Task 02 Nanotechnology

September 2nd, 2010

IMPACT FACTOR OF SOME INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS AND BIOGRAPHY

OF OMAR M. YAGHI
Laras Wuri Dianningrum (13007075)

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of
citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as
a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher
impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones.

The impact factor for a journal is calculated based on a three-year period, and can be
considered to be the average number of times published papers are cited up to two years
after publication. For example, the impact factor 2010 for a journal would be calculated as
follows:

A = the number of times articles published in 2008-9 were cited in indexed journals during
2010
B = the number of articles, reviews, proceedings or notes published in 2008-2009

impact factor 2010 = A/B

(note that the impact factor 2009 will be actually published in 2010, because it could not be
calculated until all of the 2009 publications had been received. Impact factor 2010 will be
published in 2011)

 Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science and is considered one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals.[1][2]
 The peer-reviewed journal, first published in 1880, is circulated weekly and has a
print subscriber base of around 130,000. Because institutional subscriptions and
online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is one million people.
Science's impact factor for 2006 was 30.028 (as measured by Thomson ISI).

 Nature is one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, first published on 4
November 1869. It is the world's most highly cited interdisciplinary science journal.
[1]
Most scientific journals are now highly specialized, and Nature is among the few
journals (the other weekly journals Science and Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences are also prominent examples) that still publish original research articles
across a wide range of scientific fields. Nature's impact factor for 2006 was 34.48
(as measured by Thomson ISI)

 Chemical Engineering Science publishes papers on the fundamentals of chemical

engineering, including applications of biology, chemistry, and physics. Descriptions
of original and significant results based on experiments and/or developments in
theory are appropriate. Chemical Engineering Science’s impact factor for 5 years
was 2.32 (as measured by Thomson ISI).

 The AIChE Journal is the premier research monthly in chemical engineering and
related fields. This peer-reviewed and broad-based journal reports on the most
important and latest technological advances in core areas of chemical engineering as
well as in other relevant engineering disciplines. To keep abreast with the
progressive outlook of the profession, the Journal has been expanding the scope of
its editorial contents to include such fast developing areas as biotechnology,
electrochemical engineering, and environmental engineering. Chemical
Engineering Science’s impact factor for 2009 was 1.955 (as measured by
Thomson ISI).

 Chemical Engineering & Technology is now in its 31 th year of publication. Recent

issues have covered topics such as high pressure technology, micro system
technology, modelling, parameter estimation, corrosion, and emission and pollution
 control. Chemical Engineering Technology’s impact factor for four years until
2008 was 1.019 (as measured by Thomson ISI).

PageRank algorithm

In 1976 a recursive impact factor that gives citations from journals with high impact
greater weight than citations from low-impact journals was proposed. [24] Such a recursive
impact factor resembles the PageRank algorithm of the Google search engine, though the
original Pinski and Narin paper uses a "trade balance" approach in which journals score
highest when they are often cited but rarely cite other journals. A number of subsequent
authors have proposed related approaches to ranking scholarly journals. [25][26][27] In 2006,
Johan Bollen, Marko A. Rodriguez, and Herbert Van de Sompel also proposed using the
PageRank algorithm.[28] From their paper:

ISI Impact Factor PageRank Combined

1 52.28 ANNU REV 16.78 Nature 51.9 Nature
IMMUNOL 7
2 37.65 ANNU REV 16.39 Journal of Biological 48.7 Science
BIOCHEM Chemistry 8
3 36.83 PHYSIOL REV 16.38 Science 19.8 New England
4 Journal of
Medicine
4 35.04 NAT REV MOL 14.49 PNAS 15.3 Cell
CELL BIO 4
5 34.83 New England 8.41 PHYS REV LETT 14.8 PNAS
Journal of 8
Medicine
6 30.98 Nature 5.76 Cell 10.6 Journal of
2 Biological
Chemistry
7 30.55 Nature Medicine 5.70 New England Journal 8.49 JAMA
of Medicine
8 29.78 Science 4.67 Journal of the 7.78 The Lancet
American Chemical
 Society
9 28.18 NAT IMMUNOL 4.46 J IMMUNOL 7.56 NAT GENET
10 28.17 REV MOD PHYS 4.28 APPL PHYS LETT 6.53 Nature Medicine

Papers of Prof. DR. Ir. Sri Widiyantoro (ITB), titled "The Evidence for Deep Mantle
Circulation from Global tomography" that was published in highly prestigious journals in
the world of "Nature" volume 386, Year 1997, for example, has been referenced 576 times.
Sri Widiyantoro has written 18 papers published in top journals, besides Nature, among
other highly credible published in journals in the world of "Science", "Reviews of
Geophysics", "Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth", "Earth and Planetary Science
Letters ". Total Times Cited (number of papers referenced) Sri Widiyantoro in Scopus
version is the 1472 while the version of ISI Web of Knowledge is 1240, is the highest in
Asean. ITB also still have lecturers that are top in their fields in the world that the number
of Times Cited is hundreds like Benjamin Soenarko, Halim M, Noer U.S., Soemarsono,
Hidayat R, Wilson W. Wenas, Hakim EH, Wiramihardja SD, Ariando, Word Q, Gusnidar T,
Pancoro A, Onggo D, Linaya C, Arif I, Herman, Suwono A, Hidayat T, Akhmaloka, Priadi B,
Cahyati, Wenten IG, Hadi S, Adisasmito S, Wurjanto A, Herdianita NR, Rusdi A, Widjaja J,
Hasanuddin ZA, Retnoningrum DS, Baskoro ET, Sutjahja IM, Iskandar DT, Dahono P,
Arismunandar and more.

Total of scientific articles from university and research institutes in Indonesia that
published in international journals in Scopus version per June 25 th, 2009:

1. Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB): 1.171 judul

2. Universitas Indonesia (UI): 1.160 judul
3. Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM): 717 judul
4. Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI): 517
5. Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB): 509 judul

Omar M. Yaghi Profile

 Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
PhD, University of Illinois-Urbana; NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Omar M. Yaghi received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana (1990) with
Professor Walter G. Klemperer. He was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University
(1990-92) with Professor Richard H. Holm. He has been on the faculties of Arizona State
University (1992-98) and University of Michigan (1999-2006). His current position is the
Jean Stone Professor of Chemistry at UCLA.

His early accomplishments in the design and synthesis of new materials have been
honored by the Solid State Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society and Exxon
Co. (1998) and the Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society (1999). His work on
hydrogen storage was recognized by Popular Science Magazine which listed him among the
'Brilliant 10' scientists and engineers in USA (2006), and the US Department of Energy
Hydrogen Program Award for outstanding contributions to hydrogen storage (2007). He
was the sole recipient of the Materials Research Society Medal for pioneering work in the
theory, design, synthesis and applications of metal-organic frameworks and the AAAS
Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the best paper published in Science (2007). He is the
recipient of the American Chemical Society Chemistry of Materials Award (2009). His work
encompasses the synthesis, structure and properties of inorganic compounds and the
design and construction of new crystalline materials. He is widely known for inventing
several extensive classes of new materials termed metal-organic frameworks, zeolitic
imidazolate frameworks, and covalent organic frameworks. These materials have the
highest surface areas and the lowest densities known to date, making them useful in clean
energy technologies such as hydrogen storage, methane storage, and carbon dioxide
capture. The building block approach he developed has led to an explosive growth in the
creation of new materials of a diversity and multiplicity previously unknown in chemistry.
He termed this emerging field 'Reticular Chemistry' and defines it as 'stitching molecular
building blocks into extended structures by strong bonds'. He published over 130 papers
which have received over 180 citations per paper. He is listed among the top ten most
highly cited chemists worldwide (1998-2008).

Sources:

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/215/description#descr
iption

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/search?
src=hw&site_area=sci&fulltext=impact+factor&x=0&y=0

http://www.sciencegateway.org/impact/

http://www.wiley.com/bw/aims.asp?ref=0001-1541&site=1

http://harianto.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/itb-ui-ugm-dan-ipb-melawan-pt-thailand-
dan-malaysia/

http://ia-itb.blogspot.com/2009/08/menulis-atau-karier-di-kampus-habis.html

http://yaghi.chem.ucla.edu/staticpages/yaghi