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Reactive and Functional Polymers
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Reactive and Functional Polymers

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 226 221 274 33
Chemistry 260 214 241 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 421
Documents by Best Scientists*: 438
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 120
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.876
Impact Factor: 5.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Reactive & Functional Polymers?

Reactive & Functional Polymers covers a variety of subjects, including Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Chemical engineering, Copolymer and Polymerization. Reactive & Functional Polymers explores research in Thermal stability and overlapping concepts in Thermogravimetric analysis to expand the discourse in Polymer chemistry. Topics like Side chain and Glass transition are tackled as part of the discussions on Polymer.

The Chemical engineering works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Membrane, Adsorption and Aqueous solution. Topics in Adsorption were tackled in line with various other fields like Inorganic chemistry and Nuclear chemistry. Issues in Inorganic chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Metal ions in aqueous solution, Metal and Sorption.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Nuclear chemistry, apply to Chitosan as well. Copolymer study tackled is connected to the field of Micelle. Reactive & Functional Polymers focuses on different Polymerization studies like Chain transfer and Ring-opening polymerization.

  • Polymer chemistry (43.97%)
  • Polymer (24.30%)
  • Chemical engineering (22.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A review of chitin and chitosan applications (4524 citations)
  • Removal of copper(II) ions from aqueous solution onto chitosan and cross-linked chitosan beads (828 citations)
  • Chitosan-modifications and applications: Opportunities galore (674 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Reactive & Functional Polymers:

The most cited articles primarily tackle Polymer chemistry, Chemical engineering, Polymer, Organic chemistry and Inorganic chemistry. The journal papers address concerns in Polymer chemistry which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Copolymer, Polymerization, Nuclear chemistry, Aqueous solution and Monomer. The most cited articles focus on Polymer but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Nanotechnology, Thermal stability and Surface modification.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Polymer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Chemical engineering, Polymer, Polymerization, Monomer and Nuclear chemistry. Reactive & Functional Polymers focused on Chemical engineering research but expanded to cover Membrane. The featured Polymer studies mainly concentrate on Adsorption but also cover areas of interest in Aqueous solution and Phenol.

While work presented in Reactive & Functional Polymers provided substantial information on Polymerization, it also covered topics in Copolymer, Combinatorial chemistry and Polymer chemistry. Most of the Polymer chemistry studies addressed also intersect with Catalysis. Concepts in Chitosan, as well as related topics in Biocompatibility, are covered in the Nuclear chemistry research presented in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Plasma treatment toward electrically conductive and superhydrophobic cotton fibers by in situ preparation of polypyrrole and silver nanoparticles (9 citations)
  • Novel drug delivery systems based on triaxial electrospinning based nanofibers (8 citations)
  • High performance polymers for oil and gas applications (8 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 Reactive & Functional Polymers (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Adil Denizli (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David C. Sherrington (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrzej W. Trochimczuk (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nalan Kabay (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ian Hamerton (17 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Reactive & Functional Polymers (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (119 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (58 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hacettepe University (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (51 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Istanbul Technical University (49 papers) published 2 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, 10.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.57% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.02% of all publications and 64.36% 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

  • Recent advances in natural polymer-based drug delivery systems

    Xianqin Tong;Wenhao Pan;Ting Su;Mengying Zhang

    (2020)
    331 Citations
  • Epoxy resins as anticorrosive polymeric materials: A review

    Chandrabhan Verma;Lukman O. Olasunkanmi;Lukman O. Olasunkanmi;Ekemini D. Akpan;M.A. Quraishi

    (2020)
    295 Citations
  • Chitosan as a coating material for nanoparticles intended for biomedical applications

    L.A. Frank;G.R. Onzi;A.S. Morawski;A.R. Pohlmann

    (2020)
    257 Citations
  • On the taught new tricks of enzymes immobilization: An all-inclusive overview

    Roswanira Abdul Wahab;Nursyafiqah Elias;Faizuan Abdullah;Sib Krishna Ghoshal

    (2020)
    208 Citations
  • Evaluation of magnetic material IIP@GO-Fe3O4 based on Kesambi wood (Schleichera oleosa) as a potential adsorbent for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions

    Yantus A.B. Neolaka;Yosep Lawa;Johnson Naat;Arsel A.P. Riwu

    (2021)
    137 Citations
  • A review on chitosan-gelatin nanocomposites: Synthesis, characterization and biomedical applications

    (2022)
    118 Citations
  • Synthesis, characterization and application of cross-linked chitosan/oxalic acid hydrogels to improve azo dye (Reactive Red 195) adsorption

    (2020)
    102 Citations
  • Recent advancements in self-healing materials: Mechanicals, performances and features

    Nan Wen;Tingting Song;Zhuohan Ji;Dawei Jiang

    (2021)
    95 Citations

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