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Structural Dynamics
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Structural Dynamics

Published by: American Crystallographic Association

https://aca.scitation.org/journal/sdy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 204 20 24 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 96
Documents by Best Scientists*: 92
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 38
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.739
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Structural Dynamics?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Femtosecond, Laser, Optics, Ultrashort pulse and Diffraction. The journal explores issues in Femtosecond which can be linked to other research areas like Molecular physics, Resolution (electron density), Atomic physics, Electron and Picosecond. Topics in Molecular physics explored in Structural Dynamics were investigated in conjunction with research in Spectral line, Spectroscopy and Scattering.

In it, Photochemistry and Absorption spectroscopy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Spectroscopy research. Structural Dynamics explores topics in Laser which can be helpful for research in disciplines like X-ray and Analytical chemistry. Structural Dynamics primarily discusses Optics topics, particularly Photon and Beam (structure).

The tackled Ultrashort pulse research is interrelated with Excitation which concerns subjects like Phonon. The presentations discussing Diffraction offer insights in topics such as Electron diffraction and X-ray crystallography. The presented X-ray crystallography research focuses mostly on Crystallography and, on occasion, topics in Molecular biophysics.

  • Femtosecond (25.20%)
  • Laser (20.42%)
  • Optics (19.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The linac coherent light source single particle imaging road map (131 citations)
  • Fixed target matrix for femtosecond time-resolved and in situ serial micro-crystallography. (86 citations)
  • Charge migration and charge transfer in molecular systems (80 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Structural Dynamics:

The main points discussed in the journal publications deal with Femtosecond, Laser, Atomic physics, Optics and Ultrashort pulse. While the most cited publications focused on Femtosecond, they were also able to explore topics like Molecular physics, Absorption spectroscopy, Analytical chemistry, Free-electron laser and Electron diffraction. The most cited articles focus on Laser but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Crystallography, Resolution (electron density), X-ray and Protein crystallization.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Femtosecond, Molecular physics, Optics, Spectroscopy and Laser. Structural Dynamics facilitates discussions on Femtosecond that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ultrashort pulse, Photon, Diffraction, Phonon and Picosecond. It primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Molecular physics but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

  • Molecular dynamics which is related to area like Spectral line, Molecule, Normal mode, Infrared spectroscopy and Analytical chemistry,
  • Electron diffraction that intertwine with fields like Atomic physics, Ammonia and Motion (geometry)..

Optics study tackled is connected to the field of Silicon. It holds forums on Spectroscopy that merges themes from other disciplines such as Excited state, Computational physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) and Absorption spectroscopy. The research on Laser featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Fluorescence intensity, X-ray, Iron oxide nanoparticles and Contrast (vision).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An assessment of different electronic structure approaches for modeling time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy (3 citations)
  • Signatures of electronic and nuclear coherences in ultrafast molecular x-ray and electron diffraction (3 citations)
  • Molecular storytelling for online structural biology outreach and education (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 Structural Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Majed Chergui (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Markus Meuwly (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marius Schmidt (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ursula Rothlisberger (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fabrizio Carbone (8 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 Structural Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Hamburg (31 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (30 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Paul Scherrer Institute (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 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, 4.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.95% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.91% of all publications and 23.26% 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

  • Signatures of electronic and nuclear coherences in ultrafast molecular x-ray and electron diffraction

    Jérémy R. Rouxel;Daniel Keefer;Shaul Mukamel

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Laser-induced electron diffraction of the ultrafast umbrella motion in ammonia.

    Blanca Belsa;Kasra Amini;Kasra Amini;Xinyao Liu;Aurelien Sanchez

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Imaging plasma formation in isolated nanoparticles with ultrafast resonant scattering

    Daniela Rupp;Daniela Rupp;Leonie Flückiger;Leonie Flückiger;Marcus Adolph;Alessandro Colombo

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Carrier-specific dynamics in 2H-MoTe2 observed by femtosecond soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy using an x-ray free-electron laser.

    Alexander Britz;Andrew R Attar;Xiang Zhang;Hung-Tzu Chang

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Shot noise limited soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy in solution at a SASE-FEL using a transmission grating beam splitter

    Robin Y. Engel;Maria Ekimova;Piter S. Miedema;Carlo Kleine

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Ultrafast strong-field dissociation of vinyl bromide: An attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and non-adiabatic molecular dynamics study.

    Florian Rott;Maurizio Reduzzi;Thomas Schnappinger;Yuki Kobayashi

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Creation of a novel inverted charge density wave state

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction at high repetition rates

    (2023)
    9 Citations
  • Imaging temperature and thickness of thin planar liquid water jets in vacuum

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Disentangling the evolution of electrons and holes in photoexcited ZnO nanoparticles

    (2023)
    7 Citations

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