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Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
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Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 269 94 73 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 132
Documents by Best Scientists*: 96
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 138
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.511
Impact Factor: 13.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Nanotechnology, Condensed matter physics, Polymer, Metallurgy and Chemical physics. In addition to Nanotechnology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Oxide and Molecule. The main emphasis of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science is the research on Condensed matter physics, emphasizing the topic of Superconductivity.

Microstructure is the primary subject of Metallurgy works presented in the journal. The journal features Thin film research that overlaps with concepts in Optoelectronics.

  • Nanotechnology (35.15%)
  • Condensed matter physics (9.69%)
  • Polymer (7.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Degradable biomaterials based on magnesium corrosion (1292 citations)
  • Sodium and sodium-ion energy storage batteries (1100 citations)
  • TiO2 nanotubes: Self-organized electrochemical formation, properties and applications (1070 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science:

The journal publications cover a variety of subjects, including Nanotechnology, Polymer, Metallurgy, Ceramic and Composite material. The works on Nanotechnology tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Tissue engineering, Oxide and Supercritical fluid. The Composite material studies presented in the journal papers encompass related topics like Stress (mechanics) and also examine its connection to subjects such as Forensic engineering.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science explores disciplines such as Nanotechnology, Electrochemistry, Polymer, Chemical physics and Electrode. Specifically, studies on Rational design are prevalent in the Nanotechnology works discussed. The work on Electrochemistry tackled in it brings together disciplines like Inorganic chemistry, Effluent, Electrolyte, Reactivity (chemistry) and Persulfate.

While the journal focused on Persulfate, it was also able to explore topics like Reaction mechanism, Sulfate, Incineration and Chloride. Amino acid, Hydroxyproline, Polymer science and Polyester are some topics wherein Polymer research discussed in Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science have an impact. The research on Chemical physics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Chemical disorder, Potential energy landscape, Interstitial diffusion, Fe model and Mixing (physics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Electrochemically generated sulfate radicals by boron doped diamond and its environmental applications (13 citations)
  • Outstanding performances of the BDD film anode in electro-Fenton process: Applications and comparative performance (12 citations)
  • Recent progress in the design and fabrication of multifunctional structures based on metamaterials (11 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 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kurt W. Kolasinski (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yanwen Zhang (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • TinaJ Walton (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William J. Weber (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jagdish Narayan (7 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 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (37 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory (20 papers) published 1 paper 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 2021 edition, 9.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.79% of all publications and 62.07% 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

  • Defects and anomalies in powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing

    Unknown

    (2022)
    549 Citations
  • Fundamental aspects and recent advances in transition metal nitrides as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction: A review

    Jayaraman Theerthagiri;Seung Jun Lee;Arun Prasad Murthy;Jagannathan Madhavan

    (2020)
    396 Citations
  • Additive manufacturing – A review of hot deformation behavior and constitutive modeling of flow stress

    (2022)
    188 Citations
  • What's new in ceramics sintering? A short report on the latest trends and future prospects

    Mattia Biesuz;Salvatore Grasso;Vincenzo M. Sglavo

    (2020)
    131 Citations
  • Degradable Piezoelectric Biomaterials for Wearable and Implantable Bioelectronics.

    Jun Li;Yin Long;Fan Yang;Xudong Wang

    (2020)
    121 Citations
  • Recent progress in the design and fabrication of multifunctional structures based on metamaterials

    Xujin Yuan;Mingji Chen;Yin Yao;Xiaogang Guo

    (2021)
    109 Citations
  • Critical review of the state of the art in multi-material fabrication via directed energy deposition

    D.R. Feenstra;R. Banerjee;H.L. Fraser;A. Huang

    (2021)
    106 Citations
  • Machine learning in nuclear materials research

    (2022)
    101 Citations
  • Mechanics at the interfaces of 2D materials: Challenges and opportunities

    Zhaohe Dai;Nanshu Lu;Kenneth M. Liechti;Rui Huang

    (2020)
    94 Citations
  • Recent advances in additive manufacturing of active mechanical metamaterials

    S. Macrae Montgomery;Xiao Kuang;Connor D. Armstrong;H. Jerry Qi

    (2020)
    80 Citations

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