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Journal of Iron and Steel Research International
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Journal of Iron and Steel Research International

1006-706X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/42243

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 472 83 127 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 156
Documents by Best Scientists*: 208
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 57
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.682
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Iron and Steel Research International?

The journal facilitates discussions on Metallurgy, Microstructure, Composite material, Metallic materials and Austenite. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Metallurgy, apply to Scanning electron microscope as well. Scanning electron microscope and Corrosion are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

It explores topics in Microstructure which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Carbide, Toughness and Grain size. The research on Composite material discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Phase (matter). Journal of Iron and Steel Research International is mostly focused on Ultimate tensile strength, specifically Elongation.

Pearlite is a focus of the presented Ferrite (iron) works and it dives deep in Pearlite. It focused on Strain rate research but expanded to cover Dynamic recrystallization.

  • Metallurgy (56.26%)
  • Microstructure (25.67%)
  • Composite material (21.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Brief Overview of Low CO2 Emission Technologies for Iron and Steel Making (145 citations)
  • Recovery of Iron From High-Iron Red Mud by Reduction Roasting With Adding Sodium Salt (90 citations)
  • Laser Direct Metal Deposition Technology and Microstructure and Composition Segregation of Inconel 718 Superalloy (74 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Iron and Steel Research International:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Metallurgy, Microstructure, Composite material, Metallic materials and Austenite. The most cited publications feature Metallurgy research that overlaps with concepts in Scanning electron microscope. The most cited publications with studies in Metallic materials featured incorporate elements of Slag and Finite element method.

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

  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Metallurgy, Composite material, Microstructure, Austenite and Ultimate tensile strength are tackled in the journal. The study on Metallurgy presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Precipitation (chemistry). The research on Microstructure featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Ductility, Grain size and Scanning electron microscope.

The studies on Austenite discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Ferrite (iron), Toughness and Martensite. The journal explores issues in Martensite which can be linked to other research areas like Tempering and Quenching. Issues in Alloy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Phase (matter) and Nickel.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Comparison study of slag corrosion resistance of MgO–MgAl 2 O 4 , MgO–CaO and MgO–C refractories under electromagnetic field (8 citations)
  • Effects of PbO poisoning on Ce–Mn/AC catalyst for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH 3 (5 citations)
  • Initiation and propagation of localized corrosion induced by (Zr, Ti, Al)-O x inclusions in low-alloy steels in marine environment (4 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 Journal of Iron and Steel Research International (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xianghua Liu (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guodong Wang (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jianliang Zhang (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Miaoyong Zhu (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Di Wu (22 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 Journal of Iron and Steel Research International (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Science and Technology Beijing (511 papers) published 46 papers at the last edition, 18 more than at the previous edition,
  • Northeastern University (China) (457 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yanshan University (118 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai University (106 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wuhan University of Science and Technology (73 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more 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, 6.37% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 64.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.99% of all publications and 7.33% 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

  • Effects of nitrogen content on pitting corrosion resistance of non-magnetic drill collar steel

    Li-wei Xu;Hua-bing Li;Huai-bei Zheng;Peng-chong Lu

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Effect of Ti and rare earth on microsegregation and large-sized precipitates of H13 steel

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Review on development of reduced activated ferritic/martensitic steel for fusion reactor

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Optimization of flow uniformity control device for six-stream continuous casting tundish

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Effect of nozzle type on fluid flow, solidification, and solute transport in mold with mold electromagnetic stirring

    Ya-dong Wang;Li-feng Zhang;Wen Yang;Ying Ren

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Corrosion behavior of as-cast Al0.75CoFeCr1.25Ni high entropy alloy in 0.5 mol/L NaOH solution

    (2024)
    19 Citations
  • Application of phase-field modeling in solid-state phase transformation of steels

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Effect of La on inclusions and fracture toughness of low-alloy ultra-high-strength 40CrNi2Si2MoVA steel

    Wei Gong;Cheng Wang;Peng-fei Wang;Zhou-hua Jiang

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Tuning Cr-rich nanoprecipitation and heterogeneous structure in equiatomic CrFeNi medium-entropy stainless alloys

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Effect of w(MgO)/w(Al2O3) ratio and basicity on microstructure and metallurgical properties of blast furnace slag

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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