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Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
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Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 171 18 46 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 295
Documents by Best Scientists*: 329
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 120
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.029
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Synchrotron Radiation?

The topics of Optics, Beamline, Synchrotron radiation, Synchrotron and Analytical chemistry are the focal point of discussions in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. The journal covers various topics on Optics such as Diffraction, Beam (structure), Detector, Monochromator and Undulator. X-ray crystallography is a focus of the presented Diffraction works and it dives deep in X-ray crystallography.

While Beamline is the focus of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, it also provided insights into the studies of Scattering, Photon energy, Photon, Storage ring and Laser. More specifically, the research on Scattering in it is related to Small-angle X-ray scattering. The work on Synchrotron radiation tackled in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation brings together disciplines like Optoelectronics and X-ray.

It focuses on Analytical chemistry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as XANES and X-ray absorption fine structure. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Extended X-ray absorption fine structure and the similar topic of Crystallography. The work on Absorption spectroscopy addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Absorption (electromagnetic radiation).

  • Optics (50.04%)
  • Beamline (21.66%)
  • Synchrotron radiation (20.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • ATHENA, ARTEMIS, HEPHAESTUS: data analysis for X-ray absorption spectroscopy using IFEFFIT. (9629 citations)
  • IFEFFIT: interactive XAFS analysis and FEFF fitting. (2343 citations)
  • WinXAS: a program for X-ray absorption spectroscopy data analysis under MS-Windows. (1136 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Synchrotron Radiation:

The journal papers mainly tackle studies in Optics, Beamline, Synchrotron radiation, Synchrotron and Analytical chemistry. Issues in Beamline were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Spectroscopy, Particle accelerator and Storage ring. While the most cited articles focused on Synchrotron, they were also able to explore topics like Crystallography and Resolution (electron density).

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 Synchrotron Radiation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tetsuya Ishikawa (42 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Makina Yabashi (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Samar Hasnain (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Elspeth F. Garman (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • John R. Helliwell (30 papers) published 2 papers 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 Synchrotron Radiation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Argonne National Laboratory (288 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (284 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Paul Scherrer Institute (168 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (151 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (116 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 12.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.74% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.69% of all publications and 32.18% 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

  • The HARE chip for efficient time-resolved serial synchrotron crystallography

    Pedram Mehrabi;Henrike M Müller-Werkmeister;Jan Philipp Leimkohl;Hendrik Schikora

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • The versatile X-ray beamline of the Munich Compact Light Source: design, instrumentation and applications.

    Benedikt Günther;Regine Gradl;Christoph Jud;Elena Eggl

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Advanced calculations of X-ray spectroscopies with FEFF10 and Corvus

    J. J. Kas;J. J. Kas;F. D. Vila;F. D. Vila;C. D. Pemmaraju;T. S. Tan

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Hard X-ray wavefront correction via refractive phase plates made by additive and subtractive fabrication techniques.

    Frank Seiboth;Dennis Brückner;Dennis Brückner;Maik Kahnt;Mikhail Lyubomirskiy

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Soft X-ray ARPES for three-dimensional crystals in the micrometre region.

    Takayuki Muro;Yasunori Senba;Haruhiko Ohashi;Takuo Ohkochi

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Characterization of soft X-ray FEL pulse duration with two-color photoelectron spectroscopy.

    Shigeki Owada;Mizuho Fushitani;Akitaka Matsuda;Hikaru Fujise

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Photon-shot-noise-limited transient absorption soft X-ray spectroscopy at the European XFEL

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • The 1-Megapixel pnCCD detector for the Small Quantum Systems Instrument at the European XFEL: system and operation aspects

    Markus Kuster;Karim Ahmed;Kai Erik Ballak;Cyril Danilevski

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • The beam transport system for the Small Quantum Systems instrument at the European XFEL: optical layout and first commissioning results

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Megahertz-rate ultrafast X-ray scattering and holographic imaging at the European XFEL

    (2022)
    12 Citations

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