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Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals

0021-4876

Published by: The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jinstmet/-char/ja

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 743 33 61 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 49
Documents by Best Scientists*: 75
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.224
Impact Factor: 0.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of The Japan Institute of Metals?

Journal of The Japan Institute of Metals mainly deals with areas of study such as Metallurgy, Composite material, Alloy, Aluminium and Inorganic chemistry. Corrosion, Copper, Microstructure, Nickel and Austenite are some of the facets of Metallurgy tackled in Journal of The Japan Institute of Metals.

  • Metallurgy (53.54%)
  • Composite material (17.03%)
  • Alloy (10.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Improvement in Room Temperature Ductility of the L1 2 Type Intermetallic Compound Ni 3 Al by Boron Addition (380 citations)
  • Corrosion Resistivity of Amorphous Iron Alloys Containing Chromium (169 citations)
  • Diffusion of Ni 63 and W 185 in Nickel-Tungsten Alloys (On the Relation between High-Temperature Creep and Diffusion in Nickel Base Solid Solutions. III) (108 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of The Japan Institute of Metals:

Metallurgy, Composite material, Alloy, Hydrogen and Thermodynamics are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. Metallurgy studies presented in the published papers include Microstructure, Aluminium, Austenite, Nickel and Intermetallic. The study on Alloy presented in the published papers is investigated in conjunction with research in Ultimate tensile strength.

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Metallurgy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of The Japan Institute of Metals mainly tackles studies in Composite material, Metallurgy, Severe plastic deformation, Composite number and Magnesium. The work on Composite material tackled in it brings together disciplines like Phase (matter) and Anisotropy. The work on Metallurgy addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Material flow analysis.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Composite number and the similar topic of Magnesium alloy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Incremental feeding high-pressure sliding for achieving large area of severe plastic deformation (5 citations)
  • Effect of Indentation Orientation on the Onset of Plastic Deformation for a MAX Phase Ti2AlC (1 citations)
  • Dynamic Material Flow Analysis of Copper and Copper Alloy in Global Scale —Forecast of In-Use Stock and Inputs and the Estimation of Scrap Recovery Potential— (1 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 Journal of The Japan Institute of Metals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hakaru Masumoto (134 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hisashi Suzuki (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hajime Suto (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Isao Gokyu (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yoshitake Nishi (61 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 Journal of The Japan Institute of Metals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kyushu University (151 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tohoku University (99 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Osaka University (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institute for Materials Science (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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 2018 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.00% 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 20.00% of all publications and 20.00% 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

  • Theoretical Prediction of Grain Boundary Segregation Using Nano-Polycrystalline Grain Boundary Model

    Kazuma Ito;Kazuma Ito;Hideaki Sawada;Shigenobu Ogata;Shigenobu Ogata

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Texture Formation through Thermomechanical Treatment and Its Effect on Superelasticity in Mg–Sc Shape Memory Alloy

    Keisuke Yamagishi;Daisuke Ando;Yuji Sutou;Yukiko Ogawa

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Trends of Technological Development of Platinum Group Metal Recycling: Solubilization and Physical Concentration Processes

    Yu-ki Taninouchi;Toru H. Okabe

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Theoretical Prediction of Grain Boundary Segregation Using Nano-Polycrystalline Grain Boundary Model

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Hydrogen Embrittlement Behavior of Pure Ni and Ni-20Cr Alloy with Different Grain Sizes

    Naohiro Kobayashi;Motomichi Koyama;Motomichi Koyama;Kenji Kobayashi;Tomohiko Hojo

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Calculated Grain Boundary Segregation in Mg-Zn-Ca Alloys and Its Correlation to the Texture Formation and Formability of the Alloys

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Cr Effects on the Local Plasticity Evolution and Fracture Behaviors of Ni-Cr Alloys Tensile-Tested under Hydrogen Charging

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Kink Formation through Creep Deformation and Possibility of Kink Strengthening in Ti&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;SiC&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;-MAX Phase

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Micro-Crack Healing in Cubic Zirconia (8Y-CSZ) Using Flash Event

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Fabrication of Textured Porous Ti 3 SiC 2 by Slip Casting under High Magnetic Field and Microstructural Evolution through High Temperature Deformation

    Nana Hashimoto;Ken Ichi Ikeda;Seiji Miura;Koji Morita

    (2021)
    4 Citations

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