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Molecular Diversity
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Molecular Diversity

1381-1991

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11030

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 396 80 131 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 127
Documents by Best Scientists*: 168
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.646
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Diversity?

The concepts of Organic chemistry, Combinatorial chemistry, Stereochemistry, Catalysis and Quantitative structure–activity relationship are tackled in Molecular Diversity. The in-depth study on Organic chemistry also explores topics in the intersecting field of Medicinal chemistry. The research on Combinatorial chemistry featured in Molecular Diversity combines topics in other fields like Peptide and Solid-phase synthesis.

The work on Stereochemistry tackled in Molecular Diversity brings together disciplines like Molecule and In vitro. Computational biology and Artificial intelligence are some topics wherein Quantitative structure–activity relationship research discussed in the journal have an impact. Computational biology study tackled is connected to the field of In silico.

The study on Artificial intelligence presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Pattern recognition. Virtual screening is part of Docking (molecular) studies tackled in Molecular Diversity.

  • Organic chemistry (27.04%)
  • Combinatorial chemistry (21.79%)
  • Stereochemistry (20.93%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Controlled microwave heating in modern organic synthesis: highlights from the 2004–2008 literature (362 citations)
  • Molecular diversity of spirooxindoles. Synthesis and biological activity (203 citations)
  • Molecular similarity and diversity in chemoinformatics: from theory to applications. (193 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Molecular Diversity:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Organic chemistry, Combinatorial chemistry, Catalysis, Quantitative structure–activity relationship and Stereochemistry. The published articles address concerns in the field of Combinatorial chemistry by exploring it in line with topics in Peptide which intersect with Monoclonal antibody subjects. The published papers deal with Quantitative structure–activity relationship in conjunction with Artificial intelligence and similar fields in Pattern recognition and Data mining.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Combinatorial chemistry, Docking (molecular), Stereochemistry, Computational biology and Virtual screening. The concepts on Combinatorial chemistry presented in Molecular Diversity can also apply to other research fields, including Aryl, Antimicrobial and Catalysis, One-pot synthesis. It explores issues in Docking (molecular) which can be linked to other research areas like Ligand (biochemistry), In silico, Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB) and Active site.

The journal explores research in In vitro and overlapping concepts in In vivo to expand the discourse in Stereochemistry. The studies in Computational biology featured incorporate elements of Quantitative structure–activity relationship, Coronavirus, Drug discovery and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Topics in Virtual screening explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Pharmacophore and Molecular dynamics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Therapeutics for COVID-19: from computation to practices—where we are, where we are heading to (23 citations)
  • Identification of potential Mpro inhibitors for the treatment of COVID-19 by using systematic virtual screening approach. (20 citations)
  • Structure-based screening of novel lichen compounds against SARS Coronavirus main protease (Mpro) as potentials inhibitors of COVID-19. (17 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 Molecular Diversity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Issa Yavari (32 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Majid M. Heravi (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zinatossadat Hossaini (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ahmad Shaabani (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mohammad Mahdavi (17 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous 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 Molecular Diversity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Islamic Azad University (39 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tarbiat Modares University (38 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shahid Beheshti University (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Tehran (26 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences (25 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less 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, 1.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.08% of all publications and 61.18% 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

  • Cytotoxic effect, enzyme inhibition, and in silico studies of some novel N-substituted sulfonyl amides incorporating 1,3,4-oxadiazol structural motif

    (2022)
    82 Citations
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel acyl hydrazones derived from vanillin as potential aldose reductase inhibitors

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Therapeutics for COVID-19: from computation to practices—where we are, where we are heading to

    Probir Kumar Ojha;Supratik Kar;Jillella Gopala Krishna;Kunal Roy

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Novel bis-ureido-substituted sulfaguanidines and sulfisoxazoles as carbonic anhydrase and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • A patent review on efficient strategies for the total synthesis of pazopanib, regorafenib and lenvatinib as novel anti-angiogenesis receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors for cancer therapy

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

    Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani;Zohreh Kheilkordi;Parisa Gholamzadeh

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Recent strategies in the synthesis of thiophene derivatives: highlights from the 2012–2020 literature

    Fahimeh Abedinifar;Elham Babazadeh Rezaei;Mahmood Biglar;Bagher Larijani

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Computational prediction of the effect of mutations in the receptor-binding domain on the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and human ACE2

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Synthesis and pharmacological properties of polysubstituted 2-amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitrile derivatives

    Zahra Tashrifi;Mohammad Mohammadi-Khanaposhtani;Haleh Hamedifar;Bagher Larijani

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Design and synthesis of new imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazole derivatives, in vitro α-glucosidase inhibition, kinetic and docking studies

    Fariba Peytam;Mehdi Adib;Reihaneh Shourgeshty;Maryam Mohammadi-Khanaposhtani

    (2020)
    34 Citations

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