Particuology

Top Research Topics at Particuology?

Particuology focuses on Mechanics, Chemical engineering, Fluidized bed, Discrete element method and Nanotechnology. The Mechanics study featured in it draws connections with the study of Classical mechanics. Particuology holds forums on Chemical engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Catalysis, Polymer chemistry and Scanning electron microscope.

The study on Scanning electron microscope presented in Particuology intersects with the topics under Transmission electron microscopy. The journal focused on Fluidized bed research conducted under the discipline of Thermodynamics. It focused on Particle size research but expanded to cover Composite material.

• Mechanics (30.62%)
• Chemical engineering (18.97%)
• Fluidized bed (10.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Review of nanofluids for heat transfer applications (472 citations)
• PM2.5 in China: Measurements, sources, visibility and health effects, and mitigation (457 citations)
• Magnetic nanoparticles for environmental and biomedical applications: A review (316 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Particuology:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Mechanics, Discrete element method, Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology and Particle size. The journal articles explore research in Mechanics and the adjacent study of Classical mechanics. Photocatalysis and Crystallite are some topics wherein Chemical engineering research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

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

• Organic chemistry
• Composite material
• Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Mechanics, Discrete element method, Two-phase flow, Flow (psychology) and Chemical engineering. In particular, the Mechanics works presented emphasize discussions on Computational fluid dynamics. Computational fluid dynamics research featured in Particuology incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Fluidized bed, Fluidization, Drag, Solver and Speedup.

In addition to Discrete element method research, it aims to explore topics under Mechanical system, Similarity (geometry), Dimensionless quantity, Representation (mathematics) and Scaling. Particuology focuses on Flow (psychology) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Optimal estimation, Convective heat transfer and Inverse problem. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Chemical engineering, it also covered topics in Microreactor, Methanation, Microfluidics, Volume (thermodynamics) and Volumetric flow rate.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Estimation of solid concentration in solid–liquid two-phase flow in horizontal pipeline using inverse-problem approach (0 citations)
• Parallelized microfluidic droplet generators with improved ladder–tree distributors for production of monodisperse γ-Al2O3 microspheres (0 citations)
• GPU accelerated MFiX-DEM simulations of granular and multiphase flows (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Particuology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jesse Zhu (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Wei Ge (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Junji Cao (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yulong Ding (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Qingshan Zhu (15 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Particuology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (207 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
• Tsinghua University (76 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• China University of Petroleum (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Leeds (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Zhejiang University (34 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, 33.33% 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 33.33% of all publications and 33.33% 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.