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Metal Science and Heat Treatment
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Metal Science and Heat Treatment

0026-0673

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11041

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 888 5 8 1

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 9
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.179
Impact Factor: 0.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Metal Science and Heat Treatment?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Metallurgy, Metallic materials, Composite material, Alloy and Austenite. Metal Science and Heat Treatment concentrated on Metallurgy research, specifically Microstructure, Hardening (metallurgy), Tempering, Carbide and Quenching. Issues in Metallic materials were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Mechanical engineering, Annealing (metallurgy), Aluminium, Carbon and Cast iron.

Deformation (engineering) and Ultimate tensile strength are all aspects of Composite material research featured in it. Alloy research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Titanium alloy. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Titanium alloy, apply to Titanium as well.

It focused on Austenite research but expanded to cover Martensite.

  • Metallurgy (77.04%)
  • Metallic materials (65.54%)
  • Composite material (21.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Programs for X-ray analysis of polycrystals (200 citations)
  • A study of metal properties using the method of magnetic memory (151 citations)
  • Mechanical properties of metals (128 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Metal Science and Heat Treatment:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Metallurgy, Metallic materials, Alloy, Composite material and Aluminium. The study of Metallic materials in the most cited papers encompasses disciplines such as Nitriding, as well as fields such as Nitride, all of which overlap with one another. The journal papers focus on Alloy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ultimate tensile strength and Corrosion.

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

  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Metallurgy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Metallurgy, Composite material, Alloy, Microstructure and Metallic materials are tackled in Metal Science and Heat Treatment. Austenite, Raising (metalworking), Eutectic system, Carbide and Magnesium are among the areas of Metallurgy tackled. While work presented in Metal Science and Heat Treatment provided substantial information on Austenite, it also covered topics in Ferrite (iron) and Carbon steel.

Alloy research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Ultimate tensile strength, Phase (matter), Chemical composition, Coercivity and Aluminium. Metal Science and Heat Treatment features works in Microstructure, more specifically Martensite, and explores their relation to disciplines like Recrystallization (geology). Metal Science and Heat Treatment explores issues in Metallic materials which can be linked to other research areas like Wear resistance, Quenching, Hardening (metallurgy), Phase composition and Bearing (mechanical).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Assembly of Structural Types of Frank–Kasper Phases Cr 3 Si, MgCu 2 and MgZn 2 from a Universal Building Unit (1 citations)
  • Control of Heat Treatment of Case-Hardening Steel 18CrNiMo7-6 by Determining the Penetration Depth of Eddy Currents (1 citations)
  • Structure and Mechanical Properties of Bimetallic “Aluminum Alloy/Copper” Conductors after Swaging (1 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.

The top authors publishing in Metal Science and Heat Treatment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yu. M. Lakhtin (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ya. D. Kogan (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yu. A. Geller (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yu. N. Simonov (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Yu. Kondrat’ev (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Metal Science and Heat Treatment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russian Academy of Sciences (386 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
  • Bauman Moscow State Technical University (157 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ural Federal University (153 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
  • Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University (83 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Unitary enterprise (53 papers) published 3 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, 43.75% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 57.78% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.44% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 24.44% 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.

Top Publications

  • Control of Heat Treatment of Case-Hardening Steel 18CrNiMo7-6 by Determining the Penetration Depth of Eddy Currents

    Lara Vivian Fricke;Sebastian Barton;Hans Jurgen Maier;David Zaremba

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Hot Deformation Behavior of Duplex Stainless Steel 2205

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Microstructure and Operational Properties of Low-Alloy Low-Carbon Steel for Building Structures

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Effect of Tempering on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Heat-Resistant Steel 10Kh9K3B2MFBR Alloyed with Ta and B

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Morphology of Secondary Phase Particles and Stability of Subgrain Structure in Martensitic Steel 10Cr9Co3W2MoVNbB (ASTM A335 P92) Under Creep Conditions

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Structure and Properties of the Powder for Additive Synthesis of Alloys Based on Titanium Aluminide TiAl

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Evolution of Gradient Structure Under Heat Treatment of Metastable Austenitic Stainless Steel Subjected to Cold Radial Forging

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Effect of Tempering Temperature on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Medium-Carbon Steel with Elevated Silicon Content

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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