Materials Today

Top Research Topics at Materials Today?

Materials Today investigates studies in Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Composite material, Chemical engineering and Graphene. It facilitates discussions on Nanotechnology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Polymer and Electronics.

• Nanotechnology (29.28%)
• Optoelectronics (8.03%)
• Composite material (5.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Li-ion battery materials: present and future (3409 citations)
• Resistive switching in transition metal oxides (2247 citations)
• Biomaterials & scaffolds for tissue engineering (1902 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Materials Today:

The journal publications focus on Nanotechnology, Electronics, Polymer, Graphene and Optoelectronics. The journal papers connects the study in Nanotechnology with the closely related areas of Transistor. While Transistor is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Semiconductor and Organic semiconductor.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• World War II
• Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Materials Today facilitates discussions on Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Composite material, Electronics and Chemical engineering. The research on Nanotechnology featured in Materials Today combines topics in other fields like Biocompatibility, Perovskite (structure) and Energy storage. In the journal, Battery (electricity) and Supercapacitor are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Energy storage research.

The majority of Composite material studies in Materials Today are focused on the subject of Ceramic. Many of the studies tackled connect Chemical engineering with a similar field of study like Electrochemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Hybrid solar-driven interfacial evaporation systems: Beyond water production towards high solar energy utilization (38 citations)
• Recent advances in black-phosphorus-based materials for electrochemical energy storage (38 citations)
• All-in-one 3D acceleration sensor based on coded liquid–metal triboelectric nanogenerator for vehicle restraint system (20 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 Today (based on the number of publications) are:

• Cordelia Sealy (455 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Laurie Donaldson (433 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• David Bradley (378 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 38 less than at the previous edition,
• Jonathan Wood (236 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mark Telford (137 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 Today (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (81 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Georgia Institute of Technology (47 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Tsinghua University (35 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (34 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Rice University (30 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 31.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.19% of all publications and 27.98% 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.