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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 202 71 141 18
Physics 225 25 22 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 262
Documents by Best Scientists*: 385
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 124
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.395
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Plasma, Atomic physics, Electrical engineering, Optics and Electron. Topics in Plasma explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Mechanics, Magnetic field, Electrode and Computational physics. The journal links adjacent topics like Mechanics with Arc (geometry).

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science investigates Arc (geometry) research which frequently intersects with Electric arc. The studies in Atomic physics featured incorporate elements of Ion, Ionization, Cathode and Electric field. Discussions in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science are anchored in the subject of Cathode and the similar topic of Anode.

The Electrical engineering works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Power (physics) and Optoelectronics. Some problems in Optics that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Gyrotron, Microwave and Cathode ray.

  • Plasma (36.48%)
  • Atomic physics (30.73%)
  • Electrical engineering (23.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The atmospheric-pressure plasma jet: a review and comparison to other plasma sources (1102 citations)
  • Particle-in-cell charged-particle simulations, plus Monte Carlo collisions with neutral atoms, PIC-MCC (1015 citations)
  • Overview of plasma-based accelerator concepts (919 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science:

The most cited publications investigate studies in Plasma, Atomic physics, Electrical engineering, Optics and Cathode. The studies on Plasma discussed at the published papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Mechanics, Computational physics and Atmospheric pressure. The works on Atomic physics tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Electric field, Ion, Ionization, Electron and Electric arc.

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 Plasma Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Edl Schamiloglu (70 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas M. Antonsen (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hidenori Akiyama (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • V.L. Granatstein (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aici Qiu (59 papers) published 3 papers 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 Transactions on Plasma Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russian Academy of Sciences (407 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (386 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (262 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 25 less than at the previous edition,
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (245 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Naval Research Laboratory (214 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 17.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.28% of all publications and 64.72% 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

  • High-Order Mode of Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons and Its Application in Bandpass Filters

    Kai-Da Xu;Sen Lu;Ying-Jiang Guo;Qiang Chen

    (2021)
    79 Citations
  • Influence of the Crosswind on the Pantograph Arcing Dynamics

    Zefeng Yang;Pan Xu;Wenfu Wei;Guoqiang Gao

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • 2022 Review of Data-Driven Plasma Science

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Effect of Nonuniform Emission on Miram Curves

    David Chernin;Y. Y. Lau;John J. Petillo;Serguei Ovtchinnikov

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • High-Selectivity Narrow- and Wide-band Input-Reflectionless Bandpass Filters with Intercoupled Dual-Behavior Resonators

    Wenjie Feng;Xueke Ma;Yongrong Shi;Suyang Shi

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • A Flexible High-Selectivity Single-Layer Coplanar Waveguide Bandpass Filter Using Interdigital Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons of Bow-Tie Cells

    Leidan Pan;Yongle Wu;Weimin Wang;Yiwen Wei

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Broadband Power Amplifier Based on a Generalized Step-Impedance Quasi-Chebyshev Lowpass Matching Approach

    Zheng Zhuang;Yongle Wu;Qinghua Yang;Mengdan Kong

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Design of a Hybrid Metal-Plasma Transmit-Array With Beam-Scanning Capabilities

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Ultraminiaturized Wideband Quasi-Chebyshev/-Elliptic Impedance-Transforming Power Divider Based on Integrated Passive Device Technology

    Mengdan Kong;Yongle Wu;Zheng Zhuang;Weimin Wang

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Experimental Testing of a 3-D-Printed Metamaterial Slow Wave Structure for High-Power Microwave Generation

    Antonio Breno de Alleluia;Ahmed F. Abdelshafy;Paulius Ragulis;Artem Kuskov

    (2020)
    27 Citations

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