mario Augustinović

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Isolation of a High-Affinity Cannabinoid for the Human CB1 Receptor from a Medicinal Cannabis sativa Variety: Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabutol, the Butyl Homologue of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol.

    Pasquale Linciano;Cinzia Citti;Livio Luongo;Carmela Belardo

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • Digital Database of Absorption Spectra of Diverse Flavonoids Enables Structural Comparisons and Quantitative Evaluations.

    (2023)
    60 Citations
  • Discovery and Development of Dolastatin 10-Derived Antibody Drug Conjugate Anticancer Drugs.

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • Synthetic Biology of Cannabinoids and Cannabinoid Glucosides in Nicotiana benthamiana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Thies Gülck;J K Booth;Â Carvalho;B Khakimov

    (2020)
    55 Citations

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