Frontiers of Materials Science

Top Research Topics at Frontiers of Materials Science?

The concepts of Composite material, Nanotechnology, Metallurgy, Microstructure and Nanoparticle are tackled in the journal. Research on Composite material presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Composite number and Ultimate tensile strength. The journal is mostly focused on Nanotechnology, specifically Graphene.

It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Graphene and Oxide. It covers various topics on Metallurgy such as Corrosion, Magnesium alloy, Alloy and Welding. It facilitates discussions on Corrosion that incorporate concepts from other fields like Coating and Magnesium.

• Composite material (16.55%)
• Nanotechnology (15.85%)
• Metallurgy (13.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Sol-gel auto-combustion synthesis of spinel-type ferrite nanomaterials (262 citations)
• Magnesium based degradable biomaterials: A review (84 citations)
• Conducting polypyrrole in tissue engineering applications (82 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers of Materials Science:

The published papers focus on Nanotechnology, Metallurgy, Biocompatibility, Magnesium alloy and Microstructure. The majority of Nanotechnology studies presented in the journal publications zero in on Nanomaterials. The most cited publications are concerned with the study of Microstructure and Composite material in general.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Composite material
• Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Frontiers of Materials Science primarily focuses on research topics in Nanotechnology, Composite material, Graphene, Composite number and Polymer. Frontiers of Materials Science emphasizes research on Nanotechnology, which includes concerns such as Nanoparticle. The journal holds forums on Composite material that merges themes from other disciplines such as Deposition (chemistry) and Standing wave.

The tackled Graphene research is interrelated with Oxide which concerns subjects like Lithium, Anode, Water vapor and Evaporation. It addresses concerns in Composite number which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Cell, Hydrothermal circulation and Amorphous carbon. The presented research on Polymer deals specifically with Drug delivery but it also addresses topics in Metal-organic framework and Drug release.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Reduced graphene oxide-based calcium alginate hydrogel as highly efficient solar steam generation membrane for desalination (3 citations)
• Recent progress in graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix composites (3 citations)
• A review on structures, materials and applications of stretchable electrodes (1 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 Frontiers of Materials Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rong-Chang Zeng (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Fuzhai Cui (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Qianfeng Fang (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Xiumei Wang (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Xiguang Chen (10 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Frontiers of Materials Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Tsinghua University (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (50 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Shandong University of Science and Technology (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Science and Technology Beijing (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (13 papers) published 3 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, 5.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.57% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 48.57% 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.