摘要: According to the Thomson Reuter report on 28 June 2012, the 2011 Impact Factor of Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry is 1.348, which ranks first among chemistry journals in China. We would like to express our appreciation to all the authors who have contributed their good work to the Journal. The following is the list of the articles published in 2009 and 2010 which received the most citations and thus contributed the most to the new impact factor. 1. CO2 capture from binary mixture via forming hydrate with the help of tetra-n-butyl ammonium bromide Li, Shifeng; Fan, Shuanshi; Wang, Jingqu; Lang, Xuemei; Liang, Deqing 2009, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 15–20, total citations: 20, citations in 2011: 5 2. Intensification of methane and hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrate and future prospect Lang, Xuemei; Fan, Shuanshi; Wang, Yanhong 2010, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 203–209, total citations: 17, citations in 2011: 7 3. Kinetics of oxidative coupling of methane: Bridging the gap between comprehension and description Sinev, M. Yu.; Fattakhova, Z. T.; Lomonosov, V. I.; Gordienko, Yu. A 2009, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. 273–287, total citations: 13, citations in 2011: 7 4. Kinetic studies of the oxidative coupling of methane over the Mn/Na2WO4/SiO2 catalyst Shahri, Seyed Mehdi Kamali; Alavi, Seyed Mehdi 2009, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 25–34, total citations: 13, citations in 2011: 6 5. Effects of Ce/Zr ratio on the structure and performances of Co-Ce1-xZrxO2 catalysts for carbon dioxide reforming of methane Wang, Ning; Chu, Wei; Huang, Liqiong; Zhang, Tao 2010, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp. 117–122, total citations: 11, citations in 2011: 6 6. Production of propene from 1-butene metathesis reaction on tungsten based heterogeneous catalysts Liu, Huijuan; Zhang, Ling; Li, Xiujie; Huang, Shengjun; Liu, Shenglin; Xin, Wenjie; Xie, Sujuan; Xu, Longya 2009, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. 331–336, total citations: 11, citations in 2011: 5 7. Ethanol steam reforming over Ni-Cu/Al2O3-MyOz (M = Si, La, Mg, and Zn) catalysts Zhang, Lifeng; Liu, Jie; Li, Wei; Guo, Cuili; Zhang, Jinli 2009, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 55–65, total citations: 11, citations in 2011: 5 8. Comparison of reduction behavior of Fe2O3, ZnO and ZnFe2O4 by TPR technique Liang, Meisheng; Kang, Wenkai; Xie, Kechang 2009, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 110–113, total citations: 11, citations in 2011: 5 9. Effect of nano-particle size on product distribution and kinetic parameters of Fe/Cu/La catalyst in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Pour, Ali Nakhaei; Housaindokht, Mohammad Reza; Tayyari, Sayyed Faramarz; Zarkesh, Jamshid 2010, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp. 107–116, total citations: 11, citations in 2011: 4 10. Catalytic methanol decomposition to carbon monoxide and hydrogen over Pd/CeO2-ZrO2-La2O3 with different Ce/Zr molar ratios Wang, Hairong; Chen, Yaoqiang; Zhang, Qiulin; Zhu, Qingchao; Gong, Maochu; Zhao, Ming 2009, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 211–216, total citations: 10, citations in 2011: 4 11. Low-temperature CO oxidation over CuO-CeO2/SiO2 catalysts: Effect of CeO2 content and carrier porosity Luo, Jingjie; Chu, Wei; Xu, Huiyuan; Jiang, Chengfa; Zhang, Tao 2010, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 355–361, total citations: 10, citations in 2011: 3 12. Partial oxidation of simulated hot coke oven gas to syngas over Ru-Ni/Mg(Al)O catalyst in a ceramic membrane reactor Cheng, Hongwei; Lu, Xionggang; Liu, Xu; Zhang, Yuwen; Ding, Weizhong 2009, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 467–473, total citations: 9, citations in 2011: 6 13. Catalytic oxidation of soot particulates over MnOx-CeO2 oxides prepared by complexation-combustion method Shan, Wenjuan; Ma, Na; Yang, Jiali; Dong, Xiaowei; Liu, Chang; Wei, Lingling 2010, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 86–90, total citations: 9, citations in 2011: 5 14. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by nano-structured iron catalyst Pour, Ali Nakhaei; Housaindokht, Mohammad Reza; Tayyari, Sayyed Faramarz; Zarkesh, Jamshid 2010, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 284–292, total citations: 9, citations in 2011: 4 15. Oxidative coupling of methane over (Na2WO4+Mn or Ce)/SiO2 catalysts: In situ measurement of electrical conductivity Gholipour, Zeinab; Malekzadeh, Azim; Hatami, Reza; Mortazavi, Yadollah; Khodadadi, Abasali 2010, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 35–42, total citations: 9, citations in 2011: 4 16. Textural characteristics, surface chemistry and oxidation of activated carbon Daud, Wan Mohd Ashri Wan; Houshamnd, Amir Hossein 2010, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 267–279, total citations: 9, citations in 2011: 3 17. Effects of preparation and operation conditions on precipitated iron nickel catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Feyzi, Mostafa; Mirzaei, Ali Akbar; Bozorgzadeh, Hamid Reza 2010, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 341–353, total citations: 9, citations in 2011: 3 18. Effect of Mg/Al atom ratio of support on catalytic performance of Co-Mo/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst for water gas shift reaction Lian, Yixin; Wang, Huifang; Zheng, Quanxing; Fang, Weiping; Yang, Yiquan 2009, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 161–166, total citations: 9, citations in 2011: 3 19. A novel correlation approach for prediction of natural gas compressibility factor Heidaryan, Ehsan; Salarabadi, Amir; Moghadasi, Jamshid 2010, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp. 189–192, total citations: 8, citations in 2011: 4 20. Separation of ionic liquids from dilute aqueous solutions using the method based on CO2 hydrates Peng, Xiaoming; Hu, Yufeng; Liu, Yansheng; Jin, Chuanwei; Lin, Huaijing 2010, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 81–85, total citations: 8, citations in 2011: 4 21. Low temperature catalytic conversion of methane to formic acid by simple vanadium compound with use of H2O2 Wei, Xin; Ye, Linmin; Yuan, Youzhu 2009, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. 295–299, total citations: 8, citations in 2011: 4 22. Water gas shift activity of Co-Mo/MgO-Al2O3 catalysts presulfided with ammonium sulfide Lian, Yixin; Wang, Huifang; Fang, Weiping; Yang, Yiquan 2010, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 61–66, total citations: 8, citations in 2011: 3 23. Natural gas pyrolysis in double-walled reactor tubes using thermal plasma or concentrated solar radiation as external heating source Abanades, Stephane; Tescari, Stefania; Rodat, Sylvain; Flamant, Gilles 2009, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 1–8, total citations: 8, citations in 2011: 3 24. Suppressed formation of CO2 and H2O in the oxidative coupling of methane over La2O3/MgO catalyst by surface modification Gao, Zhiming; Shi, Yingxiao 2010, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp. 173–178, total citations: 7, citations in 2011: 4 25. Catalytic ignition of light hydrocarbons Hohn, K. L.; Huang, C. -C.; Cao, C. 2009, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 115–123, total citations: 7, citations in 2011: 4 26. Effect of combining the metals of group VI supported on H-ZSM-5 zeolite as catalysts for non-oxidative conversion of natural gas to petrochemicals Aboul-Gheit, A. K.; Awadallah, A. E. 2009, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 71–77, total citations: 7, citations in 2011: 4 27. Effect of Cu promoter on Ni-based SBA-15 catalysts for partial oxidation of methane to syngas Habimana, Fabien; Li, Xiujin; Ji, Shengfu; Lang, Bao; Sun, Daoan; Li, Chengyue 2009, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 392–398, total citations: 7, citations in 2011: 3 28. CeO2-ZrO2-La2O3-Al2O3 composite oxide and its supported palladiumcatalyst for the treatment of exhaust of natural gas engine vehicles Zhang, Xiaoyu; Long, Enyan; Li, Yile; Guo, Jiaxiu; Zhang, Lijuan; Gong, Maochu; Wang, Minghua; Chen, Yaoqiang 2009, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 139–144, total citations: 7, citations in 2011: 3 29. Oscillations during partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas over Ru/Al2O3 catalyst Wang, Meiliu; Weng, Weizheng; Zheng, Haozhuan; Yi, Xiaodong; Huang, Chuanjing; Wan, Huilin 2009, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. 300–305, total citations: 5, citations in 2011: 5 30. Comparison of the water change characteristics between the formation and dissociation of methane hydrate and the freezing and thawing of ice in sand Zhang, Peng; Wu, Qingbai; Wang, Yingmei 2009, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 205–210, total citations: 5, citations in 2011: 3 31. Conversion of syngas to higher alcohols over Cu-Fe-Zr catalysts induced by ethanol Zhang, Hongtao; Yang, Xiaomei; Zhou, Lipeng; Su, Yunlai; Liu, Zhongmin 2009, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. 337–340, total citations: 4, citations in 2011: 4 32. Kinetics of the water-gas shift reaction in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over a nano-structured iron catalyst Pour, Ali Nakhaei; Housaindokht, Mohammad Reza; Tayyari, Sayyed Faramarz; Zarkesh, Jamshid 2010, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 362–368, total citations: 4, citations in 2011: 3 33. Oxidative coupling of methane over La-promoted CaO catalysts: Influence of precursors and catalyst preparation method Rane, Vilas H.; Chaudhari, Sopan T.; Choudhary, Vasant R. 2010, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 25–30, total citations: 4, citations in 2011: 3 34. Effect of CeO2 preparation method and Cu loading on CuO/CeO2 catalysts for methane combustion Yang, Weiling; Li, Dao; Xu, Dongmei; Wang, Xingyi 2009, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 458–466, total citations: 4, citations in 2011: 3 35. Conversion of CH4, steam and O-2 to syngas and hydrocarbons via dielectric barrier discharge Wang, Baowei; Zhang, Xu; Liu, Yongwei; Xu, Genhui 2009, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 94–97, total citations: 4, citations in 2011: 3 36. Gas-hydrate formation, agglomeration and inhibition in oil-based drilling fluids for deep-water drilling Ning, Fulong; Zhang, Ling; Tu, Yunzhong; Jiang, Guosheng; Shi, Maoyong 2010, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 234–240, total citations: 3, citations in 2011: 3 37. Influence of CeO2 and La2O3 on properties of palladium catalysts used for emission control of natural gas vehicles Li, Yile; Zhang, Xiaoyu; Long, Enyan; Li, Hongmei; Wu, Dongdong; Cai, Li; Gong, Maochu; Chen, Yaoqiang 2009, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 415–420, total citations: 3, citations in 2011: 3 38. Experimental study on geochemical characteristic of methane hydrate formed in porous media Chen, Qiang; Liu, Changling; Ye, Yuguang 2009, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 217–221, total citations: 3, citations in 2011: 3