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Journal of Materials Science
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Journal of Materials Science

0022-2461

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10853

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 94 1366 1633 59

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2083
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2205
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 29
SCIMAGO H-index: 226
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.802
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Materials Science?

Journal of Materials Science is organized to address concerns in the fields of Composite material, Metallurgy, Solid mechanics, Chemical engineering and Microstructure. The research on Composite material discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Mineralogy. The Mineralogy study featured in Journal of Materials Science draws parallels with the field of Analytical chemistry.

The research on Analytical chemistry featured in Journal of Materials Science combines topics in other fields like Crystallography, Thin film, Doping and Electrical resistivity and conductivity. Alloy, Aluminium, Grain boundary, Grain size and Annealing (metallurgy) are all aspects of Metallurgy discussed in the journal. The studies on Solid mechanics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Fracture mechanics and Fracture (geology).

In the journal, Inorganic chemistry, Oxide, Nanotechnology and Polymer chemistry are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Chemical engineering research. The journal explores issues in Microstructure which can be linked to other research areas like Sintering, Transmission electron microscopy, Phase (matter) and Scanning electron microscope.

  • Composite material (36.33%)
  • Metallurgy (17.86%)
  • Solid mechanics (17.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Geopolymer technology: the current state of the art (2302 citations)
  • Review of the anatase to rutile phase transformation (1863 citations)
  • Review: current international research into cellulose nanofibres and nanocomposites (1764 citations)

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

Composite material, Metallurgy, Solid mechanics, Microstructure and Chemical engineering are the main subjects of interest in the journal publications. While the published articles focused on Microstructure, they were also able to explore topics like Sintering and Scanning electron microscope. The Chemical engineering research tackled in the journal papers is interrelated with Mineralogy which concerns subjects like Analytical chemistry, Ceramic and Phase (matter).

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

  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry
  • Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Chemical engineering, Composite material, Microstructure, Solid mechanics and Graphene are among the topics commonly tackled in Journal of Materials Science. Journal of Materials Science explores issues in Chemical engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Electrochemistry, Electrode, Catalysis and Adsorption. Concepts in Anode, as well as related topics in Lithium, are covered in the Electrochemistry research presented in Journal of Materials Science.

Composite number, Ultimate tensile strength, Alloy, Coating and Deformation (engineering) studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Composite material presented. Microstructure research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Metallurgy. Graphene study tackled is connected to the field of Oxide.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Recent progress in carbon-based materials for supercapacitor electrodes: a review (50 citations)
  • Additive manufacturing of steels: a review of achievements and challenges (33 citations)
  • Efficient designing of triphenylamine-based hole transport materials with outstanding photovoltaic characteristics for organic solar cells (23 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 Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Terence G. Langdon (115 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. A. Hogarth (94 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • I. M. Ward (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yiu-Wing Mai (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert J. Young (76 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 Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (805 papers) published 65 papers at the last edition, 16 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tohoku University (463 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (444 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (435 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (368 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 6.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.66% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.83% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.97% of all publications and 72.55% 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 natural fiber composites: properties, modification and processing techniques, characterization, applications

    Aliakbar Gholampour;Togay Ozbakkaloglu

    (2020)
    974 Citations
  • Recent progress in carbon-based materials for supercapacitor electrodes: a review

    Yifan Wang;Lin Zhang;Haoqing Hou;Wenhui Xu

    (2021)
    811 Citations
  • Materials for lithium recovery from salt lake brine

    Ping Xu;Jun Hong;Jun Hong;Xiaoming Qian;Zhiwei Xu

    (2021)
    270 Citations
  • Strategies for enhancing thermal conductivity of polymer-based thermal interface materials: a review

    Haoqi Ma;Bin Gao;Meiyu Wang;Zhenye Yuan

    (2021)
    256 Citations
  • Functionalized graphene materials for hydrogen storage

    Vatsal Jain;Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian

    (2020)
    252 Citations
  • Cerium in aluminum alloys

    Frank Czerwinski

    (2020)
    227 Citations
  • Current international research into cellulose as a functional nanomaterial for advanced applications

    Unknown

    (2022)
    217 Citations
  • Comprehensive review on plant fiber-reinforced polymeric biocomposites

    Sakil Mahmud;K. M. Faridul Hasan;Md. Anwar Jahid;Kazi Mohiuddin

    (2021)
    180 Citations
  • Mechanical properties of bamboo fiber-reinforced polymer composites: a review of recent case studies

    (2022)
    146 Citations
  • A critical review of piezoresistivity and its application in electrical-resistance-based strain sensing

    D. D. L. Chung

    (2020)
    138 Citations

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