Analytical Chemistry papers
Pofolia’s corpus holds 64 papers from Analytical Chemistry (2012–2025), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.
At a glance
- Most cited: Principal component analysis: a review and recent developments (2016, 9,582 citations).
- The 20 papers listed have 39,885 citations between them.
- 9 of the 12 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
- 9 have a free full text (open access).
- Most frequent journals: Analytical Methods, Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews.
- Published between 2012 and 2025.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals
Principal component analysis: a review and recent developments
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2016 · Q1 · FWCI 128.99 · 9,582 citations · Open access
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a technique that reduces the dimensionality of large datasets by creating new, uncorrelated variables that maximize variance, thereby increasing interpretability while minimizing information loss.
Principal component analysis
Analytical Methods · 2014 · Q2 · FWCI 73.95 · 2,895 citations · Open access
Principal component analysis (PCA) is highlighted as a highly significant and potent method within chemometrics and numerous other disciplines.
Advanced Issues in Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling
2017 · FWCI 67.92 · 2,550 citations
This practical guide extends foundational PLS-SEM concepts, offering advanced techniques and software examples for researchers to accurately apply and interpret complex structural equation models.
Molecular imprinting: perspectives and applications
Chemical Society Reviews · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 11.00 · FWCI 159.07 · 2,400 citations · Open access
Molecular imprinting technology (MIT) creates polymers with tailor-made binding sites for specific molecules, enabling broad applications in separation and sensing.
Management of validation of HPLC method for determination of acetylsalicylic acid impurities in a new pharmaceutical product
Scientific Reports · 2022 · Q1 · FWCI 205.28 · 2,111 citations · Open access
A new HPLC method for quantifying salicylic acid and unknown impurities in acetylsalicylic acid tablets (75-150mg) with glycine has been successfully validated according to ICH guidelines.
Fluorescence spectroscopy and multi-way techniques. PARAFAC
Analytical Methods · 2013 · Q2 · FWCI 37.91 · 2,031 citations · Open access
A new MATLAB toolbox enhances the application of PARAllel FACtor analysis (PARAFAC) for decomposing fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEMs) into chemical components.
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
Chemical Reviews · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 16.00 · FWCI 54.28 · 1,587 citations
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic receptors analogous to natural antibodies, designed to selectively bind target molecules. This review focuses on their application as sensors, where MIPs are coupled with reporting systems (electrical, optical, etc.) to detect analytes.
Textile dyeing industry an environmental hazard
Natural Science · 2012 · FWCI 11.46 · 1,512 citations · Open access
The widespread use of synthetic dyes in the textile industry generates highly toxic effluents containing heavy metals, organic compounds, and auxiliary chemicals.
Multivariate Data Analysis
2025 · FWCI 618.08 · 1,469 citations
This chapter summarizes multivariate data analysis (MVA) techniques to address the challenge of analyzing large and complex datasets from surface analysis tools like ToF-SIMS.
Blue applicability grade index (BAGI) and software: a new tool for the evaluation of method practicality
Green Chemistry · 2023 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 172.35 · 1,447 citations · Open access
A new metric, the Blue Applicability Grade Index (BAGI), is introduced to assess the practicality of analytical methods.
A user-friendly guide to Multivariate Calibration and Classification
2017 · FWCI 14.89 · 1,413 citations
This guide offers a non-mathematical introduction to multivariate calibration and classification techniques, specifically tailored for users of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy.
Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds
2020 · FWCI 20.05 · 1,342 citations
This teaching handout reviews spectroscopic methods for identifying organic compounds, including infrared, mass, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum
2014 · FWCI 25.70 · 1,304 citations
The increasing global demand for petroleum products and evolving environmental regulations are driving the need for new approaches to optimize refinery efficiency and throughput.
Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants: Role of Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Ionomics
Frontiers in Plant Science · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 51.06 · 1,296 citations · Open access
This review synthesizes how advanced 'omics' techniques (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, ionomics) reveal plant strategies for tolerating heavy metal toxicity.
Partial Least Squares Strukturgleichungsmodellierung
2017 · FWCI 17.12 · 1,272 citations
Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) has become a well-established method for estimating causal models in economic and social sciences.
Principal Component Analysis
Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online · 2014 · 1,257 citations
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a technique to reduce the dimensionality of large multivariate datasets by replacing original variables with fewer derived variables (principal components) that capture most of the original variability.
Classification tools in chemistry. Part 1: linear models. PLS-DA
Analytical Methods · 2013 · Q2 · FWCI 28.64 · 1,227 citations
This tutorial explains the calibration and validation steps for classification models using Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) in chemistry.
Methylene blue dye: Toxicity and potential elimination technology from wastewater
Results in Engineering · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 87.79 · 1,109 citations
This review synthesizes 240 articles on methylene blue dye (MB) wastewater treatment, highlighting adsorption as a superior elimination method over chemical and biological approaches due to their limitations.
Advances in Asphaltene Science and the Yen–Mullins Model
Energy & Fuels · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 61.18 · 1,056 citations
Recent advances in asphaltene science, utilizing diverse analytical techniques, consistently validate the Yen–Mullins model's description of asphaltene molecular and colloidal structure.
On Splitting Training and Validation Set: A Comparative Study of Cross-Validation, Bootstrap and Systematic Sampling for Estimating the Generalization Performance of Supervised Learning
Journal of Analysis and Testing · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 23.87 · 1,025 citations · Open access
Data splitting method performance for estimating supervised model generalization varies significantly with dataset size; smaller datasets show a notable gap between validation and test set performance across all tested methods.
Recently added
Machine Learning for Quality Control in the Food Industry: A Review
Foods · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 22.59 · 67 citations · Open access
This review identifies 25 key studies (2005-2025) showing neural networks and ensemble learning, primarily supervised, dominate ML for food quality control across six domains.
An Improved Grading System for Measuring Plant Diseases
Phytopathology · 2025 · Q1 · FWCI 4.90 · 874 citations · Open access
A novel plant disease grading system is proposed, deviating from equal percentage values to align with the human eye's logarithmic perception of disease severity.
Multivariate Data Analysis
2025 · FWCI 618.08 · 1,469 citations
This chapter summarizes multivariate data analysis (MVA) techniques to address the challenge of analyzing large and complex datasets from surface analysis tools like ToF-SIMS.
Blue applicability grade index (BAGI) and software: a new tool for the evaluation of method practicality
Green Chemistry · 2023 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 172.35 · 1,447 citations · Open access
A new metric, the Blue Applicability Grade Index (BAGI), is introduced to assess the practicality of analytical methods.
Methylene blue dye: Toxicity and potential elimination technology from wastewater
Results in Engineering · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 87.79 · 1,109 citations
This review synthesizes 240 articles on methylene blue dye (MB) wastewater treatment, highlighting adsorption as a superior elimination method over chemical and biological approaches due to their limitations.
Mitigating the Multicollinearity Problem and Its Machine Learning Approach: A Review
Mathematics · 2022 · Q2 · FWCI 43.60 · 589 citations · Open access
Machine learning optimization approaches handle multicollinearity better than statistical estimators, offering an updated strategy for big data analysis.
The ten principles of green sample preparation
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 58.36 · 678 citations
A framework of ten principles for Green Sample Preparation (GSP) is proposed to guide the development of environmentally benign analytical methodologies.
Management of validation of HPLC method for determination of acetylsalicylic acid impurities in a new pharmaceutical product
Scientific Reports · 2022 · Q1 · FWCI 205.28 · 2,111 citations · Open access
A new HPLC method for quantifying salicylic acid and unknown impurities in acetylsalicylic acid tablets (75-150mg) with glycine has been successfully validated according to ICH guidelines.
Journals in this field
The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?
| Journal | Quartile | SJR | h-index | In this field | Summaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analytical Methods | Q2 | — | 112 | 4 | 7 |
| Chemical Society Reviews | Q1 | 11.00 | 709 | 3 | 90 |
| Chemical Reviews | Q1 | 16.00 | 905 | 2 | 124 |
| Energy and Fuels | Q1 | 1.00 | 242 | 2 | 12 |
| Scientific Reports | Q1 | — | 382 | 2 | 170 |
| Circulation | Q1 | 8.00 | 712 | 1 | 46 |
| Advanced Materials | Q1 | 8.00 | 709 | 1 | 49 |
| Journal of the American Chemical Society | Q1 | 5.00 | 759 | 1 | 43 |
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