Photonics Research

Top Research Topics at Photonics Research?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Optoelectronics, Optics, Laser, Photonics and Fiber laser. Presentations on Optoelectronics include those discussing Silicon, Wavelength, Saturable absorption, Resonator and Plasmon. The journal is mostly focused on Silicon, specifically Silicon photonics.

The main emphasis of the journal is the subject of Plasmon, focusing on Surface plasmon. It focuses on Optics as well as the interrelated topic of Phase (waves). Lasing threshold, Femtosecond, Mode-locking, Pulse duration and Semiconductor laser theory are all subfields of Laser research that were featured in it.

Studies on Fiber laser discussed in it link to the field of Ultrashort pulse.

• Optoelectronics (48.16%)
• Optics (36.48%)
• Laser (20.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Advances in communications using optical vortices (317 citations)
• Self-configuring universal linear optical component [Invited] (187 citations)
• Towards 10 Gb/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based visible light communication using a GaN violet micro-LED (168 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Photonics Research:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Optoelectronics, Optics, Laser, Photonics and Fiber laser. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Optoelectronics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ultrashort pulse and Graphene. The journal publications explore issues in Laser which can be linked to other research areas like Optical modulator and Topological insulator.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Optics
• Laser

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Photonics Research are Optoelectronics, Optics, Photonics, Laser and Phase (waves). Photonics Research features Optoelectronics research that overlaps with concepts in Spontaneous emission. Beam (structure), Polarization (waves), Wavefront, Lens (optics) and Circular polarization are Optics topics of special interest in it.

The research on Photonics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Artificial neural network and Photon. Laser, which encompasses Fiber laser, Laser linewidth, Ultrashort pulse and Lasing threshold, is the main subject of Photonics Research. The presentations focused mostly on Responsivity in an attempt to further explore topics in Photodetector.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Deep learning in nano-photonics: inverse design and beyond (22 citations)
• Deep plug-and-play priors for spectral snapshot compressive imaging (16 citations)
• Dual-polarization programmable metasurface modulator for near-field information encoding and transmission (14 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 Photonics Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Pu Zhou (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Han Zhang (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Xiaocong Yuan (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Jurgen Michel (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Jianlin Zhao (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Photonics Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (173 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Shenzhen University (63 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Huazhong University of Science and Technology (47 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Tsinghua University (39 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (39 papers) published 4 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 2021 edition, 11.01% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.37% of all publications and 28.27% 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.