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Nano Communication Networks
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Nano Communication Networks

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 447 13 12 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 27
Documents by Best Scientists*: 30
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 46
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.629
Impact Factor: 4.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nano Communication Networks?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Electronic engineering, Molecular communication, Communication channel, Wireless and Distributed computing. Transmission (telecommunications), Modulation, Noise (electronics), Decoding methods and Terahertz radiation are some topics wherein Electronic engineering research discussed in it have an impact. Nano Communication Networks explores research in Transmission (telecommunications) and the adjacent study of Biological system.

It focuses on Terahertz radiation research as part of the broader topic of Optoelectronics. In addition to Molecular communication research, it aims to explore topics under Nanonetwork, Nanotechnology, Algorithm and Communications system. Channel capacity is a focus of the Communication channel works in the journal.

The work on Wireless tackled in Nano Communication Networks brings together disciplines like Computer network and Nanosensor. Computer network and Throughput are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Distributed computing and the similar topic of Telecommunications network.

  • Electronic engineering (30.56%)
  • Molecular communication (27.78%)
  • Communication channel (14.93%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Electromagnetic wireless nanosensor networks (496 citations)
  • Energy model for communication via diffusion in nanonetworks (230 citations)
  • On the characterization of binary concentration-encoded molecular communication in nanonetworks (162 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nano Communication Networks:

The published articles investigate areas of study like Molecular communication, Electronic engineering, Distributed computing, Communication channel and Nanonetwork. Issues in Molecular communication were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Nanomedicine and Communications system. The published papers address concerns in Electronic engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Noise (electronics), Decoding methods, Modulation and Transmission (telecommunications).

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

  • Computer network
  • Electrical engineering
  • Telecommunications

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Nano Communication Networks primarily tackles Electronic engineering, Molecular communication, Communication channel, Distributed computing and Terahertz radiation. The journal explores topics in Electronic engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Scalability, Reduction (complexity), Silicon photonics, Interconnection and Insertion loss. The concepts on Molecular communication presented in Nano Communication Networks can also apply to other research fields, including Interference (communication), Algorithm and Transmission (telecommunications).

While Communication channel is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Interference (wave propagation), Limit (mathematics) and Control theory. Distributed computing research in Nano Communication Networks involves the investigation of Communications protocol studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as SIMPLE (military communications protocol) and Finite-state machine. Topics in Terahertz radiation explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in High availability, Data transmission and Metamaterial.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Secrecy performance of terahertz wireless links in rain and snow (4 citations)
  • Fluid dynamics-based distance estimation algorithm for macroscale molecular communication (2 citations)
  • Molecular communication system with non-absorbing receiver (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.

The top authors publishing in Nano Communication Networks (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Josep Miquel Jornet (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ian F. Akyildiz (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ozgur B. Akan (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eduard Alarcon (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (8 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 Nano Communication Networks (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Zhejiang University of Technology (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Warwick (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Koç University (8 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, 14.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • Intelligent reflecting surface enhanced indoor terahertz communication systems

    Xinying Ma;Zhi Chen;Wenjie Chen;Yaojia Chi

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Impact of beam misalignment on THz wireless systems

    Joonas Kokkoniemi;Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos;Mubarak Umar Aminu;Janne Lehtomäki

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Beamforming optical antenna arrays for nano-bio sensing and actuation applications

    Amit Sangwan;Josep Miquel Jornet

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Design and modeling of double Panda-microring resonator as multi-band optical filter

    Abbas Kalate Seyfari;Mahdi Bahadoran;Preecha P. Yupapin

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Optimal relaying in molecular communications

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Mobile human ad hoc networks: A communication engineering viewpoint on interhuman airborne pathogen transmission

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Localization in power-constrained Terahertz-operating software-defined metamaterials

    Filip Lemic;Sergi Abadal;Chong Han;Johann M. Marquez-Barja

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Information rate analysis of ASK-based molecular communication systems with feedback

    Siavash Ghavami;Raviraj Adve;Farshad Lahouti

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • 3D dynamic ring-based forwarder selection to improve packet delivery in ultra-dense nanonetworks

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Iterative signal detection to mitigate ISI and MUI for diffusion-based molecular communications

    Mahendra Singh Thakur;Sanjeev Sharma;Vimal Bhatia

    (2021)
    2 Citations

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