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Journal of Neural Engineering
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Journal of Neural Engineering

1741-2560

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1741-2552

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 46 336 550 39
Computer Science 142 143 320 33
Engineering and Technology 175 74 213 34

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 695
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1023
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 142
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.127
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Neural Engineering?

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Neural Engineering are Artificial intelligence, Brain–computer interface, Neuroscience, Electroencephalography and Pattern recognition. In addition to Artificial intelligence research, it aims to explore topics under Machine learning and Computer vision. The studies in Brain–computer interface featured incorporate elements of Speech recognition, Decoding methods, Task (project management) and Simulation.

Most of the Neuroscience studies addressed also intersect with Deep brain stimulation. Studies on Electroencephalography discussed in it link to the field of Audiology. Journal of Neural Engineering features studies on Pattern recognition, including topics such as Feature extraction.

The research on Stimulation tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Retina, Retinal and Biomedical engineering. Retinal research is the primary subject tackled in Journal of Neural Engineering with a focus on Retinal ganglion. Most of the works presented in Journal of Neural Engineering deals with Biomedical engineering but it intersects with the subject of Microelectrode.

  • Artificial intelligence (28.00%)
  • Brain–computer interface (24.32%)
  • Neuroscience (21.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A review of classification algorithms for EEG-based brain–computer interfaces (1940 citations)
  • A brain-computer interface using electrocorticographic signals in humans. (980 citations)
  • An optical neural interface: in vivo control of rodent motor cortex with integrated fiberoptic and optogenetic technology (804 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Neural Engineering:

The journal articles primarily tackle Brain–computer interface, Artificial intelligence, Electroencephalography, Neuroscience and Speech recognition. The journal articles address concerns in Brain–computer interface which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Linear discriminant analysis, Simulation, Human–computer interaction and Signal processing. The most cited papers explore topics in Artificial intelligence which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Machine learning, Computer vision and Pattern recognition.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Internal medicine
  • Neuroscience

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Neural Engineering focuses largely on the fields of Artificial intelligence, Brain–computer interface, Pattern recognition, Electroencephalography and Neuroscience. Topics in Artificial intelligence were tackled in line with various other fields like Machine learning and Decoding methods. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Brain–computer interface, it also covered topics in Field (computer science), Speech recognition, Task (project management) and Physical medicine and rehabilitation.

The Pattern recognition works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Signal, Feature (computer vision) and Robustness (computer science). Issues in Electroencephalography were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Resting state fMRI, Classifier (linguistics), Audiology and Epilepsy. The study on Stimulation presented in Journal of Neural Engineering intersects with the topics under Biomedical engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A survey on deep learning-based non-invasive brain signals: recent advances and new frontiers. (19 citations)
  • Uncovering the structure of clinical EEG signals with self-supervised learning. (19 citations)
  • Ceramic packaging in neural implants. (10 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 Neural Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dario Farina (39 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Warren M. Grill (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xiaorong Gao (31 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Robert K. Shepherd (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nigel H. Lovell (26 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 Neural Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Case Western Reserve University (94 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Melbourne (70 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Duke University (67 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (61 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (57 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 1.40% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.34% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.74% of all publications and 50.28% 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.

Additional Resources for Researchers

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Top Publications

  • BCI for stroke rehabilitation: motor and beyond.

    Ravikiran Mane;Tushar Chouhan;Cuntai Guan

    (2020)
    397 Citations
  • A survey on deep learning-based non-invasive brain signals: recent advances and new frontiers.

    Xiang Zhang;Lina Yao;Xianzhi Wang;Jessica J M Monaghan

    (2021)
    256 Citations
  • Myoelectric control of robotic lower limb prostheses: a review of electromyography interfaces, control paradigms, challenges and future directions

    (2021)
    194 Citations
  • Uncovering the structure of clinical EEG signals with self-supervised learning.

    Hubert J. Banville;Omar Chehab;Aapo Hyvärinen;Denis-Alexander Engemann

    (2021)
    177 Citations
  • EEGdenoiseNet: a benchmark dataset for deep learning solutions of EEG denoising.

    Haoming Zhang;Mingqi Zhao;Mingqi Zhao;Chen Wei;Dante Mantini

    (2021)
    132 Citations
  • EEG-inception: an accurate and robust end-to-end neural network for EEG-based motor imagery classification.

    Ce Zhang;Young-Keun Kim;Azim Eskandarian

    (2021)
    126 Citations
  • Myoelectric control of robotic lower limb prostheses: a review of electromyography interfaces, control paradigms, challenges and future directions.

    Aaron Fleming;Aaron Fleming;Nicole Stafford;Stephanie Huang;Stephanie Huang;Xiaogang Hu;Xiaogang Hu

    (2021)
    122 Citations
  • Data augmentation for enhancing EEG-based emotion recognition with deep generative models

    Yun Luo;Li-Zhen Zhu;Zi-Yu Wan;Bao-Liang Lu

    (2020)
    119 Citations
  • Enhance decoding of pre-movement EEG patterns for brain-computer interfaces.

    Kun Wang;Minpeng Xu;Yijun Wang;Shanshan Zhang

    (2020)
    117 Citations

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