IEEE Microwave Magazine

Top Research Topics at IEEE Microwave Magazine?

IEEE Microwave Magazine tackles a plethora of topics, such as Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Telecommunications, Microwave and Wireless. It concentrated on Electrical engineering research, specifically Radio frequency, Amplifier, Electronic circuit and Integrated circuit. The work on Electronic engineering presented in IEEE Microwave Magazine focuses on Bandwidth (signal processing) in particular.

Telecommunications study tackled is connected to the field of Desk. Microwave engineering is a focus of the presented Microwave works and it dives deep in Microwave engineering.

• Electrical engineering (25.37%)
• Electronic engineering (20.20%)
• Telecommunications (16.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Composite right/left-handed transmission line metamaterials (1117 citations)
• RF MEMS switches and switch circuits (902 citations)
• MIMO systems with antenna selection (814 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Microwave Magazine:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Electronic engineering, Electrical engineering, Wireless, Amplifier and Telecommunications. The most cited articles tackle studies in Predistortion and the interrelated subject of Linearity to gain insights into Electronic engineering. While the primary focus in the journal articles is Electrical engineering, they also dissect topics surrounding Microelectromechanical systems and Reliability (semiconductor) as a whole.

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

• World War II
• Law
• Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Microwave, Electrical engineering, Desk, Telecommunications and Electronic engineering. The journal explores topics in Microwave which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Optoelectronics and Byte. The journal explores research in Electrical engineering and the adjacent study of Wireless.

The research on Wireless featured in it combines topics in other fields like Wireless sensor network and Communications system. The Microwave theory studies presented in the journal fall under the field of Telecommunications, but it also has connections to other fields such as Technical committee. The concepts on Electronic engineering presented in IEEE Microwave Magazine can also apply to other research fields, including Signal and Amplifier.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Trends in Wireless Power Transfer: WPT Technology for Energy Harvesting, Mllimeter-Wave/THz Rectennas, MIMO-WPT, and Advances in Near-Field WPT Applications (7 citations)
• Negative Group Delay Circuits and Applications: Feedforward Amplifiers, Phased-Array Antennas, Constant Phase Shifters, Non-Foster Elements, Interconnection Equalization, and Power Dividers (4 citations)
• Recent Progress in SISL Circuits and Systems: Review of Passive and Active Circuits Demonstrating SISL's Low Loss and Self-Packaging and Showcasing the Merits of Metallic, Shielded, Suspended Lines (3 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 IEEE Microwave Magazine (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alfy Riddle (109 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Rajeev Bansal (97 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Fred Schindler (85 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Robert H. Caverly (66 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• James C. Lin (55 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 IEEE Microwave Magazine (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Connecticut (71 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Villanova University (55 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Illinois at Chicago (34 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• RF Micro Devices (31 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 2021 edition, 21.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.60% of all publications and 35.20% 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.