| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 6 | 1069 | 881 | 156 |
| Physics | 10 | 144 | 206 | 77 |
The topics of Nanotechnology, Condensed matter physics, Optoelectronics, Chemical physics and Chemical engineering are the focal point of discussions in Nature Materials. While Nanotechnology is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Plastic materials, Silicon and Polymer. Many of the studies tackled connect Condensed matter physics with a similar field of study like Magnetic field.
The works on Optoelectronics deal in particular with Semiconductor. The in-depth study on Smart material also explores topics in the intersecting field of Structural material.
The journal articles aim to foster the development of research in Nanotechnology, Condensed matter physics, Optoelectronics, Smart material and Nanoparticle. The journal articles address concerns in the field of Nanotechnology by exploring it in line with topics in Chemical engineering which intersect with Catalysis subjects. The published papers focus on Condensed matter physics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Magnetic field and Magnetization.
Nature Materials is mainly concerned with subjects like Condensed matter physics, Chemical physics, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics and Phase (matter). It holds forums on Condensed matter physics that merges themes from other disciplines such as van der Waals force and Magnetic field. Nature Materials explores topics in Chemical physics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ion, Solid-state chemistry, Doping and Grain boundary.
Most of the Superlattice studies addressed also intersect with Heterojunction.
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 Nature Materials (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Nature Materials (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 4.61% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.17% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.21% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.93% of all publications and 30.69% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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(2022)Patrice Simon;Patrice Simon;Patrice Simon;Yury Gogotsi
(2020)Shrey Sindhwani;Abdullah Muhammad Syed;Jessica Ngai;Benjamin R. Kingston
(2020)Youbing Li;Hui Shao;Hui Shao;Zifeng Lin;Jun Lu
(2020)Xiao-Ke Liu;Weidong Xu;Sai Bai;Yizheng Jin
(2021)Euiyeon Jung;Heejong Shin;Byoung-Hoon Lee;Vladimir Efremov
(2020)Lei Wang;Lei Wang;En-Min Shih;Augusto Ghiotto;Lede Xian
(2020)Eva Y. Andrei;Allan H. MacDonald
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