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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 111 331 663 28
Physics 168 27 53 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 576
Documents by Best Scientists*: 892
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 174
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.687
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Photonics Technology Letters?

Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Electronic engineering and Optical fiber are the subjects of interest in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. Wavelength, Optical amplifier, Wavelength-division multiplexing, Waveguide (optics) and Fiber Bragg grating are all areas of Optics tackled in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. The Wavelength-division multiplexing study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Optical filter.

The concepts on Fiber Bragg grating presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Long-period fiber grating and PHOSFOS. The study on Optoelectronics presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Quantum well. Laser, which encompasses Distributed feedback laser, Tunable laser, Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, Optical pumping and Laser linewidth, is the main subject of the journal.

Topics in Electronic engineering explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Optical performance monitoring, Transmission (telecommunications), Passive optical network and Modulation. The journal facilitates discussions on Optical performance monitoring that incorporate concepts from other fields like Optical modulation amplitude and Optical cross-connect. It connects the study in Optical fiber with the closely related area of Fiber.

  • Optics (67.80%)
  • Optoelectronics (50.26%)
  • Laser (20.52%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) (596 citations)
  • Ultra-compact Si-SiO 2 microring resonator optical channel dropping filters (592 citations)
  • Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber (573 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Photonics Technology Letters:

The most cited publications mainly tackle studies in Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Optical fiber and Electronic engineering. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Optical fiber that incorporate concepts from other fields like Fiber and Diffraction grating. While the most cited publications focused on Electronic engineering, they were also able to explore topics like Transmission (telecommunications), Passive optical network and Modulation.

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

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Optoelectronics, Optics, Laser, Photonics and Electronic engineering. The journal features Optoelectronics research that overlaps with concepts in Laser linewidth. The Optics works featured in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters incorporate elements from Fiber and Signal.

The works on Laser deal in particular with Fiber laser. The in-depth study on Photonics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Optical amplifier. The study of Electronic engineering encompasses disciplines such as Modulation, as well as fields such as Transmitter, all of which overlap with one another.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • On-Chip GaAs-Based Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Millimeter-Wave Regime (9 citations)
  • 100-GBd Waveguide Bragg Grating Modulator in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (6 citations)
  • A Method for Improving Reflection Tolerance of Laser Source in Hybrid Photonic Packaged Micro-System (4 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 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John E. Bowers (111 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christopher Richard Doerr (99 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Alan E. Willner (95 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Larry A. Coldren (92 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jianping Yao (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 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bell Labs (779 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (340 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alcatel-Lucent (289 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (242 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Chiao Tung University (233 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 5.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.18% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.93% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.65% of all publications and 66.24% 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

  • Optical Fibre Capacity Optimisation via Continuous Bandwidth Amplification and Geometric Shaping

    Lidia Galdino;Adrian Edwards;Wenting Yi;Eric Sillekens

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • Over 10 Gbps VLC for Long-Distance Applications Using a GaN-Based Series-Biased Micro-LED Array

    Enyuan Xie;Rui Bian;Xiangyu He;Mohamed Sufyan Islim

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • A Compact Wideband Filter Based on Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Wide Upper Rejection Band

    Dawei Zhang;Kuang Zhang;Qun Wu;Tao Jiang

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Highly Compact and Efficient Four-Mode Multiplexer Based on Pixelated Waveguides

    Hucheng Xie;Yingjie Liu;Shuai Wang;Yujie Wang

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • An Ultra-Compact 3-dB Power Splitter for Three Modes Based on Pixelated Meta-Structure

    Hucheng Xie;Yingjie Liu;Yuhan Wang;Yujie Wang

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • >5kW Record High Power Narrow Linewidth Laser From Traditional Step-Index Monolithic Fiber Amplifier

    Zhi-Meng Huang;Qiang Shu;Ru-Mao Tao;Qiu-Hui Chu

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • 100-GBd Waveguide Bragg Grating Modulator in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

    David Pohl;Andreas Messner;Fabian Kaufmann;Marc Reig Escale

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Fibrous Al-Doped ZnO Thin Film Ultraviolet Photodetectors With Improved Responsivity and Speed

    Chandan Kumar;Bhoopendra Kumar Kushwaha;Amit Kumar;Deepak Kumar Jarwal

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Spectral Shaping Based on Coupled Sagnac Loop Reflectors Formed by a Self-Coupled Wire Waveguide

    Hamed Arianfard;Jiayang Wu;Saulius Juodkazis;David J. Moss

    (2021)
    46 Citations

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