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Fuel
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Fuel

0016-2361

Published by: Elsevier

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 12 894 3265 92
Chemistry 38 1059 2752 82

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2956
Documents by Best Scientists*: 6898
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 68
SCIMAGO H-index: 273
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.614
Impact Factor: 7.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fuel?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Coal, Chemical engineering, Combustion, Catalysis and Organic chemistry. While Coal is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Carbon, Mineralogy and Analytical chemistry. Fuel focuses on Mineralogy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Fly ash, Metallurgy and Oil shale.

Topics in Chemical engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Coke, Adsorption and Methane. Issues in Combustion were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ignition system, Mechanics and Diesel fuel. The concepts on Diesel fuel presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Biodiesel, Diesel engine, Pulp and paper industry and Soot.

Many of the studies tackled connect Pulp and paper industry with a similar field of study like Biomass. Catalysis research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Yield (chemistry), Hydrogen, Methanol, Nuclear chemistry and Inorganic chemistry. Research on Inorganic chemistry addressed in Fuel frequently intersections with the field of Sulfur.

  • Coal (22.73%)
  • Chemical engineering (19.53%)
  • Combustion (17.85%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Characteristics of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin pyrolysis (4253 citations)
  • A UNIFIED CORRELATION FOR ESTIMATING HHV OF SOLID, LIQUID AND GASEOUS FUELS (1445 citations)
  • Science and technology of novel processes for deep desulfurization of oil refinery streams: a review☆ ☆ (1355 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fuel:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Coal, Chemical engineering, Mineralogy, Combustion and Organic chemistry. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Coal that incorporate concepts from other fields like Environmental chemistry, Carbon and Analytical chemistry. The journal articles focus on Combustion but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ignition system, Diesel engine and Diesel fuel.

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 Fuel (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chun-Zhu Li (106 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Xian-Yong Wei (96 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zuohua Huang (90 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harry Marsh (89 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rafael Kandiyoti (88 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 Fuel (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (749 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 106 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Mining and Technology (641 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 90 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Petroleum (553 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 68 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (434 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (389 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, 24.48% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.20% of all publications and 51.54% 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

  • Hydrophilic nitrogen-doped carbon dots from biowaste using dwarf banana peel for environmental and biological applications

    Raji Atchudan;Thomas Nesakumar Jebakumar Immanuel Edison;Suguna Perumal;Nallal Muthuchamy

    (2020)
    462 Citations
  • Review on pretreatment techniques to improve anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

    V. Khanh Nguyen;Dhiraj Kumar Chaudhary;Ram Hari Dahal;N. Hoang Trinh

    (2021)
    417 Citations
  • Microalgae biomass as a sustainable source for biofuel, biochemical and biobased value-added products: An integrated biorefinery concept

    Sk. Yasir Arafat Siddiki;M. Mofijur;M. Mofijur;P. Senthil Kumar;Shams Forruque Ahmed

    (2022)
    412 Citations
  • A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery

    M.R. Atelge;M.R. Atelge;A.E. Atabani;J. Rajesh Banu;J. Rajesh Banu;David Krisa

    (2020)
    387 Citations
  • Reservoir properties of Chinese tectonic coal: A review

    Yuanping Cheng;Zhejun Pan

    (2020)
    371 Citations
  • Effect of nanoparticles on the performance of polymer/surfactant flooding for enhanced oil recovery: A review

    Unknown

    (2022)
    328 Citations
  • Adsorption of CO2 from flue gas by novel seaweed-based KOH-activated porous biochars

    Shuai Ding;Yangxian Liu

    (2020)
    316 Citations

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