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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 19 414 2593 72

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 644
Documents by Best Scientists*: 3037
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 21
SCIMAGO H-index: 246
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.718
Impact Factor: 5.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation?

The concepts of Optics, Antenna (radio), Mathematical analysis, Dipole antenna and Radiation pattern are tackled in the journal. The concepts on Optics presented in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation can also apply to other research fields, including Antenna measurement, Microstrip antenna and Directional antenna. It explores topics in Antenna measurement which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Antenna efficiency, Coaxial antenna and Omnidirectional antenna.

The work on Microstrip antenna tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Microstrip and Patch antenna. While it focused on Antenna (radio), it was also able to explore topics like Acoustics and Optoelectronics. The studies in Mathematical analysis featured incorporate elements of Geometry and Plane wave.

While the journal focused on Dipole antenna, it was also able to explore topics like Monopole antenna and Dipole. Radiation pattern research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Antenna aperture. Topics in Scattering explored in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation were investigated in conjunction with research in Electromagnetic radiation, Computational physics and Classical mechanics.

  • Optics (48.05%)
  • Antenna (radio) (24.00%)
  • Mathematical analysis (17.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Numerical solution of initial boundary value problems involving maxwell's equations in isotropic media (11829 citations)
  • Multiple emitter location and signal parameter estimation (10152 citations)
  • Electromagnetic scattering by surfaces of arbitrary shape (4467 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation:

The published papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Optics, Antenna (radio), Microstrip antenna, Electrical engineering and Radiation pattern. The published articles with studies in Optics featured incorporate elements of Antenna measurement, Directional antenna, Slot antenna and Dipole antenna. Electrical impedance, Electronic engineering and Mathematical analysis are some topics wherein Antenna (radio) research discussed in the journal papers has an impact.

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

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Antenna (radio), Optics, Wideband, Acoustics and Bandwidth (signal processing). The presented research on Antenna (radio) deals specifically with Microstrip but it also addresses topics in Microstrip antenna. The research on Optics featured in it combines topics in other fields like Phase (waves) and Antenna array.

Some problems in Wideband that were presented in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation overlapped with concepts under Extremely high frequency and Axial ratio. The concepts on Bandwidth (signal processing) presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Optoelectronics and Broadband. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Dipole antenna, apply to Dipole as well.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Perfectly Reflecting Metasurface Reflectarrays: Mutual Coupling Modeling Between Unique Elements Through Homogenization (18 citations)
  • Air-to-Ground Channel Characterization for Low-Height UAVs in Realistic Network Deployments (17 citations)
  • An Atomic Receiver for AM and FM Radio Communication (17 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 Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Raj Mittra (169 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Zhi Ning Chen (138 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • John L. Volakis (135 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kamal Sarabandi (135 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kwai-Man Luk (133 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 8 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ohio State University (609 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (458 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (457 papers) published 97 papers at the last edition, 20 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (444 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • City University of Hong Kong (375 papers) published 37 papers at the last edition, 11 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, 20.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.83% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.94% of all publications and 49.85% 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

  • Spacetime Metamaterials—Part I: General Concepts

    Christophe Caloz;Zoe-Lise Deck-Leger

    (2020)
    364 Citations
  • Dual-Band Metasurface-Based Decoupling Method for Two Closely Packed Dual-Band Antennas

    Feng Liu;Jiayin Guo;Luyu Zhao;Guan-Long Huang

    (2020)
    322 Citations
  • Serrodyne Frequency Translation Using Time-Modulated Metasurfaces

    Zhanni Wu;Anthony Grbic

    (2020)
    298 Citations
  • Spacetime Metamaterials—Part II: Theory and Applications

    Christophe Caloz;Zoe-Lise Deck-Leger

    (2020)
    239 Citations
  • Self-Decoupled MIMO Antenna Pair With Shared Radiator for 5G Smartphones

    Libin Sun;Yue Li;Zhijun Zhang;Hanyang Wang

    (2020)
    224 Citations
  • Differentially Fed, Dual-Band Dual-Polarized Filtering Antenna With High Selectivity for 5G Sub-6 GHz Base Station Applications

    Yapeng Li;Zhipeng Zhao;Zhaoyang Tang;Yingzeng Yin

    (2020)
    224 Citations
  • Wideband 5G MIMO Antenna With Integrated Orthogonal-Mode Dual-Antenna Pairs for Metal-Rimmed Smartphones

    Libin Sun;Yue Li;Zhijun Zhang;Zhenghe Feng

    (2020)
    215 Citations
  • Artificial Intelligence Enabled Radio Propagation for Communications—Part II: Scenario Identification and Channel Modeling

    Unknown

    (2021)
    211 Citations
  • Review of Metasurface Antennas for Computational Microwave Imaging

    Mohammadreza F. Imani;Jonah N. Gollub;Okan Yurduseven;Aaron V. Diebold

    (2020)
    202 Citations
  • Realization of Multi-Modulation Schemes for Wireless Communication by Time-Domain Digital Coding Metasurface

    Jun Yan Dai;Wankai Tang;Liu Xi Yang;Xiang Li

    (2020)
    173 Citations

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