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SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research
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SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gsar20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 753 16 27 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 33
Documents by Best Scientists*: 39
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 56
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.342
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research?

Quantitative structure–activity relationship, Stereochemistry, Artificial intelligence, Computational biology and Biological system are among the topics commonly tackled in Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research. Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research features studies on Quantitative structure–activity relationship, including topics such as Molecular descriptor. Research on Stereochemistry presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Docking (molecular), Pharmacophore and Steric effects.

The journal holds forums on Artificial intelligence that merges themes from other disciplines such as Machine learning and Pattern recognition. The studies in Computational biology featured incorporate elements of In silico and Bioinformatics. It focuses on Biological system as well as the interrelated topic of Linear regression.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Computational chemistry, apply to Molecule as well. The study on Data mining presented in it intersects with the topics under Applicability domain. The in-depth study on Environmental chemistry also explores topics in the intersecting field of Biochemical engineering.

  • Quantitative structure–activity relationship (52.23%)
  • Stereochemistry (16.99%)
  • Artificial intelligence (13.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • How not to develop a quantitative structure–activity or structure–property relationship (QSAR/QSPR) (304 citations)
  • An evaluation of the implementation of the Cramer classification scheme in the Toxtree software (227 citations)
  • Knowledge-Based Expert Systems for Toxicity and Metabolism Prediction: DEREK, StAR and METEOR (207 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research:

The journal papers mainly tackle studies in Quantitative structure–activity relationship, Artificial intelligence, Molecular descriptor, Biological system and Data mining. The majority of Quantitative structure–activity relationship studies presented in the most cited papers zero in on Applicability domain. The published papers focus on Artificial intelligence but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Machine learning and Pattern recognition.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Organic chemistry
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research mainly tackles studies in Quantitative structure–activity relationship, Computational biology, Biochemistry, Molecular dynamics and Molecular descriptor. The work on Quantitative structure–activity relationship tackled in Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research brings together disciplines like Biological activity, Computational chemistry, Biological system and Linear regression. Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research focuses on Computational biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Similarity (network science), In silico, Small molecule and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

In addition to Molecular dynamics research, the journal aims to explore topics under Pharmacophore, Binding protein, Biophysics and Protease. In it, Tetrahymena pyriformis, Applicability domain, Least squares support vector machine and Test set are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Molecular descriptor research. The Test set research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Identification (information) and the closely related topic of Machine learning and Artificial intelligence.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • iORI-ENST: identifying origin of replication sites based on elastic net and stacking learning (3 citations)
  • Molecular mechanism concerning conformational changes of CDK2 mediated by binding of inhibitors using molecular dynamics simulations and principal component analysis. (2 citations)
  • Using in silico modelling and FRET-based assays in the discovery of novel FDA-approved drugs as inhibitors of MERS-CoV helicase. (2 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 Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mark T. D. Cronin (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Terry W Schultz (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Subhash C. Basak (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vladimir Poroikov (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John C. Dearden (22 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 Sar and Qsar in Environmental Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Liverpool John Moores University (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tennessee (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jadavpur University (29 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 11.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.68% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.32% of all publications and 47.37% 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

  • QSAR models for biocides: The example of the prediction of Daphnia magna acute toxicity

    M Marzo;G J Lavado;F Como;A P Toropova

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Consensus QSAR models estimating acute toxicity to aquatic organisms from different trophic levels: algae, Daphnia and fish.

    F. Lunghini;F. Lunghini;G. Marcou;P. Azam;M.H. Enrici

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Identification of potential antivirals against 3CLpro enzyme for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2: A multi-step virtual screening study

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • Revealing binding selectivity of inhibitors toward bromodomain-containing proteins 2 and 4 using multiple short molecular dynamics simulations and free energy analyses

    L F Wang;Y Wang;Z Y Yang;J Zhao

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Modelling of ready biodegradability based on combined public and industrial data sources

    F. Lunghini;G. Marcou;P. Gantzer;P. Azam

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Cross-validation strategies in QSPR modelling of chemical reactions.

    A. Rakhimbekova;T.N. Akhmetshin;G.I. Minibaeva;R.I. Nugmanov

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Monte Carlo technique to study the adsorption affinity of azo dyes by applying new statistical criteria of the predictive potential

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Identifications of good and bad structural fragments of hydrazone/2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole hybrids with correlation intensity index and consensus modelling using Monte Carlo based QSAR studies, their molecular docking and ADME analysis

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Prediction of No Observed Adverse Effect Concentration for inhalation toxicity using Monte Carlo approach

    A.A. Toropov;A.P. Toropova;G. Selvestrel;D. Baderna

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Evaluation of QSAR models for predicting mutagenicity: outcome of the Second Ames/QSAR international challenge project

    (2023)
    8 Citations

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