Journal of Composite Materials

Top Research Topics at Journal of Composite Materials?

The journal investigates areas of study like Composite material, Composite number, Epoxy, Structural engineering and Finite element method. The presentations discussing Composite material offer insights in topics such as Ultimate tensile strength, Fiber, Glass fiber, Composite laminates and Nanocomposite. Research on Ultimate tensile strength addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Flexural strength.

Studies on Nanocomposite discussed in it link to the field of Carbon nanotube. Stress (mechanics), Microstructure and Polymer are some topics wherein Composite number research discussed in it have an impact. The Epoxy study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Graphite.

Structural engineering research discussed connects with the study of Delamination. The study on Finite element method presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Numerical analysis.

• Composite material (97.83%)
• Composite number (31.24%)
• Epoxy (16.92%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A General Theory of Strength for Anisotropic Materials (2354 citations)
• Review article: Polymer-matrix Nanocomposites, Processing, Manufacturing, and Application: An Overview (1679 citations)
• EXACT SOLUTIONS FOR RECTANGULAR BIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES AND SANDWICH PLATES (1539 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Composite Materials:

The journal articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Composite material, Composite number, Epoxy, Structural engineering and Fiber. Aside from discussions in Composite material, the most cited articles also deal with the subject of Finite element method which intersects with Numerical analysis disciplines. While the published articles focused on Structural engineering, they were also able to explore topics like Stress (mechanics) and Compression (physics).

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

• Composite material
• Mechanical engineering
• Polymer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Composite material, Composite number, Epoxy, Nanocomposite and Fiber. The concepts on Composite material presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Characterization (materials science) and Thermal. The Composite number works featured in it incorporate elements from Glass fiber and Finite element method.

The work on Epoxy addressed in it expands to the thematically related Carbon. Journal of Composite Materials explores topics in Nanocomposite which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Nanoparticle and Graphene.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Prediction of tensile strength of polymer carbon nanotube composites using practical machine learning method (15 citations)
• Predicting the delamination factor in carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites during drilling through the Gaussian process regression (8 citations)
• Development of magnesium-based hybrid metal matrix composite through in situ micro, nano reinforcements: (8 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Composite Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

• George S. Springer (72 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John W. Gillespie (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• C.T. Sun (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John D. Whitcomb (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tsu-Wei Chou (35 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Composite Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Delaware (127 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stanford University (102 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Virginia Tech (91 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Purdue University (82 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Texas A&M University (79 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 7.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 4.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.33% of all publications and 82.67% 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.