The Future of U.S. Chemistry Research: Benchmarks and Challenges (2007)
Chapter: C Journal Analysis
Appendix C
Journal Analysis
TABLE C-1 List of Journals Examined for Publications and Citations According to Thompson ISI Essential Science Indicators Categories
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Abbreviated Jounal Name (if different from title) |
2005 Impact Factor |
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Multidisciplinary Science |
|
|
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Science |
|
30.93 |
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Nature |
|
29.27 |
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
P NATL ACAD SCI USA |
10.23 |
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Multidisciplinary Chemistry |
|
|
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition |
ANGEW CHEM INT EDIT |
9.60 |
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Nano Letters |
NANO LETT |
9.85 |
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Journal of the American Chemical Society |
J AM CHEM SOC |
7.42 |
|
Chemistry-A European Journal |
CHEM-EUR J |
4.91 |
|
Chemical Communications |
CHEM COMMUN |
4.43 |
|
Chemistry Letters |
CHEM LETT |
1.83 |
|
Analytical Chemistry and Biochemical Research Methods |
|
|
|
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics |
MOL CELL PROTEOMICS |
9.88 |
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Journal of Proteome Research |
J PROTEOME RES |
6.90 |
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Proteomics |
|
6.09 |
|
Analytical Chemistry |
ANAL CHEM |
5.64 |
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Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry |
J ANAL ATOM SPECTROM |
3.64 |
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Journal of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry |
J AM SOC MASS SPECTR |
3.63 |
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Electrophoresis |
|
3.85 |
|
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Abbreviated Jounal Name (if different from title) |
2005 Impact Factor |
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
|
|
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Nature Biotechnology |
NAT BIOTECHNOL |
22.74 |
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Nature Structure & Molecular Biology (Nature Structural Biology) |
NAT STRUCT MOL BIOL |
12.19 |
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Nucleic Acids Research |
NUCLEIC ACIDS RES |
7.55 |
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Journal of Biological Chemistry |
J BIOL CHEM |
5.85 |
|
Journal of Molecular Biology |
J MOL BIOL |
5.23 |
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Journal of Nuclear Medicine |
J NUCL MED |
4.68 |
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Biophysical Journal |
BIOPHYS J |
4.51 |
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Proteins (Structure Function and Bioinformatics) |
|
4.68 |
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Glycobiology |
|
3.51 |
|
Protein Science |
PROTEIN SCI |
3.62 |
|
Bioconjugate Chemistry |
BIOCONJUGATE CHEM |
3.94 |
|
ChemBiochem |
|
3.94 |
|
Nuclear Medicine and Biology |
NUCL MED BIOL |
2.13 |
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Carbohydrate Research |
CARBOHYD RES |
1.67 |
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Environmental |
|
|
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Environmental Science and Technology |
ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL |
4.05 |
|
Green Chemistry |
GREEN CHEM |
3.26 |
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Radiochimica Acta |
RADIOCHIM ACTA |
0.85 |
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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
J RADIOANAL NUCL CH |
0.46 |
|
Inorganic |
|
|
|
Inorganic Chemistry |
INORG CHEM |
3.85 |
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Organometallics |
|
3.47 |
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Macromolecules |
|
|
|
Macromolecules |
|
4.02 |
|
Biomacromolecules |
|
3.62 |
|
Journal of Polymer Science Part A-Polymer Chemistry |
J POLYM SCI POL CHEM |
3.03 |
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Journal of Rheology |
J RHEOL |
2.42 |
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Polymer |
|
2.85 |
|
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics |
MACROMOL CHEM PHYS |
2.11 |
|
Materials Science Multidisciplinary |
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|
|
Nature Materials |
NAT MATER |
15.94 |
|
Advanced Materials |
ADV MATER |
9.11 |
|
Advanced Functional Materials |
ADV FUNCT MATER |
6.77 |
|
Chemistry of Materials |
CHEM MATER |
4.82 |
|
Langmuir |
|
3.71 |
|
Journal of Materials Chemistry |
J MATER CHEM |
3.69 |
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Abbreviated Jounal Name (if different from title) |
2005 Impact Factor |
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Organic and Medicinal Chemistry |
|
|
|
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
J MED CHEM |
4.93 |
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Organic Letters |
ORG LETT |
4.37 |
|
Journal of Organic Chemistry |
J ORG CHEM |
3.68 |
|
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
BIOORG MED CHEM LETT |
2.48 |
|
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry |
BIOORGAN MED CHEM |
2.29 |
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Physical and Computational Chemistry |
|
|
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Physical Review Letters |
PHYS REV LETT |
7.49 |
|
Journal of Physical Chemistry A |
J PHYS CHEM A |
2.90 |
|
Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
J PHYS CHEM B |
4.03 |
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Journal of Chemical Physics |
J CHEM PHYS |
3.14 |
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Journal of Computational Chemistry |
J COMPUT CHEM |
3.79 |
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Physical Review A |
PHYS REV A |
3.00 |
|
Surface Science |
SURF SCI |
1.78 |
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SOURCE: Thomson ISI Essentially Science Indicators. |
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TABLE C-2 Analysis of Hot Papers Cited May 2004-June 2006 by area and subarea (as determined by the panel)
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No. of Articles |
U.S. (%) |
W. Europe (%) |
Japan (%) |
Asia (other) (%) |
All Other (%) |
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ALL CHEMISTRY |
147 |
45.3 |
38.4 |
4.7 |
2.9 |
8.7 |
|
ANALYTICAL |
15 |
58.8 |
23.5 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
|
Microfluidics and miniaturization |
5 |
16.7 |
50.0 |
16.7 |
0.0 |
16.7 |
|
Molecular/surface imaging |
1 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Proteomics |
4 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Detectors and sensors |
5 |
83.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
16.7 |
0.0 |
|
Single cell analysis |
1 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
BIOLOGICAL |
15 |
42.1 |
42.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
15.8 |
|
Biocatalysis |
2 |
25.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
|
Chemical/structural biology |
9 |
27.3 |
54.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
18.2 |
|
In vivo molecular imaging |
1 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Nucleic acids and genomics |
3 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Signaling pathways |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
ENVIRONMENTAL |
7 |
55.6 |
33.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
11.1 |
|
INORGANIC |
38 |
40.0 |
42.2 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
13.3 |
|
Bioinorganic |
3 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Organometallic/ homogeneous catalysis |
31 |
40.5 |
40.5 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
13.5 |
|
Solid state |
4 |
25.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
|
Chemistry of main group elements |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
MACROMOLECULES |
12 |
46.2 |
15.4 |
15.4 |
7.7 |
15.4 |
|
Macromolecular synthesis |
4 |
75.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
|
Physical characterization and solid state structure |
4 |
75.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Supramolecular structure |
4 |
0.0 |
40.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
|
Processing and rheology |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
MATERIALS/ NANOSCIENCE |
54 |
59.7 |
28.4 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
|
Biomaterials |
5 |
66.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
33.3 |
|
Nanomaterials |
13 |
66.7 |
33.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Bionano |
7 |
75.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
|
Nanocrystal science/ synthesis/structure |
16 |
48.5 |
39.4 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
0.0 |
|
Self-assembly science |
5 |
80.0 |
20.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
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No. of Articles |
U.S. (%) |
W. Europe (%) |
Japan (%) |
Asia (other) (%) |
All Other (%) |
|
ORGANIC |
52 |
31.7 |
45.0 |
11.7 |
1.7 |
10.0 |
|
Natural products |
1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
|
Organocatalysis |
24 |
23.1 |
57.7 |
19.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Physical organic |
8 |
30.0 |
40.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
Synthetic organic |
46 |
35.8 |
45.3 |
11.3 |
0.0 |
7.5 |
|
Medicinal chemistry & drug discovery |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
PHYSICAL |
18 |
50.0 |
43.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
6.3 |
|
Frontier in high-resolution spectroscopy |
3 |
42.9 |
57.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Frontiers in biophysical chemistry |
2 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Frontiers in ultrafast spectroscopy |
1 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Heterogeneous catalysis |
5 |
62.5 |
37.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Reaction dynamics |
2 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Single molecule imaging and electronics |
1 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Surface and interfaces |
4 |
37.5 |
37.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
|
THEORY/COMPUTATION |
11 |
21.4 |
71.4 |
0.0 |
7.1 |
0.0 |
|
Computer-aided chemical discovery |
5 |
33.3 |
66.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Electronic structure calculations/basic theory |
6 |
12.5 |
75.0 |
0.0 |
12.5 |
0.0 |
|
Molecular dynamics simulations |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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SOURCE: Thompson ISI Essential Science Indicators (accessed June 22, 2006). |
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