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Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
H-index 91

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

2076-3417

Published by: MDPI

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 46 1141 2085 58
Materials Science 130 995 1357 48

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 6670
Documents by Best Scientists*: 9444
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 125
SCIMAGO H-index: 162
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.521
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Applied Sciences?

Applied Sciences primarily focuses on research topics in Artificial intelligence, Composite material, Structural engineering, Control theory and Pattern recognition. It explores issues in Artificial intelligence which can be linked to other research areas like Machine learning and Computer vision.

  • Artificial intelligence (10.15%)
  • Composite material (5.98%)
  • Structural engineering (3.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Metrics for Polyphonic Sound Event Detection (286 citations)
  • FTIR and Raman Characterization of TiO2 Nanoparticles Coated with Polyethylene Glycol as Carrier for 2-Methoxyestradiol (209 citations)
  • Virtual Inertia: Current Trends and Future Directions (196 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Sciences:

The published papers primarily tackle Artificial intelligence, Composite material, Pattern recognition, Deep learning and Nanotechnology. While the most cited articles focused on Artificial intelligence, they were also able to explore topics like Machine learning and Computer vision.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Applied Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zong Woo Geem (22 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jorge de Brito (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Frede Blaabjerg (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yosoon Choi (19 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jong-Myon Kim (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Applied Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Korea University (118 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 20 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Cheng Kung University (71 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yonsei University (71 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hanyang University (63 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Chiao Tung University (45 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 95.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.66% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.30% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.88% of all publications and 55.16% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Fe3O4 Nanoparticles: Structures, Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, Surface Functionalization, and Emerging Applications

    Minh Dang Nguyen;Hung-Vu Tran;Shoujun Xu;T. Randall Lee

    (2021)
    614 Citations
  • A Review of the Water Desalination Technologies

    Domenico Curto;Vincenzo Franzitta;Andrea Guercio

    (2021)
    471 Citations
  • Observation of Potential Contaminants in Processed Biomass Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

    Jingshun Zhuang;Mi Li;Yunqiao Pu;Arthur Jonas Ragauskas

    (2020)
    448 Citations
  • Preparation and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using Leaf Extract of Sambucus ebulus

    Sanaz Alamdari;Morteza Sasani Ghamsari;Chan Lee;Wooje Han

    (2020)
    401 Citations
  • Real-time hand gesture recognition based on deep learning YOLOv3 model

    Abdullah Mujahid;Mazhar Javed Awan;Awais Yasin;Mazin Abed Mohammed

    (2021)
    286 Citations
  • Effect of Temperatures on Polyphenols during Extraction

    (2022)
    243 Citations
  • Recent Advancements in Non-Destructive Testing Techniques for Structural Health Monitoring

    Patryk Kot;Magomed Muradov;Michaela Gkantou;George S. Kamaris

    (2021)
    234 Citations
  • Doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Potential Use in Nanomedicine.

    Marco Carofiglio;Sugata Barui;Valentina Cauda;Marco Laurenti

    (2020)
    229 Citations
  • Applications of Magnesium and its Alloys: A Review

    Jovan Tan;Seeram Ramakrishna

    (2021)
    191 Citations

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