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
| Abbreviated Jounal Name (if different from title) | 2005 Impact Factor |
Multidisciplinary Science |
|
|
Science |
| 30.93 |
Nature |
| 29.27 |
Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences | P NATL ACAD SCI USA | 10.23 |
Multidisciplinary Chemistry |
|
|
Angewandte Chemie International Edition | ANGEW CHEM INT EDIT | 9.60 |
Nano Letters | NANO LETT | 9.85 |
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 BiochemicalResearch Methods |
|
|
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics | MOL CELL PROTEOMICS | 9.88 |
Journal of Proteome Research | J PROTEOME RES | 6.90 |
Proteomics |
| 6.09 |
Analytical Chemistry | ANAL CHEM | 5.64 |
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry | J ANAL ATOM SPECTROM | 3.64 |
Journal of the American Society of MassSpectrometry | J AM SOC MASS SPECTR | 3.63 |
Electrophoresis |
| 3.85 |
| Abbreviated Jounal Name (if different from title) | 2005 Impact Factor |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
|
|
Nature Biotechnology | NAT BIOTECHNOL | 22.74 |
Nature Structure & Molecular Biology (Nature Structural Biology) | NAT STRUCT MOL BIOL | 12.19 |
Nucleic Acids Research | NUCLEIC ACIDS RES | 7.55 |
Journal of Biological Chemistry | J BIOL CHEM | 5.85 |
Journal of Molecular Biology | J MOL BIOL | 5.23 |
Journal of Nuclear Medicine | J NUCL MED | 4.68 |
Biophysical Journal | BIOPHYS J | 4.51 |
Proteins (Structure Function and Bioinformatics) |
| 4.68 |
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 |
Carbohydrate Research | CARBOHYD RES | 1.67 |
Environmental |
|
|
Environmental Science and Technology | ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL | 4.05 |
Green Chemistry | GREEN CHEM | 3.26 |
Radiochimica Acta | RADIOCHIM ACTA | 0.85 |
Journal of Radioanalytical and NuclearChemistry | J RADIOANAL NUCL CH | 0.46 |
Inorganic |
|
|
Inorganic Chemistry | INORG CHEM | 3.85 |
Organometallics |
| 3.47 |
Macromolecules |
|
|
Macromolecules |
| 4.02 |
Biomacromolecules |
| 3.62 |
Journal of Polymer Science Part A-PolymerChemistry | J POLYM SCI POL CHEM | 3.03 |
Journal of Rheology | J RHEOL | 2.42 |
Polymer |
| 2.85 |
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics | MACROMOL CHEM PHYS | 2.11 |
Materials Science Multidisciplinary |
|
|
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 |
| Abbreviated Jounal Name (if different from title) | 2005 Impact Factor |
Organic and Medicinal Chemistry |
|
|
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | J MED CHEM | 4.93 |
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 |
Physical and Computational Chemistry |
|
|
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 |
Journal of Chemical Physics | J CHEM PHYS | 3.14 |
Journal of Computational Chemistry | J COMPUT CHEM | 3.79 |
Physical Review A | PHYS REV A | 3.00 |
Surface Science | SURF SCI | 1.78 |
SOURCE: Thomson ISI Essentially Science Indicators. | ||
TABLE C-2 Analysis of Hot Papers Cited May 2004-June 2006 by area and subarea (as determined by the panel)
| No. of Articles | U.S. (%) | W. Europe (%) | Japan (%) | Asia (other) (%) | All Other (%) |
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 |
| 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 |
SOURCE: Thompson ISI Essential Science Indicators (accessed June 22, 2006). | ||||||
