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Journal of Materials Science and Technology
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Journal of Materials Science and Technology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 19 1346 2533 117

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1859
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2864
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 37
SCIMAGO H-index: 143
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.865
Impact Factor: 14.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Materials Science & Technology?

The journal focuses on Composite material, Metallurgy, Microstructure, Alloy and Chemical engineering. The presentations discussing Composite material offer insights in topics such as Ultimate tensile strength, Composite number, Deformation (engineering), Coating and Ceramic. The research on Metallurgy discussed in Journal of Materials Science & Technology draws on the closely related field of Scanning electron microscope.

While the journal focused on Microstructure, it was also able to explore topics like Ductility, Transmission electron microscopy and Phase (matter). Many of the studies tackled connect Alloy with a similar field of study like Precipitation (chemistry). The Chemical engineering works featured in it incorporate elements from Oxide, Electrochemistry and Nanotechnology.

  • Composite material (32.24%)
  • Metallurgy (31.27%)
  • Microstructure (22.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Metal Fabrication by Additive Manufacturing Using Laser and Electron Beam Melting Technologies (892 citations)
  • Novel Magnesium Alloys Developed for Biomedical Application: A Review (414 citations)
  • Surface Nanocrystallization (SNC) of Metallic Materials-Presentation of the Concept behind a New Approach (397 citations)

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

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Metallurgy, Composite material, Microstructure, Alloy and Corrosion. The published papers explore issues in Metallurgy which can be linked to other research areas like Coating and Scanning electron microscope. The studies on Microstructure discussed at the journal articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Phase (matter) and Intermetallic.

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 Science & Technology investigates studies in Composite material, Alloy, Chemical engineering, Microstructure and Deformation (engineering). The journal concentrates on Composite material topics that focus on Ductility, Ultimate tensile strength, Dislocation, Composite number and Grain boundary. The Alloy research discussed is included in the broader subject of Metallurgy.

Issues in Chemical engineering were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Photocatalysis, Catalysis, Electrochemistry and Anode. Topics in Microstructure explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Porosity, Solid solution, Texture (crystalline), Annealing (metallurgy) and Ceramic. Some problems in Deformation (engineering) that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Yield (engineering) and Plasticity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Surface decoration of halloysite nanotubes with POSS for fire-safe thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites (7 citations)
  • Highly efficient removal of trace lead (II) from wastewater by 1,4-dicarboxybenzene modified Fe/Co metal organic nanosheets (7 citations)
  • Screen printing fabricating patterned and customized full paper-based energy storage devices with excellent photothermal, self-healing, high energy density and good electromagnetic shielding performances (5 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 & Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • En-Hou Han (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ke Yang (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zushu Hu (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yanchun Zhou (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Rui Yang (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (963 papers) published 50 papers at the last edition, 116 less than at the previous edition,
  • Northwestern Polytechnical University (279 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 52 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Science and Technology of China (254 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 58 less than at the previous edition,
  • Northeastern University (China) (208 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 47 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (189 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 19 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 2022 edition, 3.30% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 51.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.65% of all publications and 23.21% 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

  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformation in rare earth–magnesium alloys: A critical review

    Qun Luo;Yanlin Guo;Bin Liu;Yujun Feng

    (2020)
    714 Citations
  • A review on carbon/magnetic metal composites for microwave absorption

    Baolei Wang;Qian Wu;Yonggang Fu;Tong Liu

    (2021)
    566 Citations
  • Recent advances on environmental corrosion behavior and mechanism of high-entropy alloys

    Yu Fu;Yu Fu;Jun Li;Jun Li;Hong Luo;Cuiwei Du

    (2021)
    558 Citations
  • Additive manufacturing of metals: Microstructure evolution and multistage control

    Zhiyuan Liu;Dandan Zhao;Pei Wang;Ming Yan

    (2022)
    558 Citations
  • Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts

    Yunfeng Li;Minghua Zhou;Bei Cheng;Yan Shao

    (2020)
    485 Citations
  • MXene-based photocatalysts

    Panyong Kuang;Jingxiang Low;Jingxiang Low;Bei Cheng;Jiaguo Yu

    (2020)
    460 Citations
  • A review on 2D MoS2 cocatalysts in photocatalytic H2 production

    Zizhan Liang;Rongchen Shen;Yun Hau Ng;Peng Zhang

    (2020)
    412 Citations
  • Design principle of S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst

    (2022)
    351 Citations
  • Boosted lithium storage performance by local build-in electric field derived by oxygen vacancies in 3D holey N-doped carbon structure decorated with molybdenum dioxide

    (2022)
    319 Citations
  • Tunable Co/ZnO/C@MWCNTs based on carbon nanotube-coated MOF with excellent microwave absorption properties

    (2022)
    318 Citations

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