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Journal of Materials Research
H-index 30

Journal of Materials Research

0884-2914

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/43578/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 243 468 544 30

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 659
Documents by Best Scientists*: 687
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 172
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.624
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Materials Research?

Journal of Materials Research explores disciplines such as Composite material, Analytical chemistry, Microstructure, Metallurgy and Thin film. Presentations on Composite material include those discussing Indentation, Nanoindentation, Composite number, Ceramic and Ultimate tensile strength. Many of the studies tackled connect Ceramic with a similar field of study like Sintering.

The research on Analytical chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Amorphous solid, Annealing (metallurgy), Phase (matter), Scanning electron microscope and Transmission electron microscopy. The research on Amorphous solid discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Crystallization. Discussions in Journal of Materials Research are anchored in the subject of Transmission electron microscopy and the similar topic of Crystallography.

The majority of Microstructure studies are focused on the issues of Grain boundary. The journal encompasses presentations on Metallurgy, specifically Alloy and Intermetallic. The Thin film works featured in it incorporate elements from Substrate (electronics), Chemical vapor deposition and Epitaxy.

  • Composite material (28.07%)
  • Analytical chemistry (20.45%)
  • Microstructure (15.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments (18848 citations)
  • Measurement of hardness and elastic modulus by instrumented indentation: Advances in understanding and refinements to methodology (5132 citations)
  • A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments (2363 citations)

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

The most cited publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Composite material, Analytical chemistry, Metallurgy, Microstructure and Thin film. The most cited articles with studies in Analytical chemistry featured incorporate elements of Amorphous solid, Annealing (metallurgy), Phase (matter), Mineralogy and Dielectric. The featured Microstructure studies in the journal papers mainly concentrate on Transmission electron microscopy but also cover areas of interest in Crystallography.

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Materials Research covers a variety of subjects, including Composite material, Microstructure, Nanoindentation, Alloy and Nanotechnology. Composite number, Deformation (engineering), Dislocation, Ultimate tensile strength and Scanning electron microscope are all aspects of Composite material research featured in the journal. The Dislocation research presented falls under the domain of Condensed matter physics.

While it focused on Nanoindentation, it was also able to explore topics like Indentation, Stress (mechanics) and Elastic modulus. It explores research in Alloy and the adjacent study of Phase (matter). Nanotechnology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Supercapacitor and 3D printing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Cold sintering of microwave dielectric ceramics and devices (10 citations)
  • Stable core-shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67 MOFs photocatalyst for highly efficient degradation of organic pollutant and hydrogen evolution (6 citations)
  • Quantifying the effect of oxygen on micro-mechanical properties of a near-alpha titanium alloy (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.

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

  • Akihisa Inoue (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jürgen Eckert (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexandra Navrotsky (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George M. Pharr (42 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fred F. Lange (39 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 Materials Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (582 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (314 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (258 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (218 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory (203 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 6.61% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.85% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.77% of all publications and 72.62% 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

  • Model interatomic potentials for Fe–Ni–Cr–Co–Al high-entropy alloys

    Diana Farkas;Alfredo Caro

    (2020)
    250 Citations
  • Lead-free ferroelectric materials: Prospective applications

    Shujun Zhang;Barbara Malič;Jing Feng Li;Jürgen Rödel

    (2021)
    148 Citations
  • Cold sintering of microwave dielectric ceramics and devices

    Dawei Wang;Dawei Wang;Linhao Li;Juan Jiang;Juan Jiang;Zhilun Lu

    (2021)
    85 Citations
  • GO/TiO_2 composites as a highly active photocatalyst for the degradation of methyl orange

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Review on magnetocaloric high-entropy alloys: Design and analysis methods

    (2022)
    65 Citations
  • Stable core-shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67 MOFs photocatalyst for highly efficient degradation of organic pollutant and hydrogen evolution

    Zheao Huang;Jianqing Zhou;Yingying Zhao;Hengbin Cheng

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • In situ analysis of gas evolution in liquid- and solid-electrolyte-based batteries with current and next-generation cathode materials

    (2022)
    61 Citations
  • A review of graphene synthesis by indirect and direct deposition methods

    Yanxia Wu;Yanxia Wu;Shengxi Wang;Kyriakos Komvopoulos

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Organic crystal structure prediction and its application to materials design

    (2022)
    49 Citations
  • Status of the growth and fabrication of AlGaN-based UV laser diodes for near and mid-UV wavelength

    (2021)
    45 Citations

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