MRS Communications

Top Research Topics at MRS Communications?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Composite material, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Polymer and Thin film.

• Composite material (15.60%)
• Nanotechnology (14.73%)
• Optoelectronics (12.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Identifying defect-tolerant semiconductors with high minority-carrier lifetimes: beyond hybrid lead halide perovskites (462 citations)
• First principles study of two-dimensional early transition metal carbides (249 citations)
• Mechanical properties of APbX 3 ( A = Cs or CH 3 NH 3 ; X= I or Br) perovskite single crystals (169 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at MRS Communications:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Polymer, Inorganic chemistry and Engineering physics. Catalysis and Electrode are some topics wherein Nanotechnology research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact. The published papers deal with Optoelectronics in conjunction with Transistor and similar fields in Electron, Electrochemistry and Biosensor.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Composite material
• Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Composite material, Polymer, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics and 3D printing are the focal point of discussions in the journal. The Composite material research presented places emphasis on topics like Modulus, Ultimate tensile strength, Alloy, Resilience (materials science) and Viscoelasticity. The research on Polymer tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Characterization (materials science), Biocompatibility, Depolymerization and Nuclear chemistry.

MRS Communications explores Nanotechnology concepts, specifically Nanomaterials but expands to research in Template. The work on Optoelectronics addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Hysteresis. It served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like 3D printing and 3d printed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• 3D printing of biomedically relevant polymer materials and biocompatibility. (3 citations)
• Current constriction of Li-ion transport across lithium metal–ceramic electrolyte interface: Imaged with X-ray Tomography (3 citations)
• On the progress of 3D-printed hydrogels for tissue engineering. (2 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 MRS Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rigoberto C. Advincula (9 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Jagdish Narayan (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Andreas Lendlein (8 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition,
• Emilio Bucio (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Guohua Jiang (6 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 MRS Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (21 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• North Carolina State University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (14 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 2021 edition, 18.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.59% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.76% of all publications and 68.24% 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.