Zeitschrift für Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences

Top Research Topics at Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Medicinal chemistry, Crystallography, Crystal structure, Stereochemistry and Organic chemistry. Crystallography research presented in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B encompasses a variety of subjects, including Ion and Molecule. While Crystal structure is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Inorganic chemistry, X-ray crystallography and Polymer chemistry.

• Medicinal chemistry (24.44%)
• Crystallography (18.53%)
• Crystal structure (16.62%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Über die Extraktion von Bakterien mit Phenol/Wasser (1616 citations)
• Diphosphofructose-Aldolase, Phosphoglyceraldehyd-Dehydrogenase, Milchsäure-Dehydrogenase, Glycerophosphat-Dehydrogenase und Pyruvat-Kinase aus Kaninchenmuskulatur in einem Arbeitsgang (992 citations)
• Systemtheoretische Analyse der Zeit-, Reihenfolgen- und Vorzeichenauswertung bei der Bewegungsperzeption des Rüsselkäfers Chlorophanus (674 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B:

The published papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Crystallography, Medicinal chemistry, Crystal structure, Stereochemistry and Organic chemistry. The most cited articles focus on Crystallography research which is adjacent to topics in Molecule. The published papers facilitate discussions on Crystal structure that incorporate concepts from other fields like Inorganic chemistry, X-ray crystallography and Polymer chemistry.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Enzyme
• Biochemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Crystallography, Crystal structure, Polymer chemistry, Inorganic chemistry and Ligand. Specifically, studies on Crystal are prevalent in the Crystallography works discussed. The tackled Crystal structure research is interrelated with Zinc which concerns subjects like Coordination polymer.

The studies on Polymer chemistry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Coordination complex and Fluorescence. The journal focuses on Inorganic chemistry research which is adjacent to topics in Lithium. The research on Ligand tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Quinoline, Metal and Benzimidazole.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Coloring variants of the Re3B type (2 citations)
• CeTiO2N oxynitride perovskite: paramagnetic 14N MAS NMR without paramagnetic shifts (2 citations)
• Li9Yb2[PS4]5 and Li6Yb3[PS4]5: two lithium-containing ytterbium(III) thiophosphates(V) revisited (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rainer Pöttgen (254 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Kurt Dehnicke (198 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter G. Jones (160 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hubert Schmidbaur (151 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Hk. Müller-Buschbaum (140 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Münster (246 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (143 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (140 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Stuttgart (75 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Kiel (71 papers) published 1 paper 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, 8.42% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.29% of all publications and 43.68% 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.