Materialia

Top Research Topics at Materialia?

Materialia facilitates discussions on Composite material, Microstructure, Alloy, Grain boundary and Ultimate tensile strength. The journal focuses on different Composite material studies like Deformation (engineering), Ductility, Grain size, Dislocation and Plasticity. Topics in Microstructure were tackled in line with various other fields like Annealing (metallurgy) and Nucleation.

The research on Alloy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Transmission electron microscopy, Precipitation (chemistry) and Corrosion. Research on Austenite addressed in Materialia frequently intersections with the field of Ferrite (iron).

• Composite material (40.33%)
• Microstructure (25.62%)
• Alloy (20.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Transformation-induced plasticity and high strength in beta titanium alloy manufactured by selective laser melting (54 citations)
• Corrosion behavior of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel in acidic media (47 citations)
• Evolution of local lattice distortion under irradiation in medium- and high-entropy alloys (35 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Materialia:

The published papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Composite material, Microstructure, Alloy, Metallurgy and Ultimate tensile strength. In addition to Microstructure research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Porosity, Titanium alloy, Ductility, Coating and Grain size. The studies on Alloy discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Hardening (metallurgy), Annealing (metallurgy) and Phase formation.

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

• Composite material
• Polymer
• Aluminium

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Composite material, Microstructure, Alloy, Grain boundary and Dislocation. Ultimate tensile strength, Deformation (engineering), Ductility, Martensite and Plasticity are all areas of Composite material tackled in the journal. In Materialia, Precipitation (chemistry) and Nucleation are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Microstructure research.

Intermetallic is a focus of the presented Alloy works and it dives deep in Intermetallic. The work on Grain boundary addressed in it expands to the thematically related Crystallite. The Dislocation study featured in Materialia draws connections with the study of Recrystallization (metallurgy).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Cracking mechanism and its sensitivity to processing conditions during laser powder bed fusion of a structural aluminum alloy (11 citations)
• Solid-state additive manufacturing of aluminum and copper using additive friction stir deposition: Process-microstructure linkages (10 citations)
• Blended cement binders containing bamboo leaf ash and ground clay brick waste for sustainable concrete (7 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Materialia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alexis Deschamps (10 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Gerhard Dehm (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Sophie Cazottes (7 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Hyoung Seop Kim (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Min Zha (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Materialia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (40 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Tohoku University (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (26 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (23 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Indian Institute of Science (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 9 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, 8.87% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.07% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.29% of all publications and 57.59% 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.