| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 16 | 760 | 636 | 133 |
| Physics | 18 | 93 | 144 | 63 |
Nature Nanotechnology covers a variety of subjects, including Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Condensed matter physics, Nanoparticle and Graphene. Many of the studies tackled connect Nanotechnology with a similar field of study like Physicist. It focuses on Optoelectronics research which is adjacent to topics in Transistor.
The Condensed matter physics works featured in Nature Nanotechnology incorporate elements from Electron and Magnetic field. It is focused mainly on Carbon nanotube, particularly Nanotube. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Molecular nanotechnology, apply to Photonics as well.
The published articles investigate studies in Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Graphene, Molecular nanotechnology and Nanoparticle. The published papers with studies in Nanotechnology featured incorporate elements of Physicist and Semiconductor. The studies on Optoelectronics discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Transistor and Photon.
The foci of the journal are Optoelectronics, Condensed matter physics, Nanotechnology, Graphene and Chemical engineering. Research on Optoelectronics presented in it focuses, in particular, on Heterojunction and Plasmon. The study on Heterojunction presented in it intersects with the topics under Semiconductor.
Topics in Condensed matter physics explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Magnetic field and Magnetization. The journal addresses concerns in Chemical engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Membrane and Catalysis.
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 Nanotechnology (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 Nanotechnology (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, 5.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.42% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.32% of all publications and 34.97% 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.
Joshua J. Rennick;Angus P. R. Johnston;Robert G. Parton
(2021)Longsheng Cao;Dan Li;Travis Pollard;Tao Deng
(2021)Unknown
(2022)Chunsen Liu;Huawei Chen;Shuiyuan Wang;Qi Liu;Qi Liu
(2020)Vinod K. Sangwan;Mark C. Hersam
(2020)Yitong Dong;Ya-Kun Wang;Ya-Kun Wang;Fanglong Yuan;Andrew Johnston
(2020)Matthew D. Shin;Sourabh Shukla;Young Hun Chung;Veronique Beiss
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