| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 595 | 62 | 85 | 8 |
The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Metallurgy, Composite material, Nuclear chemistry, Microstructure and Alloy. The studies in Metallurgy featured incorporate elements of Phase (matter) and Scanning electron microscope. The research on Phase (matter) featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Thermodynamics and Analytical chemistry.
The journal centers on topics in Composite material, with a focus on Composite number.
The journal papers investigate studies in Metallurgy, Microstructure, Composite material, Thermodynamics and Alloy. In addition to Microstructure research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Transmission electron microscopy, Precipitation (chemistry), Aluminium and Intermetallic. The most cited articles focus on Thermodynamics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Phase (matter), CALPHAD, Phase diagram, Crystallography and Ternary operation.
International Journal of Materials Research focuses on Metallurgy, Composite material, Microstructure, Alloy and Chemical engineering. The work on Metallurgy addressed in it expands to the thematically related Carbon. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Composite material and Electrical resistivity and conductivity.
International Journal of Materials Research explores issues in Microstructure which can be linked to other research areas like Coating, Corrosion and Phase (matter). The research on Alloy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Scale (ratio) and Phosphorus. Chemical engineering research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Nanocomposite.
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 Materials Research (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Materials Research (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 19.57% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 4.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.22% of all publications and 71.62% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Farhad Ostovan;Khamirul Amin Matori;Meysam Toozandehjani;Arshin Oskoueian
(2021)Joerg Reimann;Jérôme Vicente;Claudio Ferrero;Alexander Rack
(2020)Ranke Liu;Ranke Liu;Jiankuan Li;Jiankuan Li;Zhiyong Liu;Zhiyong Liu;Cuiwei Du;Cuiwei Du
(2021)Jean-Baptiste Forien;Philip J. DePond;Gabe M. Guss;Bradley H. Jared
(2020)Xiang Cheng;Lei Liu;Guibo Qiu;Zhitao Bai
(2020)Margarita Shepelenko;Leonid Klinger;Eugen Rabkin;Alexander Berner
(2021)Rainer K. Wunderlich;Markus Mohr;Yue Dong;Ulrike Hecht
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