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Nanophotonics
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Nanophotonics

2192-8614

Published by: Walter de Gruyter

https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/NANOPH/html

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 32 123 276 41
Materials Science 116 381 552 52

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 871
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1096
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 33
SCIMAGO H-index: 116
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.765
Impact Factor: 6.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nanophotonics?

Nanophotonics mainly tackles studies in Optoelectronics, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Plasmon and Optics. The journal explores topics in Optoelectronics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Laser and Graphene. In addition to Nanomaterials research, it aims to explore topics under Broadband, Condensed matter physics and Metamaterial.

Nanophotonics tackles issues in Nanotechnology, particularly in the topics of Nanoparticle and Nanostructure. Research on Plasmon addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Surface plasmon resonance. The majority of Silicon studies are focused on the issues of Silicon photonics.

  • Optoelectronics (44.95%)
  • Nanomaterials (37.39%)
  • Nanotechnology (22.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Low-loss, infrared and terahertz nanophotonics using surface phonon polaritons (386 citations)
  • Label-free detection with high-Q microcavities: a review of biosensing mechanisms for integrated devices. (370 citations)
  • Ultra-compact silicon nanophotonic modulator with broadband response (329 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nanophotonics:

The journal papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Plasmon and Photonics. Issues in Optoelectronics were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Thin film, Electronic circuit and Optics. While the primary focus in the journal articles is Plasmon, they also dissect topics surrounding Metamaterial and Phonon and Terahertz radiation as a whole.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Laser

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Optoelectronics, Plasmon, Optics, Nanophotonics and Nanotechnology are tackled in Nanophotonics. The journal explores topics in Optoelectronics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Perovskite (structure) and Laser, Second-harmonic generation. It held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Perovskite (structure) and Halide.

The journal connects the study in Nanotechnology with the closely related area of Photonics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Manipulating the surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) activity and plasmon-driven catalytic efficiency by the control of Ag NP/graphene layers under optical excitation (11 citations)
  • Ultrasensitive terahertz sensing with high-Q toroidal dipole resonance governed by bound states in the continuum in all-dielectric metasurface (9 citations)
  • Polymerization mechanisms initiated by spatio-temporally confined light (8 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 Nanophotonics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Han Zhang (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Volker J. Sorger (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • N. Asger Mortensen (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xinliang Zhang (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shuang Zhang (9 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 Nanophotonics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (70 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shenzhen University (51 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 19 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (46 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (28 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (28 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 6.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.45% of all publications and 36.17% 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

  • Tunable nanophotonics enabled by chalcogenide phase-change materials

    Sajjad Abdollahramezani;Omid Hemmatyar;Hossein Taghinejad;Alex Krasnok

    (2020)
    685 Citations
  • All-dielectric metasurfaces for polarization manipulation: principles and emerging applications

    Unknown

    (2020)
    337 Citations
  • Photonic multiplexing techniques for neuromorphic computing

    Unknown

    (2023)
    244 Citations
  • Polariton panorama

    (2020)
    211 Citations
  • Non-Hermitian and topological photonics: optics at an exceptional point

    Midya Parto;Yuzhou G. N. Liu;Babak Bahari;Mercedeh Khajavikhan;Mercedeh Khajavikhan

    (2020)
    181 Citations
  • Metasurfaces for biomedical applications: imaging and sensing from a nanophotonics perspective

    Shuyan Zhang;Chi Lok Wong;Shuwen Zeng;Renzhe Bi

    (2020)
    177 Citations
  • Hydrophobic multiscale cavities for high-performance and self-cleaning surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensing

    Xiaofei Zhao;Chundong Liu;Jing Yu;Zhen Li

    (2020)
    139 Citations
  • Intelligent on-demand design of phononic metamaterials

    (2022)
    136 Citations

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