| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics | 244 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| Environmental Sciences | 568 | 14 | 25 | 8 |
The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Optics, Metrology, Mutual recognition, Calibration and Analytical chemistry. Most of the Optics studies addressed also intersect with Optoelectronics. Studies in Mutual recognition were the highlight in it but it also discussed other topics like Statistics, Nuclear engineering, Activity measurements and Data mining.
Aside from Activity measurements, the journal also covered works in the field of Radionuclide. The featured Radiometer study falls within the wider topic of Remote sensing.
The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Optics, Metrology, Thermodynamics, Calibration and Atomic physics. The journal papers focus on Optics research which is adjacent to topics in Optoelectronics. The most cited papers explore issues in Thermodynamics which can be linked to other research areas like Helium and International Temperature Scale of 1990.
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 Metrologia (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 Metrologia (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, 83.07% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 78.12% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 3.12% of all publications and 9.38% 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.
Thomas Gerrits;Alan Migdall;Joshua C Bienfang;John Lehman
(2020)Richard Hobson;William Bowden;Alvise Vianello;Alvise Vianello;Alissa Silva
(2020)Seung Jin Yoon;Joong Sung Lee;Carsten Rockstuhl;Changhyoup Lee
(2020)Richard Hobson;William Bowden;Alissa Silva;Charles F. A. Baynham
(2020)Michael Gaitan;Iris Mariela López Bautista;Jon Geist
(2021)Changzhao Pan;Fernando Sparasci;Haiyang Zhang;Pascal Gambette
(2021)Joseph W. Fowler;Joseph W. Fowler;Galen C. O'Neil;Bradley K. Alpert;Douglas A. Bennett
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