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Optical Materials
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Optical Materials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 138 598 1139 47
Physics 142 17 48 14
Chemistry 191 272 498 36

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1048
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1658
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 128
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.699
Impact Factor: 4.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Optical Materials?

Optical Materials primarily focuses on research topics in Analytical chemistry, Doping, Luminescence, Optoelectronics and Photoluminescence. Ion, Crystal and Emission spectrum are some topics wherein Analytical chemistry research discussed in Optical Materials have an impact. The journal connects research in Ion with the related topic of Atomic physics.

Doping research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Fluorescence and Ceramic. Some problems in Luminescence that were presented in Optical Materials overlapped with concepts under Inorganic chemistry, Spectroscopy, Excited state, Excitation and Mineralogy. In the journal, Thin film and Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Optics are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Optoelectronics research.

It links adjacent topics like Thin film with Band gap. The journal tackles issues in Optics, particularly in the topics of Laser, Refractive index, Wavelength and Nonlinear optics. Topics in Photoluminescence explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Raman spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscope, Spectral line, Photochemistry and Chemical engineering.

  • Analytical chemistry (39.58%)
  • Doping (22.31%)
  • Luminescence (22.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Tellurite glass: a new candidate for fiber devices (894 citations)
  • Novel materials doped with trivalent lanthanides and transition metal ions showing near-infrared to visible photon upconversion (510 citations)
  • Spontaneous Raman spectroscopy of tungstate and molybdate crystals for Raman lasers (409 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Optical Materials:

The journal papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Analytical chemistry, Optics, Luminescence, Doping and Photoluminescence. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Analytical chemistry, it also covers topics in Ion, Mineralogy and Emission spectrum. The journal papers explore issues in Optics which can be linked to other research areas like Optoelectronics and Thin film.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Optoelectronics, Analytical chemistry, Doping, Photoluminescence and Band gap are tackled in the journal. It facilitates discussions on Optoelectronics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Layer (electronics), Substrate (electronics) and Laser. The Analytical chemistry works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Ion, Thin film and Absorption (electromagnetic radiation).

The subject of Crystal, which is connected to the field of Single crystal, serves as the foundation of the Doping research featured in Optical Materials. The concepts on Photoluminescence presented in Optical Materials can also apply to other research fields, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Chemical engineering, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Spectroscopy and Absorption spectroscopy. The journal focuses on Luminescence but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Excitation, Emission spectrum and Phosphor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Tert-butylamine/oleic acid-assisted morphology tailoring of hierarchical Bi4Ti3O12 architectures and their application for photodegradation of simulated dye wastewater (27 citations)
  • Photocatalytic purification of simulated dye wastewater in different pH environments by using BaTiO3/Bi2WO6 heterojunction photocatalysts (19 citations)
  • Synthesis, optical, structural and physical properties of newly developed dolomite reinforced borate glasses for nuclear radiation shielding utilizations: An experimental and simulation study (18 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 Optical Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Akira Yoshikawa (118 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Martin Nikl (103 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Takayuki Yanagida (87 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Georges Boulon (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yuui Yokota (62 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 Optical Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (672 papers) published 45 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (288 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Polish Academy of Sciences (251 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shandong University (201 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (201 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 5 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 2021 edition, 7.62% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.97% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.90% of all publications and 74.18% 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

  • Spectral investigations of Nd3+:Ba(PO3)2+La2O3 glasses for infrared laser gain media applications

    (2022)
    209 Citations
  • Preparation and promising application of novel LaFeO3/BiOBr heterojunction photocatalysts for photocatalytic and photo-Fenton removal of dyes

    Sitao Guan;Hua Yang;Xiaofeng Sun;Tao Xian

    (2020)
    186 Citations
  • Effect of the band gap and the defect states present within band gap on the non-linear optical absorption behaviour of yttrium aluminium iron garnets

    Ajay Kumar;Rajeev Kumar;Nancy Verma;A.V. Anupama

    (2020)
    115 Citations
  • Impact of CuO doping on the properties of CdO thin films on the catalytic degradation by using pulsed-Laser deposition technique

    A.A. Menazea;Ayman M. Mostafa;Emad A. Al-Ashkar

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • Synergistic engineering of end-capped acceptor and bridge on arylborane-arylamine macrocycles to boost the photovoltaic properties of organic solar cells

    (2022)
    99 Citations
  • Spectroscopic study of Nd3+ ion-doped Zn-Al-Ba borate glasses for NIR emitting device applications

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Photocatalytic purification of simulated dye wastewater in different pH environments by using BaTiO3/Bi2WO6 heterojunction photocatalysts

    Yanping Wang;Xiaofeng Sun;Tao Xian;Guorong Liu

    (2021)
    94 Citations

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