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Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
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Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 291 312 468 25
Materials Science 294 336 469 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 497
Documents by Best Scientists*: 611
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 132
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.569
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Polymerization, Copolymer and Monomer. It explores issues in Polymer chemistry which can be linked to other research areas like Radical polymerization, Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Methyl methacrylate and Styrene. It focuses on Polymer research which is adjacent to topics in Photochemistry.

Many of the studies tackled connect Polymerization with a similar field of study like Cationic polymerization. Copolymer works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Methacrylate.

  • Polymer chemistry (95.55%)
  • Polymer (24.85%)
  • Polymerization (24.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Crystalline forms of isotactic polypropylene (1216 citations)
  • Catalyse de transformation des oléfines par les complexes du tungstène. II. Télomérisation des oléfines cycliques en présence d'oléfines acycliques (811 citations)
  • Inverse problems in polymer characterization: Direct analysis of polydispersity with photon correlation spectroscopy (671 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics:

Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Polymerization, Copolymer and Monomer are the main subjects of interest in the published articles. Aside from discussions in Polymer chemistry, the journal publications also deal with the subject of Catalysis which intersects with Metallocene disciplines. Many of the studies tackled in the published papers connect Polymer with a similar field of study like Thermal stability.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Polymer
  • Catalysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Polymer chemistry, Chemical engineering, Copolymer, Polymer and Self-healing hydrogels. While Polymer chemistry is the focus of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, it also provided insights into the studies of Self-assembly, Nanotechnology, Polymerization, Catalysis and Composite material. The majority of Chemical engineering studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Crystallization.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Polymerizations by RAFT: Developments of the Technique and Its Application in the Synthesis of Tailored (Co)polymers (8 citations)
  • Investigation of the Dual Polymerization of Rapid Curing Organophosphorous Modified Epoxy/Amine Resins and Subsequent Flame Retardancy (5 citations)
  • Surface Modification of Hypercrosslinked Vinylbenzyl Chloride PolyHIPEs by Grafting via RAFT (4 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 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hans R. Kricheldorf (172 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Werner Kern (109 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Minoru Imoto (107 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Teiji Tsuruta (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Junji Furukawa (87 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 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Mainz (920 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology (438 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (388 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Freiburg (371 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (346 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, 5.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.54% of all publications and 67.58% 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

  • Biodegradable Polymers: Present Opportunities and Challenges in Providing a Microplastic-Free Environment

    Seema Agarwal

    (2020)
    267 Citations
  • The Promising Future of Fluoropolymers

    Bruno Améduri

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • The Next 100 years of polymer science

    Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz;Markus Antonietti;Christopher Barner-Kowollik;Wolfgang H. Binder

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Nontraditional Organic/Polymeric Luminogens with Red‐Shifted Fluorescence Emissions

    (2022)
    79 Citations
  • A Short Review on Self-Healing Thermoplastic Polyurethanes

    Yuan Yao;Meng Xiao;Wenguang Liu

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • Polymerizations by RAFT: Developments of the Technique and Its Application in the Synthesis of Tailored (Co)polymers

    Mona Semsarilar;Volker Abetz

    (2021)
    71 Citations

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