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Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Pure and Applied Chemistry

0033-4545

Published by: Walter de Gruyter

https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/PAC/html

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 428 196 176 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 269
Documents by Best Scientists*: 210
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 168
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.426
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Pure and Applied Chemistry?

Pure and Applied Chemistry tackles a plethora of topics, such as Organic chemistry, Stereochemistry, Photochemistry, Catalysis and Inorganic chemistry. Organic chemistry and Medicinal chemistry are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

  • Organic chemistry (16.50%)
  • Stereochemistry (10.29%)
  • Photochemistry (7.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Reporting physisorption data for gas/solid systems with special reference to the determination of surface area and porosity (Recommendations 1984) (17332 citations)
  • Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report) (6357 citations)
  • Measurement of cellulase activities (4880 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Pure and Applied Chemistry:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Organic chemistry, Photochemistry, Catalysis, Stereochemistry and Chemical nomenclature. The published articles explore topics in Organic chemistry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Combinatorial chemistry and Medicinal chemistry.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Catalysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Pure and Applied Chemistry generally zeroes in on subjects such as Chemical nomenclature, Gender gap, Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology and Environmental chemistry. While the primary focus in Pure and Applied Chemistry is Chemical nomenclature, it also dissects topics surrounding Technical report and Process engineering as a whole. Chemical engineering research featured in Pure and Applied Chemistry incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Oxide, Electrochemistry and Catalysis.

Catalysis research discussed connects with the study of Combinatorial chemistry. The journal centers on topics in Nanotechnology, with a focus on Emerging technologies. The study of Environmental chemistry encompasses disciplines such as Snow cover, as well as fields such as Particulates and Pollution, all of which overlap with one another.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Good reporting practice for thermophysical and thermochemical property measurements (IUPAC Technical Report) (4 citations)
  • IUPAC/CITAC Guide: Evaluation of risks of false decisions in conformity assessment of a multicomponent material or object due to measurement uncertainty (IUPAC Technical Report) (3 citations)
  • Transition metal catalyzed site-selective cysteine diversification of proteins (3 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 Pure and Applied Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert F. T. Stepto (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karl-Heinz Hellwich (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Richard G. Jones (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tyler B. Coplen (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michael Hess (20 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 Pure and Applied Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russian Academy of Sciences (113 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 18 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (73 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Moscow State University (69 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (65 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 9.28% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.77% of all publications and 63.64% 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

  • Terminology of electrochemical methods of analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)

    José M. Pingarrón;Ján Labuda;Jiří Barek;Christopher M. A. Brett

    (2020)
    213 Citations
  • Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    (2022)
    170 Citations
  • Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)

    Unknown

    (2022)
    146 Citations
  • Methods to evaluate the scavenging activity of antioxidants toward reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Reşat Apak;Antony Calokerinos;Shela Gorinstein;Marcela Alves Segundo

    (2021)
    90 Citations
  • Henry’s law constants (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)

    (2021)
    86 Citations
  • 3D printing in analytical chemistry: current state and future

    Pavel N. Nesterenko

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Organocatalysis emerging as a technology

    Miles H. Aukland;Benjamin List

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Global occurrence, chemical properties, and ecological impacts of e-wastes (IUPAC technical report)

    Diane Purchase;Golnoush Abbasi;Lieselot Bisschop;Debashish Chatterjee

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Excess spectroscopy and its applications in the study of solution chemistry

    Yaqin Zhang;Zhiwei Wu;Yaqian Wang;Hongyan He

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Minimum requirements for publishing hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur stable-isotope delta results (IUPAC Technical Report)

    (2022)
    36 Citations

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