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Keikinzoku/Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals
H-index 5

Keikinzoku/Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals

0451-5994

Published by: The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jilm

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 710 18 46 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 61
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 27
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.321
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Metallurgy, Aluminium, Alloy, Composite material and Ultimate tensile strength. Microstructure, Corrosion, Magnesium, Magnesium alloy and Eutectic system are among the areas of Metallurgy tackled. While work presented in Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals provided substantial information on Aluminium, it also covered topics in Inorganic chemistry and Annealing (metallurgy), Recrystallization (metallurgy).

Topics in Alloy explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Welding, Precipitation (chemistry), Grain boundary and Phase (matter). Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Composite material but it intersects with the subject of Structural engineering. In particular, the Ultimate tensile strength works presented emphasize discussions on Elongation.

  • Metallurgy (65.32%)
  • Aluminium (37.96%)
  • Alloy (30.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Development and application (451 citations)
  • Hot Deformation of Aluminum Alloys (200 citations)
  • Fabrication process of metal matrix composite with nano-size SiC particle produced by vortex method (84 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals:

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Metallurgy, Alloy, Aluminium, Composite material and Magnesium. The most cited articles investigate Alloy in the context of the closely related subject of areas like

  • Electrical resistivity and conductivity most often made with reference to Phase (matter),
  • Precipitation (chemistry) together with Analytical chemistry.. The most cited articles focus on Aluminium but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Hydrogen, Forming processes, Shell (structure), Metal and Blank.

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

  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Aluminium

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Metallurgy, Aluminium, Alloy, Composite material and Porosity. It focuses on Metallurgy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Scientific method and Precipitation (chemistry). In addition to Aluminium research, the journal aims to explore topics under Hydrogen, Dissimilar metal, Water model, Particle size and Laser beam welding.

Issues in Hydrogen were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ultimate tensile strength and Solubility. The Alloy research dealing mostly with Magnesium alloy is the focus of it. It facilitates discussions on Composite material that incorporate concepts from other fields like Zinc and Cathode ray.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Influence of added fourth elements on precipitation in heat-resistant Al-Mg-Zn ternary alloys (1 citations)
  • Joining of aluminum alloy and dissimilar metal material by magnetic pulse welding~Joining conditions for magnetic pulse welding~ (0 citations)
  • Relationship between TiB 2 agglomerate size and grain refinement effectiveness of Al-Ti-B grain refiner (0 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 Japan Institute of Light Metals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shigeo Zaima (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Takuichi Morinaga (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yo Kojima (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • 菅野 幹宏 (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Osami Seri (51 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 Japan Institute of Light Metals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Toyohashi University of Technology (57 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (37 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyushu University (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tohoku University (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last 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, 7.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 55.26% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 21.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.42% of all publications and 5.26% 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

  • Quantitative analysis of solidification of equiaxed grains in Al-Cu alloy refined by inoculant TiB2 particles with using time-resolved X-ray tomography

    Taka Narumi;Takuya Kawarasaki;Yuichi Kato;Kouhei Morishita

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Achieving Grain Refinement of Upsized Al–3Mg–0.2Sc (mass%) Round Rods Using Multi-Pass High-Pressure Sliding (MP-HPS)

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Properties of pure magnesium fabricated by combination of mechanical milling with vibration type ball mills and spark plasma sintering

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Influence of input energy density on morphology of unique layered microstructure of γ-TiAl alloys fabricated by electron beam powder bed fusion

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Effect of magnesium alloy compositions on the interfacial microstructure, corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of explosively welded magnesium/aluminum alloys

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Effect of aluminum content on stress corrosion cracking of AM60B and AZ91D magnesium alloy ingots

    Hayato Okumura;Takashi Kouda;Nobuyoshi Yamamoto;Shigeharu Kamado

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Microstructural control and functional enhancement of light metal materials via metal additive manufacturing

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Microstructure evolution during T6 heat treatment in an additive manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy using powder bed fusion-electron beam

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Plate bending fatigue properties of Mg-9%Al-1%Zn-2%Ca alloy extruded sheets, MIG joints and TIG joints

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Investigation of separation of A1050 aluminum and SS400 steel joined body by foaming

    (2022)
    3 Citations

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