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Microelectronic Engineering
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Microelectronic Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 264 52 55 14
Materials Science 440 85 97 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 168
Documents by Best Scientists*: 173
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 115
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.539
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Microelectronic Engineering?

The primary areas of discussion in Microelectronic Engineering are Optoelectronics, Nanotechnology, Optics, Analytical chemistry and Lithography. Some problems in Optoelectronics that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Layer (electronics) and Transistor. Microelectronic Engineering holds forums on Nanotechnology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Nanolithography, Composite material and Nanoimprint lithography.

The journal emphasizes research on Optics, which includes concerns such as Laser. The research on Analytical chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Thin film, Oxide, Annealing (metallurgy) and Reactive-ion etching. The studies in Lithography featured incorporate elements of Resist, X-ray lithography, Next-generation lithography and Photolithography.

Electron-beam lithography is a primary topic of Resist research in Microelectronic Engineering. The work on Dielectric presented in it focuses on High-κ dielectric in particular. The work on Silicon addressed in it expands to the thematically related Substrate (electronics).

  • Optoelectronics (31.75%)
  • Nanotechnology (22.80%)
  • Optics (19.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A comparative study of Pd/Sn/Au, Au/Ge/Au/Ni/Au, Au-Ge/Ni and Ni/Au-Ge/Ni ohmic contacts to n-GaAs (713 citations)
  • Carbon nanotubes in interconnect applications (546 citations)
  • Imprint lithography with sub-10 nm feature size and high throughput (436 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Microelectronic Engineering:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Optics, Analytical chemistry and Composite material. The journal articles focus on Nanotechnology but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Lithography which is concerned with X-ray lithography. Etching (microfabrication) and Layer (electronics) are some topics wherein Optoelectronics research discussed in the journal publications has an impact.

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 Microelectronic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yong Chen (98 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ivo W. Rangelow (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karen Maex (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Evangelos Gogolides (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yifang Chen (61 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Microelectronic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (516 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (376 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • STMicroelectronics (370 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • IBM (279 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (168 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Mini-review: Recent progress in the development of MoSe2 based chemical sensors and biosensors

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Graphene as the ultra-transparent conductive layer in developing the nanotechnology-based flexible smart touchscreens

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • 2DEG transport properties over temperature for AlGaN/GaN HEMT and AlGaN/InGaN/GaN pHEMT

    Md. Abdul Kaium Khan;Mohammad Abdul Alim;Christophe Gaquiere

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • CSRR loaded high gained 28/38GHz printed MIMO patch antenna array for 5G millimeter wave wireless devices

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • The electrical characteristic of an MIS structure with biocompatible minerals doped (Brushite+Monetite: PVC) interface layer

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Electrodeposited spruce leaf-like structured copper bismuth oxide electrode for supercapacitor application

    Ahmed AL-Osta;Ahmed AL-Osta;Bushra Saleh Samer;Bushra Saleh Samer;Umesh T. Nakate;Umesh T. Nakate;Vijaykumar V. Jadhav

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Surface acoustic wave ammonia sensor based on ZnS mucosal-like nanostructures

    Gongdi Long;Yuanjun Guo;Wei Li;Qingbo Tang

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • The investigation and DFT calculation on the gas sensing properties of nanostructured SnO2

    Rui Li;Zhenyu Yuan;Fanli Meng;Tianyu Jiao

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • A self-supported structure hybrid triboelectric/piezoelectric nanogenerator for bio-mechanical energy harvesting and pressure sensing

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Grayscale e-beam lithography: Effects of a delayed development for well-controlled 3D patterning

    Thomas Mortelmans;Thomas Mortelmans;Dimitrios Kazazis;Vitaliy A. Guzenko;Celestino Padeste

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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