| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 148 | 739 | 1250 | 45 |
Materials Characterization is organized to address concerns in the fields of Microstructure, Metallurgy, Composite material, Alloy and Scanning electron microscope. The journal focuses on Microstructure but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Transmission electron microscopy, Phase (matter) and Grain size. Metallurgy research discussed connects with the study of Precipitation (chemistry).
It facilitated presentations on Composite material research, particularly Ultimate tensile strength, Deformation (engineering), Dislocation, Recrystallization (metallurgy) and Composite number. Ductility is part of Ultimate tensile strength studies tackled in the journal. The research on Alloy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Crystallography, Aluminium and Analytical chemistry.
Optical microscope is a major topic of Scanning electron microscope research. Issues in Electron backscatter diffraction were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Electron diffraction, Misorientation and Texture (crystalline). Many of the studies tackled connect Austenite with a similar field of study like Ferrite (iron).
The main research concerns discussed in the published papers are Metallurgy, Microstructure, Composite material, Alloy and Scanning electron microscope. The most cited papers connects research in Metallurgy with the related topics of Precipitation (chemistry). The works on Microstructure tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Carbide and Annealing (metallurgy).
Composite material, Microstructure, Alloy, Phase (matter) and Grain boundary are the subjects of interest in the journal. The featured Microstructure research is covered under the field of Metallurgy. The majority of Metallurgy studies are focused on the issues of Austenite.
While Materials Characterization focused on Alloy, it was also able to explore topics like Volume fraction, Precipitation (chemistry), Aluminium and Analytical chemistry. The studies on Grain boundary discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Nucleation and Recrystallization (metallurgy). In it, Strain rate, Crystal twinning and Dislocation are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Deformation (engineering) research.
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 Materials Characterization (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Materials Characterization (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 5.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.56% of all publications and 49.92% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Matjaž Godec;Stefan Zaefferer;Bojan Podgornik;Mario Šinko
(2020)Walter Steurer
(2020)Tushar Sonar;Visvalingam Balasubramanian;Sudersanan Malarvizhi;Thiruvenkatam Venkateswaran
(2021)Tae-Hyun Park;Min-Seok Baek;Holden Hyer;Yongho Sohn
(2021)Kamlesh V. Chandekar;Mohd. Shkir;Badria M. Al-Shehri;S. AlFaify
(2020)Xuan Zhang;Hao Xu;Zhongjie Li;Anping Dong
(2021)Jonas Kristoffer Sunde;Calin Daniel Marioara;Randi Holmestad
(2020)C.M. Cepeda-Jiménez;F. Potenza;E. Magalini;V. Luchin
(2020)Yinghui Zhou;Xin Lin;Nan Kang;Weidong Huang
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