Journal of Instrumentation

Top Research Topics at Journal of Instrumentation?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Detector, Optics, Electrical engineering, Nuclear physics and Large Hadron Collider. The tackled Detector research is interrelated with Computer hardware which concerns subjects like Data acquisition. The journal covers various topics on Optics such as Beam (structure), Scintillator, Photon, Image resolution and Photomultiplier.

It focused on Scintillator research but expanded to cover Scintillation. Most of the Electrical engineering studies addressed also intersect with Application-specific integrated circuit. Many of the studies tackled connect Nuclear physics with a similar field of study like Particle physics.

The main emphasis of Journal of Instrumentation is the subject of Large Hadron Collider, focusing on Luminosity (scattering theory). The research on Particle detector featured in it combines topics in other fields like Semiconductor detector and Measuring instrument. Optoelectronics research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Silicon.

• Detector (37.58%)
• Optics (32.03%)
• Electrical engineering (13.85%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC (3363 citations)
• The LHCb detector at the LHC (1535 citations)
• The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC (1044 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Instrumentation:

The published articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Detector, Optics, Nuclear physics, Large Hadron Collider and Electrical engineering. Optoelectronics and Calibration are some topics wherein Detector research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact. The Nuclear physics research presented in the journal papers focuses mostly on Particle physics and, on occasion, topics in Lepton.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Optics
• Electron

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Journal of Instrumentation is to combine knowledge in the areas of Detector, Optics, Nuclear physics, Optoelectronics and Neutrino. Topics in Detector explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Large Hadron Collider and Energy (signal processing). Optics works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Beam (structure).

The journal features studies on Nuclear physics, including topics such as Muon.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Electron and photon reconstruction and identification with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC (24 citations)
• Design and sensitivity of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) (13 citations)
• A CUPID Li2100MoO4scintillating bolometer tested in the CROSS underground facility (6 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 Instrumentation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michael Tytgat (116 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
• Stefano Bianco (116 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• Marc Weber (104 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Plamen Iaydjiev (98 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
• Yasar Onel (97 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 10 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• CERN (890 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 38 less than at the previous edition,
• Fermilab (293 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Milan (274 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (254 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (225 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 11 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, 76.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.86% of all publications and 43.37% 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.