Materials and Design

Top Research Topics at Materials & Design?

Materials & Design mainly tackles studies in Composite material, Metallurgy, Microstructure, Ultimate tensile strength and Alloy. The journal holds forums on Composite material that merges themes from other disciplines such as Structural engineering and Finite element method. Welding, Aluminium, Corrosion, Indentation hardness and Grain size are all aspects of Metallurgy discussed in it.

Heat-affected zone and Friction stir welding studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Welding presented. Issues in Microstructure were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Phase (matter) and Intermetallic. The presentations discussing Ultimate tensile strength offer insights in topics such as Tensile testing and Ductility.

• Composite material (46.34%)
• Metallurgy (30.05%)
• Microstructure (20.62%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities (1805 citations)
• Recent developments in advanced aircraft aluminium alloys (1043 citations)
• A critical review of experimental results and constitutive descriptions for metals and alloys in hot working (829 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Materials & Design:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Composite material, Metallurgy, Microstructure, Ultimate tensile strength and Alloy. The published papers tackle issues in Composite material, particularly in the topics of Composite number, Scanning electron microscope, Flexural strength, Aluminium and Epoxy. Microstructure research in the most cited publications connects with the study of Phase (matter).

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 Materials & Design (based on the number of publications) are:

• R. Narayanasamy (74 papers) absent at the last edition,
• V. Balasubramanian (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• S.M. Sapuan (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• K.L. Edwards (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alexander M. Korsunsky (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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 Materials & Design (based on the number of publications) are:

• Harbin Institute of Technology (490 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (445 papers) published 50 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (320 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Northwestern Polytechnical University (257 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Central South University (211 papers) published 14 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, 4.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.19% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.84% of all publications and 59.01% 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.