Top accessed papers of 2008
2008 was a fantastic year for the Royal Society of Chemistry!
We saw ISI impact factors increase by up to 60 per cent on some journals and experienced a tremendous increase in submitted and published work. Increased staff numbers have enabled us to maintain our excellent levels of customer service for our readers, authors and referees.
Articles from Chemical Communications and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry are among the most highly accessed of all RSC Journal content. |
To celebrate this success in 2008 and to recognise the contribution of our authors, we'd like to share with you the top three most accessed articles published in each of our journals in 2008. The full list can be found below.
Analyst
Ultrasensitive detection and molecular imaging with magnetic nanoparticles
Jian Yang, Jonathan Gunn, Shivang R. Dave, Miqin Zhang, Y. Andrew Wang and Xiaohu Gao, Analyst, 2008, 133, 154
DOI: 10.1039/b700091j
An inexpensive and portable microchip-based platform for integrated RT–PCR and capillary electrophoresis
Govind V. Kaigala, Viet N. Hoang, Alex Stickel, Jana Lauzon, Dammika Manage, Linda M. Pilarski and Christopher J. Backhouse, Analyst, 2008, 133, 331
DOI: 10.1039/b714308g
Electronic integrated multisensor tongue applied to grape juice and wine analysis
Lia Moreno i Codinachs, Joachim P. Kloock, Michael J. Schöning, Antoni Baldi, Andrey Ipatov, Andrey Bratov and Cecilia Jiménez-Jorquera, Analyst, 2008, 133, 1440
DOI: 10.1039/b801228h
Chemical Communications
Materials for hydrogen storage: current research trends and perspectives
Annemieke W. C. van den Berg and Carlos Otero Areán, Chem. Commun., 2008, 668
DOI: 10.1039/b712576n
Aqueous self-assembly of aromatic rod building blocks
Ja-Hyoung Ryu, Dong-Je Hong and Myongsoo Lee, Chem. Commun., 2008, 1043
DOI: 10.1039/b713737k
An element of surprise—efficient copper-functionalized dye-sensitized solar cells
Takeru Bessho, Edwin C. Constable, Michael Graetzel, Ana Hernandez Redondo, Catherine E. Housecroft, William Kylberg, Md. K. Nazeeruddin, Markus Neuburger and Silvia Schaffner, Chem. Commun., 2008, 3717
DOI: 10.1039/b808491b
Chemical Society Reviews
Applications of ionic liquids in the chemical industry
Natalia V. Plechkova and Kenneth R. Seddon, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 123
DOI: 10.1039/b006677j
Chemoselective catalytic conversion of glycerol as a biorenewable source to valuable commodity chemicals
Chun-Hui (Clayton) Zhou, Jorge N. Beltramini, Yong-Xian Fan and G. Q. (Max) Lu, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 527
DOI: 10.1039/b707343g
Fluorine in medicinal chemistry
Sophie Purser, Peter R. Moore, Steve Swallow and Véronique Gouverneur, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 320
DOI: 10.1039/b610213c
CrystEngComm
A catemer-to-dimer structural transformation in cyheptamide
A. J. Florence, K. Shankland, T. Gelbrich, M. B. Hursthouse, N. Shankland, A. Johnston, P. Fernandes and C. K. Leech, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 26
DOI: 10.1039/b712547j
Evaluation of the interchangeability of C–H and C–F groups: insights from crystal packing in a series of isomeric fluorinated benzanilides
Deepak Chopra and T. N. Guru Row, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 54
DOI: 10.1039/b709938j
Screening strategies based on solubility and solution composition generate pharmaceutically acceptable cocrystals of carbamazepine
Scott L. Childs, Naír Rodríguez-Hornedo, L. Sreenivas Reddy, Adivaraha Jayasankar, Chinmay Maheshwari, Linda McCausland, Rex Shipplett and Barbara C. Stahly, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 856
DOI: 10.1039/b715396a
Dalton Transactions
Covalent radii revisited
Beatriz Cordero, Verónica Gómez, Ana E. Platero-Prats, Marc Revés, Jorge Echeverría, Eduard Cremades, Flavia Barragán and Santiago Alvarez, Dalton Trans., 2008, 2832
DOI: 10.1039/b801115j
One-N, six-membered heterocyclic carbene complexes and the remote heteroatom concept
Helgard G. Raubenheimer and Stephanie Cronje, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1265
DOI: 10.1039/b715592a
Redox modulation of oxidative stress by Mn porphyrin-based therapeutics: The effect of charge distribution
Júlio S. Rebouças, Ivan Spasojevi
, Daryono H. Tjahjono, Arlette Richaud, Francisco Méndez, Ludmil Benov and Ines Batini-Haberle, Dalton Trans., 2008, 1233
DOI: 10.1039/b716517j
Energy & Environmental Science
Biofuels: a technological perspective
Rafael Luque, Lorenzo Herrero-Davila, Juan M. Campelo, James H. Clark, Jose M. Hidalgo, Diego Luna, Jose M. Marinas and Antonio A. Romero, Energy Environ. Sci., 2008, 1, 542
DOI: 10.1039/b807094f
Solar water-splitting into H2 and O2: design principles of photosystem II and hydrogenases
Wolfgang Lubitz, Edward J. Reijerse and Johannes Messinger, Energy Environ. Sci., 2008, 1, 15
DOI: 10.1039/b808792j
Clean coal conversion processes – progress and challenges
Fanxing Li and Liang-Shih Fan, Energy Environ. Sci., 2008, 1, 248
DOI: 10.1039/b809218b
Faraday Discussions
Leuko-polymersomes
Daniel A. Hammer, Gregory P. Robbins, Jered B. Haun, John J. Lin, Wei Qi, Lee A. Smith, P. Peter Ghoroghchian, Michael J. Therien and Frank S. Bates, Faraday Discuss., 2008, 139, 129
DOI: 10.1039/b717821b
Nanoalloys: tuning properties and characteristics through size and composition
Julius Jellinek, Faraday Discuss., 2008, 138, 11
DOI: 10.1039/b800086g
Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using supported Au–Pd catalysts
Jennifer K. Edwards, Albert F. Carley, Andrew A. Herzing, Christopher J. Kiely and Graham J. Hutchings, Faraday Discuss., 2008, 138, 225
DOI: 10.1039/b705915a
Green Chemistry
Improved utilisation of renewable resources: New important derivatives of glycerol
Arno Behr, Jens Eilting, Ken Irawadi, Julia Leschinski and Falk Lindner, Green Chem., 2008, 10, 13
DOI: 10.1039/b710561d
Recent applications of biocatalysis in developing green chemistry for chemical synthesis at the industrial scale
Ningqing Ran, Lishan Zhao, Zhenming Chen and Junhua Tao, Green Chem., 2008, 10, 361
DOI: 10.1039/b716045c
Acid in ionic liquid: An efficient system for hydrolysis of lignocellulose
Changzhi Li, Qian Wang and Zongbao K. Zhao, Green Chem., 2008, 10, 177
DOI: 10.1039/b711512a
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
Chemical labels and natural element tags for the quantitative analysis of bio-molecules
Andreas Prange and Daniel Pröfrock, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 432
DOI: 10.1039/b717916m
Atomic spectrometry update. Environmental analysis
Owen T. Butler, Jennifer M. Cook, Chris F. Harrington, Steve J. Hill, John Rieuwerts and Douglas L. Miles, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 249
DOI: 10.1039/b718954k
Atomic spectrometry update. Advances in atomic emission, absorption, and fluorescence spectrometry, and related techniques
E. Hywel Evans, Jason A. Day, Christopher D. Palmer, W. John Price, Clare M. M. Smith and Julian F. Tyson, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 889
DOI: 10.1039/b805770m
Journal of Environmental Monitoring
10th Anniversary Review: a changing climate for coral reefs
Janice M. Lough, J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 21
DOI: 10.1039/b714627m
Inorganic arsenic levels in rice milk exceed EU and US drinking water standards
Andrew A. Meharg, Claire Deacon, Robert C. J. Campbell, Anne-Marie Carey, Paul N. Williams, Joerg Feldmann and Andrea Raab, J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 428
DOI: 10.1039/b800981c
10th Anniversary Review: Natural disasters and their long-term impacts on the health of communities
Angus Cook, Jill Watson, Paul van Buynder, Andrew Robertson and Phil Weinstein, J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 167
DOI: 10.1039/b713256p
Journal of Materials Chemistry
Synthesis and assembly of structured colloidal particles
Seung-Man Yang, Shin-Hyun Kim, Jong-Min Lim and Gi-Ra Yi, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 2177
DOI: 10.1039/b716393b
Metal nanomaterials and carbon nanotubes—synthesis, functionalization and potential applications towards electrochemistry
Xiaoge Hu and Shaojun Dong, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 1279
DOI: 10.1039/b713255g
The nano-forms of carbon
Juan Luis Delgado, MaÁngeles Herranz and Nazario Martín, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 1417
DOI: 10.1039/b717218d
Lab on a Chip
Droplet microfluidics
Shia-Yen Teh, Robert Lin, Lung-Hsin Hung and Abraham P. Lee, Lab Chip, 2008, 8, 198
DOI: 10.1039/b715524g
Shrinky-Dink microfluidics: rapid generation of deep and rounded patterns
Anthony Grimes, David N. Breslauer, Maureen Long, Jonathan Pegan, Luke P. Lee and Michelle Khine, Lab Chip, 2008, 8, 170
DOI: 10.1039/b711622e
Microfluidic assembly blocks
Minsoung Rhee and Mark A. Burns, Lab Chip, 2008, 8, 1365
DOI: 10.1039/b805137b
Molecular BioSystems
Potential roles of abundant extracellular chaperones in the control of amyloid formation and toxicity
Mark R. Wilson, Justin J. Yerbury and Stephen Poon, Mol. BioSyst., 2008, 4, 42
DOI: 10.1039/b712728f
Visualizing the spatial distribution of secondary metabolites produced by marine cyanobacteria and sponges via MALDI-TOF imaging
Eduardo Esquenazi, Cameron Coates, Luke Simmons, David Gonzalez, William H. Gerwick and Pieter C. Dorrestein, Mol. BioSyst., 2008, 4, 562
DOI: 10.1039/b720018h
A chemical approach for detecting sulfenic acid-modified proteins in living cells
Khalilah G. Reddie, Young Ho Seo, Wilson B. Muse III, Stephen E. Leonard and Kate S. Carroll, Mol. BioSyst., 2008, 4, 521
DOI: 10.1039/b719986d
Natural Product Reports
Flavonoids and their glycosides, including anthocyanins
Nigel C. Veitch and Renée J. Grayer, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2008, 25, 555
DOI: 10.1039/b718040n
Natural product isolation
Otto Sticher, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2008, 25, 517
DOI: 10.1039/b700306b
Triterpenoids
Joseph D. Connolly and Robert A. Hill, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2008, 25, 794
DOI: 10.1039/b718038c
New Journal of Chemistry
Music of the elements
Santiago Alvarez, New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 571
DOI: 10.1039/b718401h
Colorimetric 
naked-eye
and fluorescent sensors for anions based on amidourea functionalised 1,8-naphthalimide structures: anion recognition via either deprotonation or hydrogen bonding in DMSO
Haslin Dato Paduka Ali, Paul E. Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1153
DOI: 10.1039/b715533f
Luminescent coordination nanoparticles
Nicolas Kerbellec, Laure Catala, Carole Daiguebonne, Alexandre Gloter, Odile Stephan, Jean-Claude Bünzli, Olivier Guillou and Talal Mallah, New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 584
DOI: 10.1039/b719146d
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Cell-penetrating peptides as delivery vehicles for biology and medicine
Kelly M. Stewart, Kristin L. Horton and Shana O. Kelley, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2008, 6, 2242
DOI: 10.1039/b719950c
Cross-coupling reactions of nucleoside triphosphates followed by polymerase incorporation. Construction and applications of base-functionalized nucleic acids
Michal Hocek and Miroslav Fojta, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2008, 6, 2233
DOI: 10.1039/b803664k
The nature of the sensitiser substituent determines quenching sensitivity and protein affinity and influences the design of emissive lanthanide complexes as optical probes for intracellular use
Filip Kielar, Ga-Lai Law, Elizabeth J. New and David Parker, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2008, 6, 2256
DOI: 10.1039/b804369h
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 through spatial structuring and particle size control: from subnanometric to submillimetric length scale
Carmela Aprile, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo Garcia, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 769
DOI: 10.1039/b712168g
An overview of solution-based semiconductor nanowires: synthesis and optical studies
Masaru Kuno, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 620
DOI: 10.1039/b708296g
4D electron imaging: principles and perspectives
Dmitry Shorokhov and Ahmed H. Zewail, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2879
DOI: 10.1039/b801626g
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
Challenges and opportunities for photochemists on the verge of solar energy conversion
Cheng-Che Chu and Dario M. Bassani, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 521
DOI: 10.1039/b800113h
Chlorophyll breakdown and chlorophyll catabolites in leaves and fruit
Bernhard Kräutler, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 1114
DOI: 10.1039/b802356p
Mimicking the antenna system of green plants
Gion Calzaferri and Katsiaryna Lutkouskaya, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 879
DOI: 10.1039/b804682b
Soft Matter
Progess in superhydrophobic surface development
Paul Roach, Neil J. Shirtcliffe and Michael I. Newton, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 224
DOI: 10.1039/b712575p
Self-healing materials: a review
Richard P. Wool, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 400
DOI: 10.1039/b711716g
pH-Responsive polymers: synthesis, properties and applications
Sheng Dai, Palaniswamy Ravi and Kam Chiu Tam, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 435
DOI: 10.1039/b714741d
