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Ionics
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Ionics

0947-7047

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11581

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 256 364 510 29
Chemistry 293 216 294 25
Engineering and Technology 386 105 195 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 627
Documents by Best Scientists*: 816
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 79
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.532
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ionics?

Ionics focuses largely on the fields of Electrochemistry, Chemical engineering, Analytical chemistry, Electrolyte and Inorganic chemistry. It holds forums on Electrochemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cathode, Anode, Lithium and Energy storage. The research on Anode featured in it combines topics in other fields like Battery (electricity), Lithium-ion battery and Carbon.

The journal addresses concerns in Chemical engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Oxide, Scanning electron microscope, Supercapacitor, Composite number and Cyclic voltammetry. Scanning electron microscope research featured in Ionics incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The Analytical chemistry works featured in Ionics incorporate elements from Ion, Dielectric spectroscopy, Doping and Electrical resistivity and conductivity.

The tackled Electrolyte research is interrelated with Conductivity which concerns subjects like Dielectric. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Inorganic chemistry, it also covered topics in Ionic liquid and Catalysis. Many of the studies tackled connect Ionic conductivity with a similar field of study like Ionic bonding.

  • Electrochemistry (59.65%)
  • Chemical engineering (38.69%)
  • Analytical chemistry (25.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Decrepitation model for capacity loss during cycling of alloys in rechargeable electrochemical systems (260 citations)
  • Recent progress in solid oxide and lithium ion conducting electrolytes research (238 citations)
  • A review of polymer electrolytes: fundamental, approaches and applications (238 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ionics:

The journal articles explore disciplines such as Electrochemistry, Electrolyte, Inorganic chemistry, Chemical engineering and Analytical chemistry. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Electrochemistry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Anode, Lithium and Energy storage. Supercapacitor and Scanning electron microscope are some topics wherein Chemical engineering research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Electrochemistry, Chemical engineering, Lithium, Energy storage and Anode. The Electrochemistry research discussed is included in the broader subject of Electrode. Oxide, Electrolyte, Supercapacitor, Composite number and Carbon are some topics wherein Chemical engineering research discussed in it have an impact.

While it focused on Electrolyte, it was also able to explore topics like Polymer and Conductivity. Ionics facilitates discussions on Energy storage that incorporate concepts from other fields like Polysulfide and Sulfur. The journal focuses on Anode but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Nanoparticle, Lithium-ion battery, Graphite and Calcination.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Crucial role of water content on the electrochemical performance of α -Ni(OH) 2 as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries (7 citations)
  • Effect of K/Zr co-doping on the elevated electrochemical performance of Na3V2(PO4)3/C cathode material for sodium ion batteries (7 citations)
  • Transforming waste polypropylene face masks into S-doped porous carbon as the cathode electrode for supercapacitors. (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 Ionics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Abdul Kariem Arof (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Selvasekarapandian (42 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • C.M. Julien (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Janusz Nowotny (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Enshan Han (34 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 7 less 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 Ionics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Malaya (147 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (140 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Central South University (135 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (83 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alagappa University (80 papers) published 3 papers 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, 9.87% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.26% of all publications and 54.53% 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

  • A review of textile dye-sensitized solar cells for wearable electronics

    Unknown

    (2022)
    149 Citations
  • CeO2-PANI-HCl and CeO2-PANI-PTSA composites: synthesis, characterization, and utilization as supercapacitor electrode materials

    Rajashree Bortamuly;Gayatri Konwar;Purna K. Boruah;Purna K. Boruah;Manash R. Das;Manash R. Das

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • Goethite supplemented natural clay ceramic as an alternative proton exchange membrane and its application in microbial fuel cell

    Indrasis Das;Sovik Das;Rohan Dixit;M. M. Ghangrekar

    (2020)
    94 Citations
  • A review of cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries

    Liwen Yang;Qian Li;Yang Wang;Yanxiao Chen

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Protonic EDLC cell based on chitosan (CS): methylcellulose (MC) solid polymer blend electrolytes

    Shujahadeen B. Aziz;Shujahadeen B. Aziz;M. H. Hamsan;Ranjdar M. Abdullah;Rebar T. Abdulwahid

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Advances in materials and structures of supercapacitors

    (2021)
    71 Citations

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