RSC Advances

Top Research Topics at RSC Advances?

RSC Advances investigates studies in Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology, Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry and Organic chemistry. It focuses on Chemical engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Polymer chemistry and Adsorption. The journal facilitates discussions on Polymer chemistry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Copolymer, Polymerization and Polymer.

In the journal, Photocatalysis, Oxide and Electrochemistry, Electrode are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Nanotechnology research. Discussions in RSC Advances are anchored in the subject of Photocatalysis and the similar topic of Photochemistry. Studies on Catalysis discussed in RSC Advances link to the field of Nuclear chemistry.

The work on Inorganic chemistry addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Aqueous solution.

• Chemical engineering (22.25%)
• Nanotechnology (15.21%)
• Catalysis (13.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Chemical treatment technologies for waste-water recycling—an overview (1034 citations)
• Size-controlled silver nanoparticles synthesized over the range 5–100 nm using the same protocol and their antibacterial efficacy (1011 citations)
• Free radicals, natural antioxidants, and their reaction mechanisms (806 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at RSC Advances:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology, Inorganic chemistry, Catalysis and Organic chemistry. The most cited articles focus on Chemical engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Photocatalysis, Composite number, Oxide and Polymer chemistry. While the journal articles focused on Nanotechnology, they were also able to explore topics like Supercapacitor, Electrochemistry and Electrode.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Enzyme
• Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Chemical engineering, Catalysis, Nuclear chemistry, Adsorption and Nanoparticle. Topics in Chemical engineering explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Photocatalysis, Oxide, Polymer, Carbon and Electrochemistry. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Oxide as it also encompasses Graphene.

Most of the Catalysis studies addressed also intersect with Combinatorial chemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Conducting polymers: a comprehensive review on recent advances in synthesis, properties and applications (38 citations)
• Revisiting activity of some glucocorticoids as a potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 main protease: theoretical study (20 citations)
• Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using plant extracts and their antimicrobial activities: a review of recent literature (20 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 RSC Advances (based on the number of publications) are:

• Laura Fisher (81 papers) published 73 papers at the last edition, 65 more than at the previous edition,
• Wei Huang (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Guangming Zeng (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jian Zhang (60 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Abdullah M. Asiri (53 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 7 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in RSC Advances (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (4382 papers) published 125 papers at the last edition, 80 less than at the previous edition,
• Jilin University (1124 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 28 less than at the previous edition,
• Sichuan University (1043 papers) published 46 papers at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
• Zhejiang University (849 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 26 less than at the previous edition,
• Harbin Institute of Technology (736 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 15 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, 5.62% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.97% of all publications and 76.45% 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.