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Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
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Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 186 951 1477 36

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1231
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1713
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 20
SCIMAGO H-index: 189
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.6
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry?

The aim of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry is to expand the discussion of research in Stereochemistry, Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Combinatorial chemistry and Medicinal chemistry. Issues in Stereochemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Stereoselectivity, Molecule, Stereoisomerism and Ring (chemistry). Organic chemistry studies presented include Enantioselective synthesis, Aryl, Yield (chemistry), Reagent and Regioselectivity.

Palladium is a primary topic of Catalysis research in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry.

  • Stereochemistry (30.43%)
  • Organic chemistry (30.36%)
  • Catalysis (21.04%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Analysis of the reactions used for the preparation of drug candidate molecules. (1299 citations)
  • Recognition and activation by ureas and thioureas: stereoselective reactions using ureas and thioureas as hydrogen-bonding donors. (650 citations)
  • A hitchhiker's guide to G-quadruplex ligands (620 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry:

The most cited articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Organic chemistry, Stereochemistry, Catalysis, Combinatorial chemistry and Photochemistry. The published papers link adjacent topics like Organic chemistry with Medicinal chemistry. The research on Stereochemistry featured in the published papers combines topics in other fields like Stereoselectivity and Biochemistry, Enzyme.

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 Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Margaret A. Brimble (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Andrew D. Smith (55 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Steven V. Ley (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexandra M. Z. Slawin (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen G. Davies (41 papers) published 1 paper 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 Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (662 papers) published 52 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (239 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (222 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (217 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (182 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 5.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.58% of all publications and 70.04% 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

  • Thioxanthone: a powerful photocatalyst for organic reactions

    Nikolaos F. Nikitas;Petros L. Gkizis;Christoforos G. Kokotos

    (2021)
    208 Citations
  • Aromatic [b]-fused BODIPY dyes as promising near-infrared dyes.

    Jun Wang;Noël Boens;Lijuan Jiao;Erhong Hao

    (2020)
    138 Citations
  • Recent developments in the synthesis and applications of chiral ferrocene ligands and organocatalysts in asymmetric catalysis

    Laura Cunningham;Annette Benson;Patrick J Guiry

    (2020)
    137 Citations
  • Advances in deep eutectic solvents and water: applications in metal- and biocatalyzed processes, in the synthesis of APIs, and other biologically active compounds

    Luciana Cicco;Giuseppe Dilauro;Filippo Maria Perna;Paola Vitale

    (2021)
    119 Citations
  • Metal-catalyzed C–S bond formation using sulfur surrogates

    Nallappan Sundaravelu;Subramani Sangeetha;Govindasamy Sekar

    (2021)
    116 Citations
  • Near-infrared heptamethine cyanines (Cy7): from structure, property to application.

    Lan Feng;Weijie Chen;Xiaoxie Ma;Sheng Hua Liu

    (2020)
    110 Citations
  • Discovery of new pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives as anticancer agents targeting EGFRWT and EGFRT790M.

    Ahmed A. Nasser;Ibrahim H. Eissa;Mohamed R. Oun;Mohamed A. El-Zahabi

    (2020)
    96 Citations
  • Remote C–C bond formation via visible light photoredox-catalyzed intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer

    Hui Chen;Shouyun Yu

    (2020)
    93 Citations
  • Visible light promoted C-H functionalization of imidazoheterocycles.

    Avik Kumar Bagdi;Alakananda Hajra

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Recent advances in the synthesis and reactivity of azetidines: strain-driven character of the four-membered heterocycle

    Haseeb Mughal;Michal Szostak

    (2021)
    72 Citations

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