Drying Technology

Top Research Topics at Drying Technology?

Drying Technology covers a variety of subjects, including Water content, Moisture, Waste management, Composite material and Thermodynamics. Some problems in Water content that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Chromatography, Food science, Pulp and paper industry and Analytical chemistry. Topics in Chromatography were tackled in line with various other fields like Chemical engineering and Kinetics.

Drying Technology addresses concerns in Moisture which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Thermal diffusivity and Sorption. The journal explores research in Process engineering and overlapping concepts in Scientific method to expand the discourse in Waste management. The Composite material study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Microwave.

As a part of Drying Technology, discussions in Thermodynamics involve topics like Mass transfer and Heat transfer coefficient. Topics in Mass transfer explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Convection and Heat transfer. Drying Technology is focused mainly on Mechanics, particularly Computational fluid dynamics.

• Water content (20.77%)
• Moisture (16.31%)
• Waste management (13.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A NEW MODEL FOR SINGLE-LAYER DRYING (903 citations)
• Recent Developments in Microencapsulation of Food Ingredients (766 citations)
• Crystallization Technology Handbook (674 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Drying Technology:

The journal articles focus largely on the fields of Water content, Moisture, Food science, Chromatography and Spray drying. The works on Water content tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Shrinkage, Composite material, Waste management and Pulp and paper industry. The published papers explore issues in Moisture which can be linked to other research areas like Mass transfer, Thermal diffusivity, Relative humidity, Thermodynamics and Analytical chemistry.

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

• Composite material
• Food science
• Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Spray drying, Food science, Scientific method, Pulp and paper industry and Process engineering. Research in the field of Chemical engineering was used to conduct the presented Spray drying study. Most of the Food science studies addressed also intersect with Freeze-drying.

The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Process engineering as it also encompasses Product (mathematics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Effect of drying method and cultivar on sensory attributes, textural profiles, and volatile characteristics of grape raisins (16 citations)
• Natural convection and direct type (NCDT) solar dryers: a review (13 citations)
• Drying of organic blackberry in combined hot air-infrared dryer with ultrasound pretreatment (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Drying Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Arun S. Mujumdar (371 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
• Min Zhang (147 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
• Somchart Soponronnarit (67 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Xiao Dong Chen (66 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Sakamon Devahastin (54 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Drying Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• McGill University (227 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• National University of Singapore (197 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Jiangnan University (171 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (106 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• State University of Campinas (85 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 7.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.63% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.92% of all publications and 60.50% 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.