Macromolecular Symposia

Top Research Topics at Macromolecular Symposia?

Macromolecular Symposia investigates studies in Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Composite material, Chemical engineering and Polymerization. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Polymer chemistry, it also covered topics in Copolymer, Monomer, Radical polymerization and Organic chemistry. Styrene is a focus of the presented Copolymer works and it dives deep in Styrene.

The majority of Organic chemistry studies are focused on the issues of Catalysis. The journal facilitates discussions on Polymer that incorporate concepts from other fields like Chemical physics, Nanotechnology, Thermodynamics and Analytical chemistry. Macromolecular Symposia concentrates on Composite material topics that focus on Nanocomposite, Ultimate tensile strength, Polymer blend, Polypropylene and Composite number.

Polymerization study tackled is connected to the field of Photochemistry.

• Polymer chemistry (40.12%)
• Polymer (32.10%)
• Composite material (18.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Buildup of ultrathin multilayer films by a self-assembly process, 1 consecutive adsorption of anionic and cationic bipolar amphiphiles on charged surfaces (1163 citations)
• Nanoindentation of polymers: an overview (405 citations)
• Network formation by chain crosslinking photopolymerization and some applications in electronics (378 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Macromolecular Symposia:

Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Polymerization, Composite material and Organic chemistry are the main subjects of interest in the journal publications. The journal papers explore research in Polymer chemistry alongside concepts in Chain transfer and other areas of study in Chain-growth polymerization. The journal papers with studies in Polymer featured incorporate elements of Crystallization and Polymer science.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Composite material
• Polymer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Chemical engineering, Composite material, Nuclear chemistry, Optoelectronics and Characterization (materials science). Macromolecular Symposia is focused mainly on Chemical engineering, particularly Nanocomposite. It features studies on Composite material, including topics such as 3D printing.

Nuclear chemistry research presented in Macromolecular Symposia encompasses a variety of subjects, including Cellulose, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Adsorption, Sol-gel and Aqueous solution. Most of the Characterization (materials science) studies addressed also intersect with Composite number.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• 3D Printing with Flexible Materials – Mechanical Properties and Material Fatigue (3 citations)
• Kinetic Study of the Thermal Dehydration of Fly Ash Filled Geopolymers (2 citations)
• Positioning and Aligning Electrospun PAN Fibers by Conductive and Dielectric Substrate Patterns (2 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 Macromolecular Symposia (based on the number of publications) are:

• José Carlos Pinto (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Jean-Michel Guenet (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Thomas Heinze (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stanislaw Penczek (34 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 Macromolecular Symposia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Russian Academy of Sciences (240 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (213 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Max Planck Society (182 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (138 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Mainz (113 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, 10.64% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.19% of all publications and 62.70% 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.