Materials Chemistry and Physics

Top Research Topics at Materials Chemistry and Physics?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Chemical engineering, Analytical chemistry, Composite material, Inorganic chemistry and Scanning electron microscope. The study on Chemical engineering presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Nanotechnology. The research on Analytical chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Thin film, Doping, Dielectric and Mineralogy.

The research on Thin film featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Substrate (electronics) and Band gap. The journal primarily discusses Composite material topics, particularly Microstructure, Composite number, Ceramic, Sintering and Polymer. The featured Microstructure research is covered under the field of Metallurgy.

Topics in Inorganic chemistry were tackled in line with various other fields like Oxide, Adsorption, Catalysis, Electrochemistry and Aqueous solution. Materials Chemistry and Physics links adjacent topics like Scanning electron microscope with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Materials Chemistry and Physics connects research in Transmission electron microscopy with the related topic of Crystallography.

• Chemical engineering (24.29%)
• Analytical chemistry (22.31%)
• Composite material (15.40%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Prediction of high-entropy stabilized solid-solution in multi-component alloys (931 citations)
• Characterization of amorphous and nanocrystalline carbon films (859 citations)
• Bandgap studies on anatase titanium dioxide nanoparticles (670 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Materials Chemistry and Physics:

Analytical chemistry, Chemical engineering, Inorganic chemistry, Composite material and Scanning electron microscope are the main subjects of interest in the most cited articles. Issues in Analytical chemistry were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Doping, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Thin film, Mineralogy and Band gap. The most cited articles address concerns in Chemical engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology.

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

• Composite material
• Organic chemistry
• Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Materials Chemistry and Physics focuses on Chemical engineering, Composite material, Microstructure, Analytical chemistry and Oxide. The journal centers on topics in Chemical engineering, with a focus on Nanoparticle. Aside from discussions in Nanoparticle, Materials Chemistry and Physics also deals with the subject of Nanocomposite which intersects with Scanning electron microscope disciplines.

The featured Microstructure studies mainly concentrate on Phase (matter) but also cover areas of interest in Raman spectroscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is a focus of the presented Analytical chemistry works and it dives deep in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It deals with Oxide in conjunction with Layer (electronics) and similar fields in Coating.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The mechanism of the isostructural phase transition in C(NH2)3PbI3 as a guide for understanding the properties of the new phase (1 citations)
• Synthesis of nanocrystalline cellulose/hydroxyapatite nanocomposites for the efficient removal of chlortetracycline hydrochloride in aqueous medium (1 citations)
• Magnetism and temperature dependence of nano-TiO2: Fe EPR spectra (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Materials Chemistry and Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chandrakant D. Lokhande (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Elson Longo (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
• P. Ramasamy (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yitai Qian (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
• G. Blasse (38 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Materials Chemistry and Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (561 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 28 less than at the previous edition,
• National Tsing Hua University (251 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• Harbin Institute of Technology (233 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Cheng Kung University (221 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Jilin University (201 papers) absent 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 2022 edition, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 1.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.87% of all publications and 73.81% 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.