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Inverse Problems
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Inverse Problems

0266-5611

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0266-5611

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 39 75 190 25
Engineering and Technology 569 35 79 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 154
Documents by Best Scientists*: 295
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 133
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.898
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Inverse Problems?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Mathematical analysis, Inverse problem, Applied mathematics, Inverse scattering problem and Algorithm. The Mathematical analysis works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Scattering, Boundary (topology) and Inverse. The presentations focused mostly on Scattering in an attempt to further explore topics in Optics.

The journal connects research in Inverse with the related topic of Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The journal holds forums on Inverse problem that merges themes from other disciplines such as Regularization (mathematics), Mathematical optimization and Nonlinear system. Backus–Gilbert method and Regularization perspectives on support vector machines are all topics related to Regularization (mathematics) research discussed.

The study on Applied mathematics presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Convergence (routing). The work on Inverse scattering problem presented in it focuses on Inverse scattering transform in particular. In addition to Algorithm research, it aims to explore topics under Inversion (meteorology) and Iterative reconstruction.

  • Mathematical analysis (53.52%)
  • Inverse problem (43.14%)
  • Applied mathematics (15.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Optical tomography in medical imaging (2157 citations)
  • Sparsity and incoherence in compressive sampling (1740 citations)
  • Synthetic aperture radar interferometry (1366 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Inverse Problems:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Mathematical analysis, Inverse problem, Mathematical optimization, Algorithm and Applied mathematics. The most cited articles explore research in Scattering and overlapping concepts in Plane wave to expand the discourse in Mathematical analysis. The journal publications focus on Inverse problem but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Regularization (mathematics) which is concerned with Well-posed problem.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Inverse Problems are Applied mathematics, Inverse problem, Mathematical analysis, Algorithm and Inverse. Inverse Problems facilitates discussions on Applied mathematics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Regularization (mathematics), Tikhonov regularization, Monotonic function and Nonlinear system. The studies in Inverse problem featured incorporate elements of Tomography, Representation (mathematics) and Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Issues in Mathematical analysis were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Isotropy and Boundary (topology). While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Algorithm, it also covered topics in Projection (set theory), Posterior probability, Bayesian probability, Function (mathematics) and Iterative reconstruction. The concepts on Inverse presented in Inverse Problems can also apply to other research fields, including Inverse scattering problem, Boundary value problem and Lipschitz continuity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Recovering a quasilinear conductivity from boundary measurements (8 citations)
  • Adaptive regularisation for ensemble Kalman inversion (7 citations)
  • Stabilizing Invertible Neural Networks Using Mixture Models (5 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 Inverse Problems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Masahiro Yamamoto (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Masaru Ikehata (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Erkki Somersalo (37 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Michael V. Klibanov (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mario Bertero (34 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 Inverse Problems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Delaware (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Göttingen (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University College London (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 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, 65.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.42% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.17% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.83% of all publications and 64.58% 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

  • NETT: solving inverse problems with deep neural networks

    Housen Li;Johannes Schwab;Stephan Antholzer;Markus Haltmeier

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • The Sliding Frank-Wolfe Algorithm and its Application to Super-Resolution Microscopy

    Quentin Denoyelle;Vincent Duval;Gabriel Peyré;Emmanuel Soubies

    (2020)
    112 Citations
  • Recovering piecewise constant refractive indices by a single far-field pattern

    Emilia Blåsten;Hongyu Liu

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • NON-UNIQUE GAMES OVER COMPACT GROUPS AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION IN CRYO-EM

    Afonso S. Bandeira;Yutong Chen;Roy R. Lederman;Amit Singer

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Inverse problems for generalized quasi-variational inequalities with application to elliptic mixed boundary value systems

    (2022)
    60 Citations
  • Inverse problems for nonlinear quasi-hemivariational inequalities with application to mixed boundary value problems*

    Stanislaw Migorski;Stanislaw Migorski;Akhthar A Khan;Shengda Zeng;Shengda Zeng

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Cryo-EM reconstruction of continuous heterogeneity by Laplacian spectral volumes.

    Amit Moscovich;Amit Halevi;Joakim Andén;Amit Singer

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Convexification and experimental data for a 3D inverse scattering problem with the moving point source

    Vo Anh Khoa;Grant W. Bidney;Michael V. Klibanov;Loc H. Nguyen

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Method of moments for 3D single particle ab initio modeling with non-uniform distribution of viewing angles

    Nir Sharon;Joe Kileel;Yuehaw Khoo;Boris Landa

    (2020)
    49 Citations

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