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International Journal of Coal Science and Technology
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International Journal of Coal Science and Technology

2095-8293

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/40789

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 332 23 28 11
Engineering and Technology 420 32 46 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 91
Documents by Best Scientists*: 104
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 51
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.461
Impact Factor: 8.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Coal Science & Technology?

International Journal of Coal Science & Technology primarily focuses on research topics in Coal, Coal mining, Mining engineering, Mineral resource classification and Waste management. Maceral is a focus of the Coal works in it. The works on Maceral deal in particular with Liptinite.

The discussions emphasized the topic of Liptinite in an attempt to further explore the field of Inertinite. It explores topics in Coal mining which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Geotechnical engineering, Roof, Drainage and Petroleum engineering. Fracture (geology) is a key component of Geotechnical engineering research discussed in it.

International Journal of Coal Science & Technology focused on Waste management research but expanded to cover Combustion. Topics in Chemical engineering explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Carbon and Adsorption.

  • Coal (49.77%)
  • Coal mining (31.88%)
  • Mining engineering (13.53%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Support technologies for deep and complex roadways in underground coal mines: a review (89 citations)
  • Research progress of monitoring, forecasting, and prevention of rockburst in underground coal mining in China (71 citations)
  • Recovery of metals and other beneficial products from coal fly ash: a sustainable approach for fly ash management (62 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Coal Science & Technology:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Coal, Coal mining, Mining engineering, Mineral resource classification and Waste management. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Coal that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mechanics, Mineralogy and Thermodynamics. Hydraulic fracturing, Geotechnical engineering, Permeability (earth sciences) and Petroleum engineering are some topics wherein Coal mining research discussed in the journal articles has an impact.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Coal
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Coal, Coal mining, Mining engineering, Mineral resource classification and Chemical engineering. It holds forums on Coal that merges themes from other disciplines such as Stress (mechanics), Roof, Electricity generation, Process engineering and Supercritical fluid. The research on Coal mining featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Rock mass classification, Structural engineering, Deformation (mechanics), Groundwater and Overburden pressure.

While Mining engineering is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Longwall mining and Bearing capacity. Mineral resource classification research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Coal waste, Sedimentary depositional environment and Mineralogy. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology tackles studies in Adsorption and the interrelated subject of Methane to gain insights into Chemical engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Characteristics of evolution of mining-induced stress field in the longwall panel: insights from physical modeling (22 citations)
  • Fracture behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of sandstone samples with inclined precracks (11 citations)
  • Predictions of elemental composition of coal and biomass from their proximate analyses using ANFIS, ANN and MLR (11 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 International Journal of Coal Science & Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Prakash K. Singh (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Meihong Wang (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yinli Bi (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pramod K. Rajak (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yang Ju (5 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 International Journal of Coal Science & Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • China University of Mining and Technology (111 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Taiyuan University of Technology (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xi'an University of Science and Technology (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (10 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 9.91% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.00% of all publications and 21.00% 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

  • Slope stability prediction based on a long short-term memory neural network: comparisons with convolutional neural networks, support vector machines and random forest models

    Unknown

    (2023)
    132 Citations
  • Water sorption on coal: effects of oxygen-containing function groups and pore structure

    Ang Liu;Shimin Liu;Peng Liu;Kai Wang

    (2021)
    77 Citations
  • Effects of external dynamic disturbances and structural plane on rock fracturing around deep underground cavern

    Unknown

    (2022)
    69 Citations
  • Mechanical criterion for coal and gas outburst: a perspective from multiphysics coupling

    Ting Liu;Baiquan Lin;Xuehai Fu;Ang Liu

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Respirable nano-particulate generations and their pathogenesis in mining workplaces: a review

    Long Fan;Shimin Liu

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Characteristics of coal resources in China and statistical analysis and preventive measures for coal mine accidents

    (2023)
    59 Citations
  • Sequence stratigraphy, paleogeography, and coal accumulation regularity of major coal-accumulating periods in China

    Longyi Shao;Xuetian Wang;Dongdong Wang;Dongdong Wang;Mingpei Li

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Fracture features of brittle coal under uniaxial and cyclic compression loads

    (2023)
    41 Citations
  • Exploration on molecular dynamics simulation methods of microscopic wetting process for coal dust

    Qi Zhang;Xinyi Chen;Hetang Wang;Chaohang Xu

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Zonal disintegration test of deep tunnel under plane strain conditions

    (2020)
    35 Citations

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