Materials Horizons

Top Research Topics at Materials horizons?

Materials horizons primarily focuses on research topics in Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Polymer, Chemical engineering and Composite material. Research on Nanotechnology addressed in Materials horizons frequently intersections with the field of Catalysis. The journal concentrated on Optoelectronics research, specifically Photodetector and Heterojunction.

• Nanotechnology (32.32%)
• Optoelectronics (14.57%)
• Polymer (11.62%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Advances of flexible pressure sensors toward artificial intelligence and health care applications (671 citations)
• Non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics: an emerging horizon (606 citations)
• The evolution of 'sol-gel' chemistry as a technique for materials synthesis (562 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Materials horizons:

The most cited articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Nanotechnology, Polymer, Graphene, Optoelectronics and Catalysis. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Nanotechnology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Supercapacitor, Carbon and Metal-organic framework. The studies on Optoelectronics discussed at the published papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Perovskite (structure) and Fluorescence.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Composite material
• Polymer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Polymer, Chemical engineering and Condensed matter physics. Nanomaterials is a focus of the presented Nanotechnology works and it dives deep in Nanomaterials. Materials horizons emphasizes research on Optoelectronics, which includes concerns such as Quantum efficiency.

The research on Chemical engineering discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Aqueous solution.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Polyphenol scaffolds in tissue engineering (31 citations)
• Dual emission in purely organic materials for optoelectronic applications (25 citations)
• Synergy between dynamic covalent boronic ester and boron–nitrogen coordination: strategy for self-healing polyurethane elastomers at room temperature with unprecedented mechanical properties (21 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 horizons (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ben Zhong Tang (21 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Yusuke Yamauchi (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Bin Liu (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Jacky Wing Yip Lam (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Yoshio Bando (8 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 horizons (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (131 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 26 less than at the previous edition,
• National University of Singapore (35 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• South China University of Technology (33 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Zhejiang University (32 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Shenzhen University (30 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 more 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, 3.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.44% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.24% of all publications and 33.59% 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.