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Nanotechnology
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Nanotechnology

0957-4484

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0957-4484

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 153 1465 1741 44

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2248
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2373
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 51
SCIMAGO H-index: 234
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.597
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nanotechnology?

Nanotechnology covers a variety of subjects, including Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Chemical engineering, Nanoparticle and Nanowire. Nanotechnology research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Silicon and Electrode. The journal facilitates discussions on Optoelectronics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Thin film and Substrate (electronics).

Topics in Chemical engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Electrochemistry and Catalysis. Nanoparticle research discussed connects with the study of Analytical chemistry. Raman spectroscopy is a focus of the presented Analytical chemistry works and it dives deep in Raman spectroscopy.

It explores research in Nanowire and the adjacent study of Condensed matter physics. Research in Carbon nanotube tackled falls within the umbrella of Composite material. Research on Graphene addressed in Nanotechnology frequently intersections with the field of Oxide.

  • Nanotechnology (34.47%)
  • Optoelectronics (22.73%)
  • Chemical engineering (15.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles (4638 citations)
  • Nanometre diameter fibres of polymer, produced by electrospinning (2989 citations)
  • A review on electrospinning design and nanofibre assemblies. (1588 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nanotechnology:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Nanotechnology, Chemical engineering, Nanoparticle, Optoelectronics and Composite material. Many of the studies tackled in the most cited articles connect Nanotechnology with a similar field of study like Silicon. The published papers deal with Nanoparticle in conjunction with Analytical chemistry and similar fields in Transmission electron microscopy.

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 journal investigates areas of study like Chemical engineering, Layer (electronics), Optoelectronics, Nanophotonics and Photonics. Graphene is part of Chemical engineering studies tackled in the journal. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Layer (electronics), it also covered topics in Charge carrier, Energy conversion efficiency, Perovskite (structure), Mesoporous material and Carbon.

Nanoscopic scale, Dipole, Quantum and Nanostructure are some topics wherein Optoelectronics research discussed in the journal have an impact. In Nanotechnology, Nanolithography, Local density of states, Plasmon, Photon and Surface plasmon resonance are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Nanophotonics research. It explores issues in Photonics which can be linked to other research areas like Purcell effect and Focused ion beam.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Hybrid cube-in-cup nanoantenna: towards ordered photonics. (0 citations)
  • Development of gold nanoparticles-aptamer nanocomposite for multiplexed analysis of antibiotics and design of molecular logic gates. (0 citations)
  • Influence of laser and alkali treatment on an Ag/TiO2 nanotube based dopamine sensor. (0 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 Nanotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sergei V. Kalinin (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anna Demming (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lars Samuelson (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wenzhong Shen (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen Jesse (40 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 Nanotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1051 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (364 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (294 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (260 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhejiang University (236 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% 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 14.29% of all publications and 85.71% 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

  • Ferroelectric field-effect transistors based on HfO2: a review.

    Halid Mulaosmanovic;Evelyn T Breyer;Stefan Dünkel;Sven Beyer

    (2021)
    281 Citations
  • Rare earth doped metal oxide nanoparticles for photocatalysis: a perspective

    Unknown

    (2021)
    256 Citations
  • Challenges and perspectives of NASICON-type solid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium batteries

    Minjie Hou;Feng Liang;Kunfeng Chen;Yongnian Dai

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • Challenges and prospects of nanosized silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries.

    Xiuyun Zhao;Vesa-Pekka Lehto

    (2021)
    180 Citations
  • Roadmap on emerging hardware and technology for machine learning.

    Karl Berggren;Qiangfei Xia;Konstantin K. Likharev;Dmitri B. Strukov

    (2021)
    176 Citations
  • Environmental energy harvesting based on triboelectric nanogenerators

    Jingwen Tian;Xiangyu Chen;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

    (2020)
    154 Citations
  • Rechargeable Zn-MnO2 batteries: advances, challenges and perspectives.

    Xiaoyu Liu;Jin Yi;Jin Yi;Kai Wu;Yong Jiang

    (2020)
    124 Citations
  • Perovskite-inspired materials for photovoltaics - from design to devices

    Yi Teng Huang;Seán R. Kavanagh;Seán R. Kavanagh;David O. Scanlon;Aron Walsh

    (2020)
    115 Citations
  • Imaging nano-defects of metal waveguides using the microwave cavity interference enhancement method.

    Hao Guo;Xin Li;Qiang Zhu;Zhenrong Zhang

    (2020)
    113 Citations
  • Thermal interface materials with graphene fillers: review of the state of the art and outlook for future applications

    Jacob Scott Lewis;Timothy Perrier;Zahra Barani;Fariborz Kargar

    (2021)
    102 Citations

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