Microscopy and Microanalysis

Top Research Topics at Microscopy and Microanalysis?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Optics, Nanotechnology, Analytical chemistry, Optoelectronics and Chemical engineering. It emphasizes research on Optics, which includes concerns such as Scanning transmission electron microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis connects research in Scanning transmission electron microscopy with the related topic of Scanning confocal electron microscopy.

The study on Scanning confocal electron microscopy presented in it intersects with the topics under Energy filtered transmission electron microscopy. The works on Nanotechnology deal in particular with Characterization (materials science). The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Chemical engineering as it also encompasses In situ.

• Optics (11.99%)
• Nanotechnology (10.61%)
• Analytical chemistry (9.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A review of strain analysis using electron backscatter diffraction. (667 citations)
• Analysis of Three-dimensional Atom-probe Data by the Proximity Histogram (600 citations)
• Review of atom probe FIB-based specimen preparation methods (295 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Microscopy and Microanalysis:

The most cited papers primarily focus on research topics in Optics, Analytical chemistry, Transmission electron microscopy, Microscopy and Scanning transmission electron microscopy. Analytical chemistry study tackled in the most cited publications is connected to the field of Atom probe. In addition to Transmission electron microscopy research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Crystallography, Composite material and Focused ion beam.

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 Microscopy and Microanalysis (based on the number of publications) are:

• Raynald Gauvin (214 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Nigel D. Browning (198 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• David A. Muller (189 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Peter A. Crozier (178 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Roberto Martínez-Sánchez (147 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Microscopy and Microanalysis (based on the number of publications) are:

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (521 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Arizona State University (379 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (331 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (304 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (290 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 27.99% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.35% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.36% of all publications and 52.08% 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.