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Journal of Sensors
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Journal of Sensors

1687-725X

Published by: Hindawi

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/js/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 1011 20 21 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 146
Documents by Best Scientists*: 146
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.39
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Sensors?

Journal of Sensors is mainly concerned with subjects like Artificial intelligence, Wireless sensor network, Computer vision, Algorithm and Real-time computing. The Artificial intelligence study featured in Journal of Sensors draws connections with the study of Pattern recognition. While work presented in Journal of Sensors provided substantial information on Wireless sensor network, it also covered topics in Node (networking), Key distribution in wireless sensor networks, Energy consumption and Wireless.

Routing protocol is a major topic of Computer network research presented in it.

  • Artificial intelligence (18.16%)
  • Wireless sensor network (12.73%)
  • Computer vision (9.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification (680 citations)
  • Significant remote sensing vegetation indices: A review of developments and applications (543 citations)
  • A Review of Carbon Nanotubes-Based Gas Sensors (365 citations)

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

The journal articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Wireless sensor network, Artificial intelligence, Nanotechnology, Computer network and Computer vision. The journal publications explore issues in Wireless sensor network which can be linked to other research areas like Wireless, Distributed computing, Energy consumption, Key distribution in wireless sensor networks and Node (networking). Machine learning and Pattern recognition are some topics wherein Artificial intelligence research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Artificial intelligence, Wireless sensor network, Algorithm, Real-time computing and Node (networking). In addition to Artificial intelligence research, it aims to explore topics under Computer vision and Pattern recognition. Issues in Wireless sensor network were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Wireless, Energy consumption, Genetic algorithm, Transmission (telecommunications) and Cluster analysis.

The work on Energy consumption addressed in Journal of Sensors expands to the thematically related Ant colony optimization algorithms. Topics in Genetic algorithm were tackled in line with various other fields like Simulated annealing and Particle swarm optimization. The Node (networking) study featured falls within the wider field of Computer network.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • CoopECC: A Collaborative Cryptographic Mechanism for the Internet of Things (6 citations)
  • Unmanned Aircraft System- (UAS-) Based High-Throughput Phenotyping (HTP) for Tomato Yield Estimation (5 citations)
  • Electrochemical Sensor Based on Nanodiamonds and Manioc Starch for Detection of Tetracycline (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 Sensors (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jie Zhou (15 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Gui Yun Tian (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Aiguo Song (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jaime Lloret (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Long Chen (7 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 Sensors (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (38 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Southeast University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wuhan University (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Mining and Technology (19 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chang'an University (18 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 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 2021 edition, 21.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.92% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.03% of all publications and 61.83% 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

  • Wireless Sensor Network Design Methodologies: A Survey

    Mohammed Sulaiman BenSaleh;Raoudha Saida;Yessine Hadj Kacem;Mohamed Abid

    (2020)
    126 Citations
  • Sensors Applied for the Detection of Pesticides and Heavy Metals in Freshwaters

    Hongyong Xiang;Hongyong Xiang;Qinghua Cai;Yuan Li;Zhenxing Zhang

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Magnetic Induction Technology-Based Wireless Sensor Network for Underground Infrastructure, Monitoring Soil Conditions, and Environmental Observation Applications: Challenges and Future Aspects

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Sensing Techniques on Determination of Chlorine Gas and Free Chlorine in Water

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Model and Verification of Medical English Machine Translation Based on Optimized Generalized Likelihood Ratio Algorithm

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Cost-Effective and Ultraportable Smartphone-Based Vision System for Structural Deflection Monitoring

    Long Tian;Xiaohong Zhang;Bing Pan

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • A Low-Cost Sensor for Detecting Illicit Discharge in Sewerage

    Javier Rocher;Mar Parra;Lorena Parra;Sandra Sendra

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • A Sleep Stage Classification Algorithm of Wearable System Based on Multiscale Residual Convolutional Neural Network

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Analyzing Human Muscle State with Flexible Sensors

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Analysis of Source Influence on Guided Wave Excitation in Cylindrical Structures Using Spatial Fourier Transform Method

    (2020)
    4 Citations

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