Natural Product Reports

Top Research Topics at Natural Product Reports?

The topics of Biochemistry, Computational biology, Stereochemistry, Biosynthesis and Natural product are the focal point of discussions in Natural Product Reports. The Biochemistry study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Bacteria. It explores topics in Computational biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Gene and Identification (biology).

It focuses on Stereochemistry as well as the interrelated topic of Organic chemistry. The concepts on Natural product presented in Natural Product Reports can also apply to other research fields, including Natural (archaeology), Combinatorial chemistry and Drug discovery. The research on Natural (archaeology) discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Ecology.

• Biochemistry (19.70%)
• Computational biology (15.86%)
• Stereochemistry (14.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Marine natural products. (4210 citations)
• Dietary phenolics: chemistry, bioavailability and effects on health. (1354 citations)
• Polyketide biosynthesis: a millennium review. (1267 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Natural Product Reports:

Biochemistry, Stereochemistry, Biosynthesis, Organic chemistry and Computational biology are the main subjects of interest in the most cited publications. The journal articles focus on Biochemistry as well as the interrelated topics of Bacteria. The journal papers explore research in Natural product and overlapping concepts in Natural (archaeology) and Pharmacology to expand the discourse in Computational biology.

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

• Enzyme
• Gene
• Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Natural Product Reports mainly tackles studies in Biosynthesis, Computational biology, Natural product, Stereochemistry and Biochemistry. Natural Product Reports explores issues in Biosynthesis which can be linked to other research areas like Biological activity, Total synthesis, Metabolic engineering and Terpenoid. The featured Computational biology studies mainly concentrate on Genomics but also cover areas of interest in Metabolomics, Identification (biology) and Field (computer science).

Natural product research presented in Natural Product Reports encompasses a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Molecule, Combinatorial chemistry and Chemical space, Drug discovery. It addresses concerns in the field of Stereochemistry by exploring it in line with topics in Polyketide which intersect with Protein biosynthesis and Peptide Biosynthesis subjects. Enzyme is a major topic of Biochemistry research presented in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering (93 citations)
• Phytostilbenes as agrochemicals: biosynthesis, bioactivity, metabolic engineering and biotechnology (17 citations)
• The scaffold-forming steps of plant alkaloid biosynthesis. (15 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 Natural Product Reports (based on the number of publications) are:

• Bradley S. Moore (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• James R. Hanson (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Margaret A. Brimble (14 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
• Christopher T. Walsh (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Christian Hertweck (10 papers) published 3 papers 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 Natural Product Reports (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (44 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, San Diego (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Montana (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Auckland (20 papers) published 4 papers 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, 0.93% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.36% of all publications and 48.60% 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.

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