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Nano Energy
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Nano Energy

2211-2855

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/nano-energy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 5 2325 3660 161

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 3433
Documents by Best Scientists*: 4367
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 92
SCIMAGO H-index: 277
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.566
Impact Factor: 17.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nano Energy?

Optoelectronics, Nanotechnology, Triboelectric effect, Electrode and Nanogenerator are the subjects of interest in the journal. Optoelectronics research presented in Nano Energy encompasses a variety of subjects, including Piezoelectricity, Perovskite (structure) and Photovoltaic system. Issues in Nanotechnology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Supercapacitor and Energy storage.

Research on Supercapacitor presented in it concerns the broader topic of Capacitance. In addition to Triboelectric effect research, Nano Energy aims to explore topics under Power (physics), Energy harvesting, Mechanical energy, Voltage and Electronics. The Electrode study tackling the subject of Electrochemistry is the focus of it.

It facilitates discussions on Electrochemistry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Inorganic chemistry, Cathode, Anode and Catalysis. In the journal, Battery (electricity), Electrolyte and Ion, Lithium are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Anode research. While Catalysis is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Oxygen evolution and Water splitting.

  • Optoelectronics (26.01%)
  • Nanotechnology (23.68%)
  • Triboelectric effect (15.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Flexible triboelectric generator (2383 citations)
  • Graphene/metal oxide composite electrode materials for energy storage (1382 citations)
  • Recent advances in all-solid-state rechargeable lithium batteries (797 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nano Energy:

Nanotechnology, Electrode, Anode, Inorganic chemistry and Electrochemistry are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. The journal papers hold forums on Nanotechnology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Supercapacitor, Carbon, Optoelectronics and Energy storage. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Optoelectronics, it also covers topics in Nanogenerator and Perovskite (structure).

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Optoelectronics, Triboelectric effect, Nanogenerator, Nanotechnology and Catalysis. It deals with Optoelectronics in conjunction with Electrode and similar fields in Cathode. Nano Energy focuses on Cathode but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Lithium which is concerned with Anode.

The studies in Triboelectric effect featured incorporate elements of Mechanical energy, Energy harvesting, Power density and Power (physics). It explores issues in Nanogenerator which can be linked to other research areas like Wearable computer and Electronics. The research on Catalysis featured in it combines topics in other fields like Electrocatalyst, Oxygen evolution, Electrochemistry, Overpotential and Carbon.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Local hot charge density regulation: Vibration-free pyroelectric nanogenerator for effectively enhancing catalysis and in-situ surface enhanced Raman scattering monitoring (70 citations)
  • “The Fe Effect”: A review unveiling the critical roles of Fe in enhancing OER activity of Ni and Co based catalysts (56 citations)
  • Same materials, bigger output: A reversibly transformable 2D–3D photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation (49 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 Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zhong Lin Wang (250 papers) published 46 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Liqiang Mai (57 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xueliang Sun (48 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Khalil Amine (45 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ching-Ping Wong (42 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Nano Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1046 papers) published 192 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (336 papers) published 48 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (233 papers) published 39 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (230 papers) published 34 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (205 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 9 less 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, 2.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.12% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.35% of all publications and 29.67% 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

  • Enhanced photocatalytic degradation and H2/H2O2 production performance of S-pCN/WO2.72 S-scheme heterojunction with appropriate surface oxygen vacancies

    Xibao Li;Bangbang Kang;Fan Dong;Zhiqiang Zhang

    (2021)
    988 Citations
  • “The Fe Effect”: A review unveiling the critical roles of Fe in enhancing OER activity of Ni and Co based catalysts

    Sengeni Anantharaj;Subrata Kundu;Suguru Noda

    (2021)
    835 Citations
  • Flexible PVDF based piezoelectric nanogenerators

    Lijun Lu;Wenqing Ding;Jingquan Liu;Bin Yang

    (2020)
    742 Citations
  • Recent advances in zinc anodes for high-performance aqueous Zn-ion batteries

    Hao Jia;Ziqi Wang;Ziqi Wang;Benjamin Tawiah;Yidi Wang

    (2020)
    663 Citations
  • Crack-free single-crystalline Ni-rich layered NCM cathode enable superior cycling performance of lithium-ion batteries

    Xinming Fan;Guorong Hu;Bao Zhang;Xing Ou

    (2020)
    576 Citations
  • Exceptional piezoelectricity, high thermal conductivity and stiffness and promising photocatalysis in two-dimensional MoSi2N4 family confirmed by first-principles

    Bohayra Mortazavi;Brahmanandam Javvaji;Fazel Shojaei;Timon Rabczuk

    (2021)
    571 Citations
  • Tuning Zn2+ coordination environment to suppress dendrite formation for high-performance Zn-ion batteries

    Runzhi Qin;Yuetao Wang;Mingzheng Zhang;Yan Wang

    (2021)
    542 Citations
  • On the first principle theory of nanogenerators from Maxwell's equations

    Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

    (2020)
    530 Citations
  • A flexible, ultra-highly sensitive and stable capacitive pressure sensor with convex microarrays for motion and health monitoring

    Yaoxu Xiong;Youkang Shen;Youkang Shen;Lan Tian;Yougen Hu

    (2020)
    516 Citations
  • Achieve ultrahigh energy storage performance in BaTiO3–Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3 relaxor ferroelectric ceramics via nano-scale polarization mismatch and reconstruction

    Qingyuan Hu;Ye Tian;Qingshan Zhu;Jihong Bian

    (2020)
    496 Citations

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