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Carbon
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Carbon

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Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/carbon

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 18 1716 2586 117

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2636
Documents by Best Scientists*: 3237
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 68
SCIMAGO H-index: 346
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.32
Impact Factor: 11.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Carbon?

The journal focuses on Carbon, Composite material, Chemical engineering, Graphene and Carbon nanotube. The work on Carbon tackled in Carbon brings together disciplines like Inorganic chemistry, Adsorption, Electrode, Analytical chemistry and Pyrolysis. The Inorganic chemistry study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Activated carbon.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Adsorption, apply to Microporous material as well. Graphite, Composite number, Microstructure, Fiber and Ultimate tensile strength are all aspects of Composite material discussed in it. It holds forums on Chemical engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Porosity, Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Carbonization and Electrochemistry.

The studies on Graphene discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Optoelectronics, Oxide and Raman spectroscopy. The studies in Carbon nanotube featured incorporate elements of Transmission electron microscopy and Chemical vapor deposition. As a part of the journal, discussions in Nanotechnology involve topics like Nanoparticle and Graphene nanoribbons.

  • Carbon (27.19%)
  • Composite material (26.10%)
  • Chemical engineering (25.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Synthesis of graphene-based nanosheets via chemical reduction of exfoliated graphite oxide (11227 citations)
  • Carbon materials for the electrochemical storage of energy in capacitors (3608 citations)
  • The reduction of graphene oxide (3370 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Carbon:

The published articles investigate studies in Carbon, Composite material, Chemical engineering, Carbon nanotube and Graphene. The published papers with studies in Carbon featured incorporate elements of Inorganic chemistry, Pyrolysis, Adsorption and Analytical chemistry. The works on Graphene tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Oxide and Raman spectroscopy.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry
  • Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Carbon, Graphene, Chemical engineering, Composite material and Nanotechnology. The concepts on Carbon presented in Carbon can also apply to other research fields, including Yield (chemistry), Secondary ion mass spectrometry, Mass spectrum, Sputtering and Photoluminescence. The research on Graphene tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Oxide, Amorphous carbon, Nanoparticle, Optoelectronics and Ion beam.

Topics in Chemical engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Porosity, Battery (electricity), Electrolyte, Anode and Catalysis. While Composite material is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Dielectric loss and Scattering. The journal facilitates discussions in Antistatic agent and Carbon nanomaterials as part of the larger field of Nanotechnology, however, it also tackles fields such as Low toxicity and Future perspective.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Constructing resilient solid electrolyte interphases on carbon nanofiber film for advanced potassium metal anodes (0 citations)
  • High-volumetric capacitance and high-rate performance in liquid-mediated densified holey MXene film (0 citations)
  • Self-assembled homogeneous SiOC@C/graphene with three-dimensional lamellar structure enabling improved capacity and rate performances for lithium ion storage (0 citations)

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 Carbon (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michio Inagaki (218 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Isao Mochida (180 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philip L. Walker (144 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Morinobu Endo (134 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • D.D.L. Chung (129 papers) absent at the last 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 Carbon (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1155 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 83 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (426 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (404 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (389 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (349 papers) absent at the last 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.85% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.08% of all publications and 57.69% 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

  • Electromagnetic microwave absorption theory and recent achievements in microwave absorbers

    Xiaojun Zeng;Xiaoyu Cheng;Ronghai Yu;Galen D. Stucky

    (2020)
    878 Citations
  • Construction, mechanism and prospective of conductive polymer composites with multiple interfaces for electromagnetic interference shielding: A review

    Ming Wang;Ming Wang;Xiao-Hong Tang;Jie-Hua Cai;Hong Wu

    (2021)
    643 Citations
  • Assessing the structural properties of graphitic and non-graphitic carbons by Raman spectroscopy

    Dominique B. Schuepfer;Felix Badaczewski;Juan Manuel Guerra-Castro;Detlev M. Hofmann

    (2020)
    570 Citations
  • Multi-shell hollow porous carbon nanoparticles with excellent microwave absorption properties

    Jiaqi Tao;Jintang Zhou;Zhengjun Yao;Zibao Jiao

    (2021)
    543 Citations
  • Review on the electromagnetic interference shielding properties of carbon based materials and their novel composites: Recent progress, challenges and prospects

    Nannan Wu;Qian Hu;Qian Hu;Renbo Wei;Xianmin Mai

    (2021)
    526 Citations
  • Magnetic vortex core-shell Fe3O4@C nanorings with enhanced microwave absorption performance

    Xiao Wang;Fei Pan;Zhen Xiang;Qingwen Zeng

    (2020)
    465 Citations
  • Houttuynia-derived nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon for high-performance supercapacitor

    Zhen Shang;Zhen Shang;Xingye An;Hao Zhang;Hao Zhang;Mengxia Shen

    (2020)
    444 Citations
  • Recent advances in preparations and applications of carbon aerogels: A review

    Jong-Hoon Lee;Soo-Jin Park

    (2020)
    431 Citations
  • An overview of recent progress in nanostructured carbon-based supercapacitor electrodes: From zero to bi-dimensional materials

    Unknown

    (2022)
    422 Citations
  • The impact of electrode with carbon materials on safety performance of lithium-ion batteries: A review

    Unknown

    (2022)
    421 Citations

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