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Journal of the European Ceramic Society
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Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 75 751 1775 67

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1042
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2003
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 187
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.3
Impact Factor: 6.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of The European Ceramic Society?

The main points discussed in Journal of The European Ceramic Society deals with Composite material, Ceramic, Microstructure, Mineralogy and Sintering. The journal aims to address concerns in Composite material, specifically in the areas of Porosity, Composite number, Flexural strength, Fracture toughness and Cubic zirconia. Yttria-stabilized zirconia is a key component of Cubic zirconia research discussed in the journal.

Ceramic research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Grain boundary, Phase (matter), Grain size and Dielectric. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Dielectric, apply to Temperature coefficient as well. It connects research in Microstructure with the related topic of Coating.

The concepts on Mineralogy presented in Journal of The European Ceramic Society can also apply to other research fields, including Electroceramics, Crystallization, Thin film, Scanning electron microscope and Analytical chemistry. The journal holds forums on Analytical chemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Doping and Electrical resistivity and conductivity. The journal addresses concerns in Sintering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Oxide, Grain growth and Hot pressing.

  • Composite material (46.03%)
  • Ceramic (38.70%)
  • Microstructure (26.54%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Ceramic materials for thermal barrier coatings (1396 citations)
  • Boron carbide ― a comprehensive review (997 citations)
  • Transferring lead-free piezoelectric ceramics into application (726 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of The European Ceramic Society:

The most cited articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Composite material, Ceramic, Mineralogy, Microstructure and Sintering. The journal articles with studies in Ceramic featured incorporate elements of Grain boundary, Dielectric, Ferroelectricity, Phase (matter) and Piezoelectricity. Issues in Sintering were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Yttria-stabilized zirconia and Grain growth.

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 The European Ceramic Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • José M.F. Ferreira (72 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ralf Riedel (72 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Thierry Chartier (69 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Laifei Cheng (65 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Michael J. Reece (60 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 The European Ceramic Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (600 papers) published 70 papers at the last edition, 20 more than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (578 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (449 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Aveiro (242 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Northwestern Polytechnical University (223 papers) published 49 papers at the last edition, 22 more 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, 3.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.72% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.30% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.03% of all publications and 54.95% 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

  • Rheological characterisation of ceramic inks for 3D direct ink writing: A review

    Laura del-Mazo-Barbara;Maria-Pau Ginebra

    (2021)
    373 Citations
  • Defect engineering of ZnO: Review on oxygen and zinc vacancies

    Unknown

    (2021)
    281 Citations
  • From high-entropy ceramics to compositionally-complex ceramics: A case study of fluorite oxides

    Andrew J. Wright;Qingyang Wang;Chuying Huang;Andy Nieto

    (2020)
    271 Citations
  • Size and scaling effects in barium titanate. An overview

    Vincenzo Buscaglia;Clive A. Randall

    (2020)
    246 Citations
  • High-entropy thermal barrier coating of rare-earth zirconate: A case study on (La0.2Nd0.2Sm0.2Eu0.2Gd0.2)2Zr2O7 prepared by atmospheric plasma spraying

    (2020)
    235 Citations
  • High energy-storage density under low electric fields and improved optical transparency in novel sodium bismuth titanate-based lead-free ceramics

    Lei Zhang;Yongping Pu;Min Chen;Tianchen Wei

    (2020)
    194 Citations
  • Low permittivity cordierite-based microwave dielectric ceramics for 5G/6G telecommunications

    (2022)
    187 Citations
  • Tailoring high energy density with superior stability under low electric field in novel (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-based relaxor ferroelectric ceramics

    Xinyu Zhao;Wangfeng Bai;Yuqin Ding;Leijie Wang

    (2020)
    179 Citations
  • Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials for Energy Applications: Road Map and Opportunities

    (2022)
    168 Citations
  • Large energy storage density in BiFeO3-BaTiO3-AgNbO3 lead-free relaxor ceramics

    Haonan Sun;Xiangjian Wang;Qinzao Sun;Xiaoxiao Zhang

    (2020)
    167 Citations

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