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ACS in India: October 1-12, 2012 Thank you from ACS Publications.

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of ACS Publications, I extend my appreciation to the Indian research community for your ongoing support #1 IN Sixteen categories of ACS journals. As authors, reviewers and editors, your commitment to excellence in scientific publishing upholds the commitment of ACS journals to be the most trusted, most cited and most read journals in chemistry and the allied sciences.

Recognizing the importance of India as major force in scientific research, ACS Editors and I are delighted to have the opportunity to visit leading institutions conducting ground breaking research in chemistry and allied subjects. We thank our hosts in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune for leading this initiative, for their hospitality and warm welcome, and for the opportunity to visit ACS Associate Editors, Editorial Advisory Board members, authors and researchers in the laboratories, institutes and universities where this leading research is accomplished.

Chemistry is a global collaborative enterprise and the high-quality research published in ACS journals reflects this #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 Analytical Applied Inorganic Medicinal #1 Organic worldwide endeavor. Today, two-thirds of authors publishing in ACS journals conduct their research in laboratories Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry Multidisciplinary Chemistry Chemistry outside the United States. In 2011, ACS journals published over 1,000 articles from laboratories in India, covering a wide range of research spanning the scopes of all 41 ACS journals. Hundreds of reviews of manuscripts submitted to ACS journals last year were contributed by researchers in India. And manuscript submissions from India have grown faster than many other countries, reflecting the vibrancy of research performed here.

We’re delighted to debut ACS on Campus in India at the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune and at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata. ACS on Campus is a free program dedicated to prepare graduate students, post-docs, and tenure-track faculty for the professional hurdles they face in their careers. Our ACS Campus Events at the India National Chemical Laboratory and the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science will focus #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 P hysics, Atomic, #1Physical Environmental Environmental Food Science Materials Science, Molecular on scientific publishing with the active participation of ACS Editors. Chemistry Engineering Sciences & Technology Multidisciplinary & Chemical

Over a fortnight, we look forward to many stimulating scientific talks, roundtables, and informal chats with our Indian colleagues, recognizing that only a small number of institutions can be visited during this journey. Our partnership and dialogue will continue beyond this visit, informed and bolstered by this unique opportunity to foster ongoing collaboration.

Together we can build on ACS’s history of excellence in service to the chemical enterprise, enriching the process of scientific information discovery and communication. We welcome you, along with our many other authors and readers worldwide, to join us as we continue on this exciting journey. #1 #1Computer Science, #1 #1 Polymer Science Chemical Multidisciplinary Interdisciplinary Engineering Agriculture Applications

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a field, its prominence has grown to the point that now Iowa City, says that the new journal will relieve some pressure This summer saw the funding organizations, particularly in the US, are basing on his own. “We really can’t handle all the papers in this area,” Find out how introduction of the ACS’s their programs on sustainability. “It’s a particularly he says. “The new journal is needed because there’s so many latest journal, ACS Sustainable opportune time to have a focal point for advances in more people in the field, so many new ideas in the field.” ACS Sustainable chemistry and engineering that advance the sustainability And with a new journal, perhaps sustainable chemistry Chemistry & Engineering, of the chemicals enterprise,” says Allen. advocates will have more political clout. Schnoor spoke to Chemistry & dedicated to publishing Submissions are already being received, and the first Excellence just after the Rio+20 United Nations conference research on cleaner ways to papers will be available online in the fall of this year, on sustainable development. He was disappointed by the Engineering ahead of the first paper-saving electronic-only issue outcome of that meeting, which was criticized by many perform chemical processes, published in January 2013. The journal has observers for being too weak, and governments were is leading the and minimizing any harm focus areas that include: life-cycle accused of not making any useful commitments assessment, green chemistry, to sustainability. “Rio+20 was meant to to the environment during waste as resources, alternative be the green engineering, the green way chemical processes. energy, and green innovative business summits but they really fell manufacturing. Timing is short of their goals,” says Schnoor. “I think it behoves all of us in The ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) in Washington, DC, Allen hopes that the journal everything, and academia, in industry and maybe opened its doors way back in 1997, with the aim of getting will help to clarify the government at the more regional the ideas of green and sustainable chemistry practices more ideas and tools of green since green chemistry and local scales to become more widespread throughout the chemical enterprise. So why is chemistry, sustainable sustainable, and hopefully this it that only now, 15 years later, a journal dedicated to green chemistry, and sustainable appeared on the scene journal will lead the way from an By Katharine Sanderson chemistry has emerged in the ACS Publications journal engineering. “As the field over 2 decades ago, the academic perspective,” Schnoor says. portfolio? promotes more systems and life-cycle approaches, the Schnoor’s advice to Allen is to focus on Timing is everything, and since green chemistry appeared field has evolved. journal can help to provide a place building a community around the journal. on the scene over 2 decades ago, the field has evolved. What for quantitative tools to be assessed “The important thing is the people,” says was a basic science has become a discipline that looks at and developed by the community. It’s Schnoor, “and trying to develop a community by the whole life-cycle of a chemical and brings chemistry useful to have this one intellectual gathering being fair and publishing articles as quickly as possible.” and engineering together to clean up processes. “As our place where the community can develop these ideas and understanding continues to evolve and expand we now know Allen, who is no stranger to the editorial world having tools,” says Allen. “There’s a critical need for an interdisciplinary things have to be approached from a systems basis point of served as an associate editor for the ACS journal Industrial approach to sustainability, by both chemists and engineers,” view and an integrated point of view, and this journal is going & Engineering Chemistry Research, aims to do just that. He says Peoples, “and addressing that challenge will be a major to bring that kind of integration,” says Bob Peoples, director hopes that the journal’s presence will help pull the com- role of the new journal,” he suggests. of the GCI. munity together, but also wants to work through existing ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering is warmly organizations like the GCI to develop the community more. Editor-in-Chief of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering welcomed by the editor of an ACS Publications stalwart – the is chemical engineer Dave Allen from the University of Texas In particular, Allen hopes the journal attracts submissions journal Environmental Science & Technology. ES&T’s Editor-in- at Austin. He says that since green chemistry emerged as from the likes of winners of the US Presidential Awards in Chief, engineer Jerry Schnoor from the University of Iowa in Green Chemistry, which have been awarded since 1996 to

4 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 5 ACS Editors in India >>> Partners in Progress

The American Chemical Society is dedicated to fostering global communications in the chemical sciences and its related disciplines in order to advance science for the betterment of the world. ACS Journals are therefore the ideal venue for Indian scientists to share their research achievements and enable both the David T. Allen, Editor-in-Chief of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Robert Peoples, Director of the Green Jerald Schnoor, Editor-in-Chief University of Texas, Austin Chemistry Institute Environmental Science & Engineering University of Iowa, Iowa City global scientific community and society at large to benefit from discoveries made in India. Moreover, scientists in India can depend on our journals to keep pace with the latest findings from around the world

academics and industrialists deemed to have contributed mations in air and water – reactions that otherwise would in order to advance their own investigations. significantly, or been particularly innovative in the field. have required organic solvents and needed a lot of energy “Those presidential award winners are some of the to exclude air and water. This is the kind of technology real highlights of advances in chemistry, both that will equip chemists for the remainder of ACS Publications is pleased to have published many landmark works from prominent Indian research in academia and in the private sector that the 21st century and beyond. From there, institutions. By forging closer ties with India, we hope to publish even more manuscripts from India. are making a real difference,” Allen the science will make it to industry, With India’s dedication to fostering and funding scientific research, it is more important than ever that says. That overlap of academia and The new given the right exposure. “I think industry is something he’s accus- journal is needed we need a new paradigm,” says the global scientific community stay current with the growing number of research discoveries originating tomed to from his previous ACS Schnoor, “we need to find a new in India. Working with our partners in India, ACS Publications can help ensure that it happens. editorial responsibilities, and is because there’s way to make progress.” With hard going to play an important role work and a strong community be- in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and so many more people hind it, ACS Sustainable Chemistry Highlighting Authors of high-quality research in ACS Journals: Engineering, Allen says. & Engineering will help to feed Giridhar Madras – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Arunachalam Ramanan – Indian Institute of Technology, in the field, so into this much-needed new way Conspicuous in its absence is the Delhi of doing things. Vadapalli Chandrasekhar – Indian Institute of Technology, word “green”, which doesn’t ap- many new ideas Kanpur Goutam Kumar Lahiri – Indian Institute of Technology, pear in the title of the new journal. Ganapati D. Yadav – Institute of Chemical Technology, Bombay Peoples says that particular word has in the field. Mumbai Raghavan.B. Sunoj – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay tricky connotations. “Some people hear green and they think about greenwashing, or C. N. R. Rao – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Swapan Pati – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced they think it’s a tired over-used term,” says Peoples. Allen Research, Bangalore Scientific Research says that sustainability is a better word to reflect the ambi- Santanu Bhattacharya – Indian Institute of Science, G U Kulkarni – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced tions of the journal. Bangalore Scientific Research Tarasankar Pal – Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur C Narayana – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific As the journal is introduced, Allen is hopeful that its mere pubs.acs.org/acssce Research existence will bring an increase in research activity in the Anil Kumar – Indian Institute of Science, Bombay areas of green engineering and chemistry. This will go hand Samir Kumar Pal – SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Tapas Kundu – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced in hand with increased funding in the areas. “There’s an Kolkata Scientific Research acceleration of research in this area driven by the funding Ashwini Nangia – University of Hyderabad G. Narahari Sastry – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology agencies moving in the direction of sustainability as an Arun K. Nandi – Indian Association for the Cultivation of B Sridhar – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology organizing concept,” says Allen. “That will drive research and Science J.S. Yadav – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology I think the role of the journal is to document that research Jayant Udgaonkar – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Pankaj Poddar – National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and make it highly visible.” Dulal Panda – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Prasanta Kumar Das – Indian Association for the Cultivation Peoples has been amazed by the recent advances in the Sanjay Mahajani – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay of Science field, and the ability to perform complex chemical transfor- www.acs.org Chebrolu Rao – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Sarma D.D. – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Issue 1 of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Jarugu.N. Moorthy – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Engineering will be published in January 2013

6 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 7 Biochemistry publishes Recent articles from Biochemistry: research from the arena where biochemistry, biophysical chemistry, Totarol Inhibits Bacterial Cytokinesis by Perturbing the Assembly Dynamics of FtsZ and molecular biology meet. The Richa Jaiswal, Tushar K. Beuria, Renu Mohan, Suresh K. Mahajan, and Dulal Panda journal covers structure, function, Indian Institute of Technology and regulation of biologically active DOI: 10.1021/bi602573e molecules; gene structure & expression; biochemical mechanisms; protein Structurally Distinct Amyloid Protofibrils Form on Separate Pathways of Aggregation of a Small Protein biosynthesis; protein folding; membrane Santosh Kumar and Jayant B. Udgaonkar structure-function relationships; Tata Institute of Fundamental Research bioenergetics; and immunochemistry. DOI: 10.1021/bi900682w

Structure and Assembly of Designed β-Hairpin Peptides in Crystals as Models for β-Sheet Aggregation Subrayashastry Aravinda, Veldore Vidya Harini, Narayanaswamy Shamala, Chittaranjan Das, and Padmanabhan Balaram Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/bi035522g

2011 2011 2011 Contribution of Cation−π Interactions to Protein Stability Impact Total Total Ravindra S. Prajapati, Minhajuddin Sirajuddin, Venuka Durani, Sridhar Sreeramulu, and Raghavan Factor Citations Articles Varadarajan 3.422 92,130 1,097 Indian Institute of Science and Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research DOI: 10.1021/bi061275f

Richard Armstrong Prediction of Folding Rates of Small Proteins: Empirical Relations Based on Length, Secondary Structure Editor-in-Chief, Biochemistry Content, Residue Type, and Stability Richard Armstrong is Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Vanderbilt N. Prakash Prabhu and Abani K. Bhuyan University. In addition, he is an Investigator at Vanderbilt’s Center in Molecular University of Hyderabad Toxicology. His research seeks to elucidate the mechanisms of action of enzymes DOI: 10.1021/bi0521137 involved in the metabolism of foreign compounds. His research group is evaluating the relationship between the molecular structure and catalytic function of several enzymes, including glutathione transferases and epoxide hydrolases, in an effort to understand how detoxication enzymes cooperate in the metabolism of foreign molecules. Moreover, they are building our understanding of the enzymology of antibiotic resistance in microorganisms. These studies are designed to pave the way for new, more effective antimicrobial agents in order to overcome microbial resistance to current therapeutic strategies for managing a broad range of infectious diseases.

Dr. Armstrong earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Marquette University in 1975. After postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago, he began work in the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry at the NIH. In Go to pubs.acs.org/biochemistry 1980, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Maryland. An international pioneer in the chemical sciences, Dr. Armstrong is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Chair-Elect of the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry.

8 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 9 ACS Combinatorial Recent articles from ACS Combinatorial Science: Science publishes research describing the development and use Natural Product Inspired Diversity Oriented Synthesis of Tetrahydroquinoline Scaffolds as of combinatorial, high-throughput, Antitubercular Agent and related methods in chemistry, Atul Kumar, Suman Srivastava, Garima Gupta, Vinita Chaturvedi, Sudhir Sinha, and R. Srivastava materials science, and biology. The Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR journal welcomes submissions DOI: 10.1021/co100022h from a broad spectrum of scientific endeavor involving the discovery of Facile Diversity-Oriented Synthesis and Antitubercular Evaluation of Novel Aryl and Heteroaryl Tethered functional molecules or systems using Pyridines and Dihydro-6H-quinolin-5-ones Derived via Variants of the Bohlmann–Rahtz Reaction combinatorial techniques, molecular Srinivas Kantevari, Santhosh Reddy Patpi, Dinesh Addla, Siddamal Reddy Putapatri, Balasubramanian libraries, and evolving systems; and the Sridhar, Perumal Yogeeswari, and Dharmarajan Sriram development of tools for speeding and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology understanding such discoveries. Birla Institute of Technology & Science-Pilani DOI: 10.1021/co2000604

Atom Type Preferences, Structural Diversity, and Property Profiles of Known Drugs, Leads, and Nondrugs: A Comparative Assessment Vellarkad N. Viswanadhan, Hariharan Rajesh , and Vitukudi N. Balaji Formerly the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, the journal Jubilant Biosys Limited was reintroduced in 2011 as ACS Combinatorial Science. DOI: 10.1021/co2000168

Pyrano[4,3-b]quinolines Library Generation via Iodocyclization and Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions M. G. Finn Trapti Aggarwal, Maryam Imam, Naveen K. Kaushik, Virander S. Chauhan, and Akhilesh K. Verma Editor-in-Chief, ACS Combinatorial Science University of Delhi M. G. Finn is Professor in the Department of Chemistry of The Scripps Research International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute, where he also directs the Scripps Predoctoral Training Program in DOI: 10.1021/co200100z Molecular Evolution. In addition, he holds joint appointments at The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Center for Integrative Molecular Biosciences, and the Kellogg School of Science and Technology. His laboratory is highly interdisciplinary, focusing its research efforts on the use of viruses as chemical building blocks for catalysts, materials, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostic agents; the development and applications of highly reliable organic transformations for the discovery of biologically active compounds and functional materials; and the use of molecular evolution techniques to develop new enzymes. Dr. Finn’s laboratory engages in many collaborative projects with colleagues within The Scripps Research Institute as well as with research groups around the world.

M. G. Finn received his PhD in 1986 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Professor K. Barry Sharpless on the mechanisms of the asymmetric epoxidation reaction. Next, he was awarded an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University to study metalloporphyrin chemistry. Dr. Finn joined Go to pubs.acs.org/acscombsci the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1988, where his group studied the reactivity of Fisher carbene complexes, metal-substituted phosphorus ylides, and a variety of transition metal-catalyzed processes.

10 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 11 The Journal of Physical Recent articles from The Journal of Physical Chemistry: Chemistry Letters combines all new letters on topic areas covered by Synthesis and Size-Selective Catalysis by Supported Gold Nanoparticles: Study on Heterogeneous and the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, Homogeneous Catalytic Process and C into a single, all electronic journal. Sudipa Panigrahi , Soumen Basu , Snigdhamayee Praharaj, Surojit Pande, Subhra Jana, Anjali Pal, Sujit Authors gain a high-profile publication Kumar Ghosh, and Tarasankar Pal for their urgent research results, with Indian Institute of Technology submission to web publication in just 4 DOI: 10.1021/jp067554u to 6 weeks.

Effect of Crystallographic Structure of MnO2 on Its Electrochemical Capacitance Properties S. Devaraj and N. Munichandraiah Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/jp7108785

Aggregation Behavior of Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Solutions: Effect of Alkyl Chain Length, Cations, and Anions Tejwant Singh and Arvind Kumar Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute 2011 2011 2011 DOI: 10.1021/jp0726889 Impact Total Total Factor Citations Articles Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides Dispersed Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Supercapacitor Electrodes 6.213 4,695 529 A.Leela Mohana Reddy and S. Ramaprabhu Indian Institute of Technology Madras DOI: 10.1021/jp069006m Prashant V. Kamat Deputy Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Some Novel Attributes of Graphene Prashant V. Kamat is Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University C. N. R. Rao, A. K. Sood, Rakesh Voggu and K. S. Subrahmanyam of Notre Dame. For the past 25 years, he has conducted research on the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research photochemistry and photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor nanostructures and DOI: 10.1021/jz9004174 sensitizing dyes. Professor Kamat seeks to build bridges between physical chemistry and materials science by developing advanced nanomaterials for cleaner, more efficient light energy conversion. His current research efforts focus on harvesting light energy using semiconductor nanocrystals and carbon nanostructures as conducting scaffolds. By tuning the photoelectrochemical response and photoconversion efficiency via size control of CdSe quantum dots and by facilitating the charge transport through 1-D architecture, his research THE JOURNAL OF group has provided a new and effective strategy to develop photosensitive electrodes for solar cells. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Professor Kamat earned his doctoral degree in Physical Chemistry from Bombay University and then Let ters conducted postdoctoral research at Boston University and The University of Texas at Austin. He has published more than 400 papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited two books on nanostructured materials. ISI’s ScienceWatch named him among the Top 100 Chemists of the decade 2000–2010. A Fellow Go to pubs.acs.org/jpcl of the Electrochemical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Chemical Society, Dr. Kamat was honored with the Honda-Fujishima Lectureship Award by the Japanese Photochemical Society and the CRSI Medal by the Chemical Research Society of India.

12 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 13 Industrial & Engineering Recent articles from Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research: Chemistry Research focuses on industrial and academic research in Self-Similar Dynamics of a Flexible Ring Polymer in a Fixed Obstacle Environment: A Coarse-Grained the broad fields of applied chemistry Molecular Model and chemical engineering with special Balaji V. S. Iyer, Ashish K. Lele, Vinay A. Juvekar, and Raghunath A. Mashelkar focus on fundamentals, processes, and Indian Institute of Technology products. Papers may be based on work DOI: 10.1021/ie900535v that is experimental or theoretical, mathematical or descriptive, chemical Modeling the Cytotoxicity of Cisplatin or physical. In addition to fundamental Vishnu Sresht, Jayesh R. Bellare, and Santosh K. Gupta research, papers may deal with process Indian Institute of Technology design and development, and product DOI: 10.1021/ie102360e research and development involving chemical and engineering aspects. Prediction of Liquid–Liquid Equilibria for Biofuel Applications by Quantum Chemical Calculations Using the Cosmo-SAC Method Mitesh R. Shah and Ganapati D. Yadav Institute of Chemical Technology DOI: 10.1021/ie201454m 2011 2011 2011 Impact Total Total Liquid–Liquid Mixing in Coiled Flow Inverter Factor Citations Articles Monisha Mridha Mandal, Palka Aggarwal, and K. D. P. Nigam 2.237 34,547 1,526 Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ie2002473

Donald R. Paul Preparation of Pure Methyl Esters from Corresponding Alkali Metal Salts of Carboxylic Acids Using Editor-in-Chief, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Carbon Dioxide and Methanol Donald R. Paul is Director of the Texas Materials Institute and Professor and Ernest Prashant P. Barve, Sanjay P. Kamble, Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi, Milind Y. Gupte, and Bhaskar D. Kulkarni Cockrell, Sr. Chair of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas National Chemical Laboratory, Institute of Chemical Technology, and Homi Bhabha National Institute at Austin. His research investigates the use of polymers as membranes for the DOI: 10.1021/ie200632v separation of chemicals and as barriers to prevent molecules from diffusing into or out of containers. He also works with polymers to regulate the rate of gas exchange in order to better preserve produce and to control the rate of drug delivery. In addition, he investigates the formulation and characterization of blends and alloys of different polymers that may have useful property profiles. Current research projects include the formation and characterization of thin glassy polymer membranes, gas separation membranes, reverse osmosis membranes, pervaporation membranes, layered polymer systems, and polymer nanocomposites.

Dr. Paul received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has been a Member of the National Academy of Engineering since 1988 and was elected to the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 2001. Among his many honors and awards, Dr. Paul has received the Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award, Alan S. Michaels Award for Innovation in Membrane Science and Technology, E.V. Go to pubs.acs.org/iecr Murphree Award, Council for Chemical Research Malcolm E. Pruitt Award, AIChE William H. Walker Award, and Society of Plastics Engineers International Award.

14 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 15 Journal of Chemical Recent articles from Journal of Chemical Education: Education is the world’s premier chemical education journal; publishing Electronic Structure Principles and Aromaticity peer-reviewed articles and related P. K. Chattaraj, U. Sarkar, and D. R. Roy information as a resource to those in Indian Institute of Technology the field of chemical education and to DOI: 10.1021/ed084p354 those institutions that serve them. JCE typically addresses chemical content, Solventless and One-Pot Synthesis of Cu(II) Phthalocyanine Complex: A Green Chemistry Experiment activities, laboratory experiments, R. K. Sharma, Chetna Sharma, and Indu Tucker Sidhwani instructional methods, and pedagogies. University of Delhi DOI: 10.1021/ed100473u

Greener Alternative to Qualitative Analysis for Cations without H2S and Other Sulfur-Containing Compounds Indu Tucker Sidhwani and Sushmita Chowdhury University of Delhi DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1099

2011 2011 2011 Supramolecular Inclusion in Cyclodextrins: A Pictorial Spectroscopic Demonstration Impact Total Total Basudeb Haldar, Arabinda Mallick, and Nitin Chattopadhyay Factor Citations Articles Jadavpur University 0.739 6,089 353 DOI: 10.1021/ed085p429

Immobilized alpha-Galactosidase in the Biochemistry Laboratory Norbert J. Pienta V. H. Mulimani and K. Dhananjay Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical Education Gulbarga University Norbert J. Pienta is Professor and Director of General Chemistry Instruction at the DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1974 University of Georgia. Dr. Pienta is working to enhance chemical education at all levels of learning. He and his research group have been exploring the use of web- based tools and software to assess students’ ability to master the chemical sciences. For example, he has examined the role of electronic data collection and visualization models to help students grasp the significance of laboratory data. Based on his research, Dr. Pienta has developed materials for faculty and graduate students to guide them on the application of tested and proven learning theories and best practices in chemistry. Most recently, he has developed tutorials for grade school teachers in the chemical sciences.

Dr. Pienta completed his PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying synthetic and mechanistic applications of organic photochemistry. He was then awarded a postdoctoral to study the thermodynamics of carbocation formation in superacid media with Ned Arnett at the University of Pittsburgh and Duke University. Professor Pienta has published numerous research articles and book chapters in organic chemistry as well as chemical education. He is currently writing an innovative textbook Go to pubs.acs.org/jce for nursing and allied health science students that introduces general, organic, and biological chemistry in a health context by using case studies.

16 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 17 The Journal of Organic Recent articles from The Journal of Organic Chemistry: Chemistry publishes original contributions reporting novel, important Indium(III) Chloride-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidinones by a Three-Component findings of fundamental research in all Coupling of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds, Aldehydes, and Urea: An Improved Procedure for the Biginelli branches of the theory and practice of Reaction organic chemistry. Brindaban C. Ranu , Alakananda Hajra , and Umasish Jana Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science DOI: 10.1021/jo000711f

Molecular Iodine-Catalyzed Facile Procedure for N-Boc Protection of Amines Ravi Varala, Sreelatha Nuvula, and Srinivas R. Adapa Indian Institute of Chemical Technology DOI: 10.1021/jo0612473

“Click Chemistry” Inspired Synthesis of pseudo-Oligosaccharides and Amino Acid Glycoconjugates Srinivas Hotha and Sudhir Kashyap National Chemical Laboratory DOI: 10.1021/jo051731q 2011 2011 2011 Impact Total Total Organocatalytic Sequential One-Pot Double Cascade Asymmetric Synthesis of Wieland−Miescher Factor Citations Articles Ketone Analogues from a Knoevenagel/Hydrogenation/Robinson Annulation Sequence: Scope and 4.450 98,614 1,242 Applications of Organocatalytic Biomimetic Reductions Dhevalapally B. Ramachary and Mamillapalli Kishor University of Hyderabad C. Dale Poulter DOI: 10.1021/jo070277i Editor, The Journal of Organic Chemistry C. Dale Poulter is the John A. Widtsoe Distinguished Professor of Chemistry as well Ligand-Free Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Benzimidazoles, 2-Aminobenzimidazoles, as Research Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry 2-Aminobenzothiazoles, and Benzoxazoles at the University of Utah. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Prasenjit Saha , Tamminana Ramana , Nibadita Purkait , Md Ashif Ali , Rajesh Paul and Tharmalingam Queensland. Dr. Poulter examines the interface between organic chemistry and Punniyamurthy biology, which has enabled him to pioneer the use of genetics and molecular biology Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati to construct bacterial and yeast strains to produce recombinant enzymes. Among DOI: 10.1021/jo901813g his groundbreaking achievements, he established the mechanisms for biosynthesis of the major metabolic intermediates in the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway. Moreover, in collaboration with Jim Sacchettini, he discovered the isoprenoid fold found in enzymes that catalyze the major carbon- carbon forming reactions in this pathway.

Dr. Poulter earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been invited to present over 400 lectures, including the Gassman Lectureship, Willsmore Lectureship, and Hirschman Lectureship. Among his many honors, he has received the Ernest Guenther Award and James Flack Norris Award from the American Chemical Society and the Rosenblatt Prize from the University of Utah. A Member of the National Academy Go to pubs.acs.org/joc of Sciences, Dr. Poulter has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Chemical Society.

18 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 19 Crystal Growth & Recent articles from Crystal Growth & Design: Design is the flagship journal of choice for every aspect of research and Reflections on the Hydrogen Bond in Crystal Engineering development on the crystalline state, Gautam R. Desiraju publishing high-quality, interdisciplinary Indian Institute of Science papers. DOI: 10.1021/cg200100m

Solubility Advantage of Amorphous Drugs and Pharmaceutical Cocrystals N. Jagadeesh Babu and Ashwini Nangia University of Hyderabad DOI: 10.1021/cg200492w

Remarkably Stable Porous Assembly of Nanorods Derived from a Simple Metal−Organic Framework D. Krishna Kumar, Amitava Das, and Parthasarathi Dastidar Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute DOI: 10.1021/cg0606693

ZnO Doughnuts: Controlled Synthesis, Growth Mechanism, and Optical Properties 2011 2011 2011 Tandra Ghoshal, Soumitra Kar, and Subhadra Chaudhuri Impact Total Total Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Factor Citations Articles 4.720 19,082 733 DOI: 10.1021/cg060289h How Realistic Are Interactions Involving Organic Fluorine in Crystal Engineering? Insights from Packing Features in Substituted Isoquinolines Robin D. Rogers Angshuman Roy Choudhury and Tayur N. Guru Row Editor-in-Chief, Crystal Growth & Design Indian Institute of Science Robin D. Rogers serves as Distinguished Research Professor, Robert Ramsay Chair of DOI: 10.1021/cg034137n Chemistry, and Director of the Center for Green Manufacturing at The University of Alabama. In 2010, he was named a Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Senior Scientist for the Institute for Process Engineering in Beijing. His research explores the innovative use of ionic liquids and green chemistry to develop sustainable technologies. This includes the development of advanced polymeric and composite materials from biorenewable polymers such as cellulose as well as the creation of novel strategies for separation and purification of value-added products from biomass. Dr. Rogers is also exploring ways to improve the energy efficiency of biomass conversion technologies. Lastly, his research seeks to improve pharmaceutical performance while at the same time reducing chemical waste from pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Dr. Rogers obtained his PhD in Chemistry from The University of Alabama. He holds 12 patents and has published over 685 papers on a diverse range of topics. His work has been cited more than 22,000 times, and he has earned a 71 h-index. Among his many achievements, Dr. Rogers won the U.S. Presidential Go to pubs.acs.org/cgd Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 2005. Most recently, he was granted the American Chemical Society Separations Science & Technology Award and was elected an ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fellow.

20 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 21 ACS Applied Materials Recent articles from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces: & Interfaces is the international publication of choice for the Functionalized Au22 Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, and Patterning interdisciplinary community of chemists, E. S. Shibu, B. Radha, P. K. Verma, P. Bhyrappa, G. U. Kulkarni , S. K. Pal, and T. Pradeep engineers, physicists, and biologists Indian Institute of Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, and Satyendra focusing on how newly discovered Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences materials and interfacial processes DOI: 10.1021/am900350r can be developed and used for specific applications. Enhanced Conversion Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Hydrothermally Synthesized

TiO2−MWCNT Nanocomposites Subas Muduli, Wonjoo Lee, Vivek Dhas, Sarfraj Mujawar, Megha Dubey, K. Vijayamohanan, Sung-Hwan Han, and Satishchandra Ogale National Chemical Laboratory DOI: 10.1021/am900396m

“Click Chemistry” in Tailor-Made Polymethacrylates Bearing Reactive Furfuryl Functionality: A New Class of Self-Healing Polymeric Material A.Amalin Kavitha and Nikhil K. Singha 2011 2011 2011 Indian Institute of Technology Impact Total Total DOI: 10.1021/am900124c Factor Citations Articles

4.525 4,646 666 A Universal Sensor for Mercury (Hg, HgI, HgII) Based on Silver Nanoparticle-Embedded Polymer Thin Film G. V. Ramesh and T. P. Radhakrishnan University of Hyderabad Kirk Schanze DOI: 10.1021/am200023w Editor-in-Chief, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Kirk Schanze is Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Organic Chemistry Effect of Surface Capping with Poly(vinyl alcohol) on the Photocarrier Relaxation of ZnO Nanowires Division at the University of Florida. In addition, he is a Panel Member for the Ashok Bera and Durga Basak Research Associateship Program of the National Research Council. Dr. Schanze’s Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science laboratory investigates the interaction of light with organic and organometallic DOI: 10.1021/am900422y materials. Specifically, the laboratory is developing state-of-the-science optical applications such as light emitting devices, fluorescent sensors, solar energy conversion, and non-linear optical phenomena. In addition, Dr. Schanze has conducted considerable research on the development of thin film-based luminescent oxygen sensor materials to measure air pressure distributions in wind tunnel models.

Dr. Schanze earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983 and was then appointed a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2003, he has authored or co-authored more than 90 peer-reviewed articles on basic and applied research topics, with a primary focus on organic and organometallic materials chemistry. He is named in 10 patents or disclosures. Dr. Schanze has organized or co-organized a number of important symposia, including the Symposium on Go to pubs.acs.org/acsami Inorganic Chemistry into the New Millennium, which was sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the US-Japan Symposium on Photosynthesis and Photoconversion.

22 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 23 Organic Letters publishes Recent articles from Organic Letters: brief reports of significant research concerning organic chemistry, including Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Reaction in an Aqueous Medium organic synthesis, organometallic, Vishnu Maya, Monika Raj, and Vinod K. Singh natural product, physical organic, Indian Institute of Technology bioorganic, and medicinal chemistry. DOI: 10.1021/ol071013l

Nano Indium Oxide as a Recyclable Catalyst for C−S Cross-Coupling of Thiols with Aryl Halides under Ligand Free conditions Vutukuri Prakash Reddy, Akkilagunta Vijay Kumar, Kokkirala Swapna, and Kakulapati Rama Rao Indian Institute of Chemical Technology DOI: 10.1021/ol900009a

One-Pot, Two-Step Conversion of Aldehydes to Phosphonyl- and Sulfonylpyrazoles Using Bestmann– Ohira Reagent Rahul Kumar, Deepti Verma, Shaikh M. Mobin, and Irishi N. N. Namboothiri Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ol301695e 2011 2011 2011 Impact Total Total A Practical and General Diels–Alder Reaction of Pentafulvenes with Arynes Factor Citations Articles Sachin Suresh Bhojgude, Trinadh Kaicharla, Anup Bhunia, and Akkattu T. Biju 5.862 68,838 1,680 CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory DOI: 10.1021/ol301742k

Amos B. Smith, III Enantioselective Formal Synthesis of Palmerolide A Editor-in-Chief, Organic Letters Kavirayani R. Prasad and Amit B. Pawar Amos B. Smith, III, is the Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry as well as Indian Institute of Science Member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center and Associate Director of the Penn DOI: 10.1021/ol201604c Center for Molecular Discovery at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is both an Honorary Member and Visiting Director of the Kitasato Institute in Tokyo. Dr. Smith’s research is dedicated to natural product synthesis, bioorganic chemistry, and materials science. More than 75 architecturally complex natural products have been prepared in his laboratory. Moreover, Dr. Smith, in collaboration with Ralph Hirschmann, pioneered the design and synthesis of non-peptide peptidomimetics of neuropeptideic hormone/transmitters and protease enzyme inhibitors. In collaboration with Peter Jurs, Dr. Smith developed groundbreaking computerized pattern recognition techniques that make it possible to analyze primate chemical communication.

Dr. Smith received his PhD from Rockefeller University. To date, he has co-authored over 575 publications and delivered over 600 invited lectures, including plenary lectures at the National Organic Chemistry Symposium and numerous Gordon Research Conferences. His recent honors and awards include Honorary Membership Go to pubs.acs.org/orglett in the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Medal, Yamada Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and Inaugural Fellow of the American Chemical Society.

24 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 25 Journal of the American Recent articles from the Journal of the American Chemical Society: Chemical Society is the premier, state-of-the-art venue for the A Porous Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Reversible Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Substitution publication and broad dissemination of Reactions at Mn(II) Centers by Nitrile Guest Molecules first-rate, fundamental research in all of Madhab C. Das and Parimal K. Bharadwaj chemistry, both in the core areas and at Indian Institute of Technology the interface of chemistry and biology, DOI: 10.1021/ja9006035 neurochemistry, materials, and single molecule chemistry. Solution Phase Epitaxial Self-Assembly and High Charge-Carrier Mobility Nanofibers of Semiconducting Molecular Gelators Seelam Prasanthkumar, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology DOI: 10.1021/ja103685j

On Catalysis by Ionic Liquids Asit K. Chakraborti and Sudipta Raha Roy National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research DOI: 10.1021/ja900076a 2011 2011 2011 Impact Total Total Cooperative Metal Ion Binding to a Cucurbit[7]uril−Thioflavin T Complex: Demonstration of a Stimulus- Factor Citations Articles Responsive Fluorescent Supramolecular Capsule 9.907 408,307 3,176 Sharmistha Dutta Choudhury, Jyotirmayee Mohanty, Haridas Pal, and Achikanath C. Bhasikuttan Bhabha Atomic Research Centre DOI: 10.1021/ja908795y Peter J. Stang Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society Enhanced Ion Anisotropy by Nonconventional Coordination Geometry: Single-Chain Magnet Behavior Peter J. Stang is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah, II IV II for a [{Fe L}2{Nb (CN)8}] Helical Chain Compound Designed with Heptacoordinate Fe where he served as Department Chair from 1989–1995 and as Dean of the College Thengarai S. Venkatakrishnan, Shaon Sahoo, Nicolas Bréfuel, Carine Duhayon, Carley Paulsen, Anne-Laure of Science from 1997–2007. Professor Stang is also a Senior Fellow of the Loker Barra, S. Ramasesha, and Jean-Pascal Sutter Hydrocarbon Research Institute at the University of Southern California and an Indian Institute of Science Honorary Professor of Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of DOI: 10.1021/ja9089389 Chemistry. His early research involved unsaturated reactive intermediates such as vinyl cations and unsaturated carbenes. Currently, his research centers on supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly, with an emphasis on using the coordination-based directional bonding paradigm to self-assemble and study pre-designed metallacycles and metallacages such as cuboctahedra and dodecahedra.

Dr. Stang earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. In his more than 40 years in academia, he has delivered hundreds of named and invited lectures at national and international institutions and conferences. Professor Stang is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Adding to Go to pubs.acs.org/jacs his many honors, in 2011 Professor Stang received a National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the President of the United States on scientists, engineers, and inventors.

26 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 27 Analytical Chemistry Recent articles from Analytical Chemistry: publishes new and original research in all branches of Analytical Chemistry. In Electrochemical Biosensor Based on Integrated Assembly of Dehydrogenase Enzymes and Gold addition, the journal publishes features Nanoparticles and news articles about major advances, Bikash Kumar Jena and C. Retna Raj trends, and challenges in Analytical Indian Institute of Technology Chemistry. DOI: 10.1021/ac052143f

Development and Application of Porous Membrane-Protected Carbon Nanotube Micro-Solid-Phase Extraction Combined with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Chanbasha Basheer, Anass Ali Alnedhary, B. S. Madhava Rao, Suresh Valliyaveettil, and Hian Kee Lee Pune University DOI: 10.1021/ac060240i

Escherichia coli Genosensor Based on Polyaniline Kavita Arora, Nirmal Prabhakar, Subhash Chand, and B. D. Malhotra Indian Institute of Technology Delhi DOI: 10.1021/ac070403i 2011 2011 2011 Impact Total Total Immobilization of Antibodies on Polyaniline Films and Its Application in a Piezoelectric Immunosensor Factor Citations Articles V. V. R. Sai, Sumeet Mahajan, Aliasgar Q. Contractor, and Soumyo Mukherji 5.856 95,262 1,328 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay DOI: 10.1021/ac060120a

Jonathan Sweedler Cd2+ Complex of a Triazole-Based Calix[4]arene Conjugate as a Selective Fluorescent Chemosensor Editor-in-Chief, Analytical Chemistry for Cys Jonathan Sweedler is the Eiszner Family Professor of Chemistry and Director of Rakesh K. Pathak, Vijaya K. Hinge, Kandula Mahesh, Ankit Rai, Dulal Panda, and Chebrolu P. Rao the Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Champaign. He is also affiliated with the University’s Institute of Genomic Biology DOI: 10.1021/ac301492h and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Dr. Sweedler has established an international reputation for designing innovative analytical methods to assay complex microenvironments. He has developed small-volume separation and detection methods and micro and nanofluidic sampling approaches. Moreover, he has devised applications of these technologies to study novel neurochemical pathways. He has also developed novel metabolomic and peptidomic technologies, using these technologies to discover the role that peptide hormones, neurotransmitters, and neuromodulatory agents play in behavior, learning, and memory.

Dr. Sweedler received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Arizona in 1988. Since then, he has published more than 300 research papers and been granted 14 patents. A pioneer in the field of analytical chemistry, Dr. Sweedler has been the recipient of several accolades, including the Pittsburgh Analytical Go to pubs.acs.org/ac Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry’s Theophilus Redwood Lecturer, ACS Analytical Division Award in Chemical Instrumentation, Heinrich-Emanuel Merck Prize, and Gill Prize in Instrumentation and Measurement Science. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

28 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 29 Langmuir is an interdisciplinary Recent articles from Langmuir: journal publishing articles in colloids, interfaces, biological interfaces, Biocompatibility of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Endocytotic Fate Inside the Cellular Compartment: materials, electrochemistry, and devices A Microscopic Overview and applications. Ravi Shukla, Vipul Bansal, Minakshi Chaudhary, Atanu Basu, Ramesh R. Bhonde, and Murali Sastry National Centre for Cell Science, National Chemical Laboratory, and National Institute of Virology DOI:10.1021/la0513712

Synthesis and Structure of Nanocrystalline TiO2 with Lower Band Gap Showing High Photocatalytic Activity K. Nagaveni, M. S. Hegde, N. Ravishankar, G. N. Subbanna, and Giridhar Madras Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/la035777v

Application of Thiolated Gold Nanoparticles for the Enhancement of Glucose Oxidase Activity Pratibha Pandey, Surinder P. Singh, Sunil K. Arya, Vinay Gupta, Monika Datta, Sukhvir Singh, and Bansi D. Malhotra National Physical Laboratory and University of Delhi 2011 2011 2011 DOI: 10.1021/la062901c Impact Total Total Factor Citations Articles 4.186 103,776 1,936 Head Group Modulated pH-Responsive Hydrogel of Amino Acid-Based Amphiphiles: Entrapment and Release of Cytochrome c and Vitamin B12 Anshupriya Shome, Sisir Debnath, and Prasanta Kumar Das Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science David G. Whitten DOI: 10.1021/la704024p Editor-in-Chief, Langmuir David G. Whitten is Co-Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Functional and Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Biosensing Professor in the Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering and Department Subramanian Tamil Selvan, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Dong Kee Yi, and Nikhil R. Jana of Chemistry at the University of New Mexico. He is internationally recognized Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science as a leading researcher in the field of photochemistry. His research examines DOI: 10.1021/la903512m various aspects of spectroscopy, molecular assemblies, diagnostics, interfaces, and conjugated polymers and antimicrobials. In particular, Dr. Whitten conducted landmark research on the application of metal complexes to photoinduced electron transfer and photochemical conversion of solar energy.

Dr. Whitten received his PhD in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. Next, he worked as a U.S. Army officer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and then as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. His academic career began as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he focused on the photochemistry of nitrogen aromatics. Dr. Whitten accepted the C. E. Kenneth Mess Professorship in Chemistry at the University of Rochester in 1983, eventually becoming Chairman of the Department of Chemistry. In collaboration with Kodak and Go to pubs.acs.org/langmuir Xerox, Dr. Whitten obtained support and funding from the National Science Foundation to establish the Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer at the University of Rochester. He served as the Center’s Director from 1989–1995.

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36 / ACS & INDIA ACS & INDIA / 37 The Most-Cited Journals in the Chemical & Related Sciences Overall, ACS Publications received more than 2 million total citations in 2011, posted a #1 ranking in 16 subject categories in either Impact Factor and/or total citations, and had 16 journals with an Impact Factor of 5 or greater. There is only one choice for staying current with the published research in your field, and that is the publisher with more #1 rankings than any other publisher in the chemical and related sciences, including all 7 chemistry categories as reported in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters. Journal of Journal of Chemical & Journal of Chemical and Chemical Education Engineering Data Information Modeling 6,089 Citations 13,268 Citations 11,209 Citations IMpact IMpact IMpact #1 Factor Factor Factor 4.675 computer science, Accounts of ACS Applied Materials 0.739 1.693 interdisciplinary Chemical Research & Interfaces ACS Chemical Biology applications 39,664 Citations 4,646 Citations 2,681 Citations Journal of Chemical Journal of Journal of IMpact IMpact IMpact Factor 21.640 Factor 4.525 Factor 6.446 Theory and Computation Combinatorial Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry 8,327 Citations 3,046 Citations 56,481 Citations IMpact IMpact IMpact #1 ACS Chemical ACS Medicinal Factor 5.215 Factor 3.408 Factor 5.248 medicinal Neuroscience Chemistry Letters ACS Nano Analytical Chemistry chemistry 310 Citations 511 Citations 22,409 Citations 95,262 Citations Journal of The Journal of The Journal of Physical IMpact IMpact IMpact IMpact #1 Factor Factor Factor Factor analytical 3.676 3.355 11.421 5.856 chemistry Natural Products Organic Chemistry Chemistry A 18,661 Citations 98,614 Citations 53,462 Citations IMpact IMpact #1 IMpact Factor 3.128 Factor 4.450 organic Factor 2.946 Biochemistry Bioconjugate Chemistry Biomacromolecules chemistry 92,130 Citations 13,657 Citations 21,280 Citations The Journal of Physical The Journal of Physical The Journal of Physical Journal of IMpact IMpact IMpact Factor 3.422 Factor 4.930 Factor 5.479 Chemistry B Chemistry C Chemistry Letters Proteome Research 118,812 Citations 60,782 Citations 4,695 Citations 16,282 Citations IMpact #1 IMpact IMpact IMpact physical #1 Factor 3.696 Factor 4.805 Factor 6.213 physics, atomic, Factor 5.113 Chemical Research chemistry molecular & Chemistry of Materials Chemical Reviews Crystal Growth & Design chemical of Toxicology 69,926 Citations 10,444 Citations 103,702 Citations 19,082 Citations

IMpact IMpact IMpact IMpact Macromolecules Molecular Pharmaceutics Factor 7.286 Factor 3.779 Factor 40.197 #1 Factor 4.720 Langmuir Multidisciplinary chemistry 103,776 Citations 93,776 Citations 4,416 Citations

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