Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Top Research Topics at Plastics Rubber and Composites?

The journal primarily tackles Composite material, Natural rubber, Ultimate tensile strength, Polymer and Composite number. It focuses on Composite material as well as the interrelated topic of Finite element method. The study of Finite element method, which falls within the realm of Structural engineering, was the main focus of the presentations.

Many of the studies tackled connect Natural rubber with a similar field of study like Elastomer. Some problems in Ultimate tensile strength that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Flexural strength and Scanning electron microscope. Plastics Rubber and Composites explores research in Composite number and the adjacent study of Glass fiber.

Nanocomposite research discussed connects with the study of Carbon nanotube.

• Composite material (94.87%)
• Natural rubber (16.24%)
• Ultimate tensile strength (15.40%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Mode II fracture toughness evaluation using four point bend, end notched flexure test (150 citations)
• A review on the characterisation of natural fibres and their composites after alkali treatment and water absorption (118 citations)
• Characterisation of carbon fibres recycled from scrap composites using fluidised bed process (113 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plastics Rubber and Composites:

The most cited publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Composite material, Polymer, Ultimate tensile strength, Natural rubber and Composite number. Most of the works presented in the journal publications deal with Composite material but they intersect with the subject of Finite element method. The most cited publications address concerns in Natural rubber which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Elastomer and Thermoplastic elastomer.

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

• Composite material
• Polymer
• Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Plastics Rubber and Composites focuses largely on the fields of Composite material, Nanocomposite, Composite number, Epoxy and Thermal. Topics in Composite material explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Thermal stability and Graphene. The research on Nanocomposite featured in it combines topics in other fields like X band, Ferrite (magnet) and Silver nanoparticle.

Epoxy research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Thermogravimetric analysis, Flax fibre, Viscoelasticity and Humidity. It addresses concerns in Thermal which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Exfoliated graphite nano-platelets, Thermal conductivity and Dynamic mechanical analysis, Polymer. While Plastics Rubber and Composites focused on Polypropylene, it was also able to explore topics like Polymer blend, Rheology, Thermoplastic and Injection moulding.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Influence of nanostructured VO-acetylacetonate coordination system with 2-(pyridin-4-ylmethylene) hydrazine-1-carbothioamide in pseudocapacitance performance of p-type conductive polymer composite film (5 citations)
• Effect of eggshell and intumescent flame retardant on the thermal and mechanical properties of plasticised PLA (4 citations)
• Thermo-oxidative stress relaxation in carbon-filled SBR (2 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 Plastics Rubber and Composites (based on the number of publications) are:

• Philip D. Coates (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• A.G. Gibson (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Constantinos Soutis (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• E. C. Brown (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Leif Asp (9 papers) published 1 paper 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 Plastics Rubber and Composites (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sichuan University (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Bradford (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Newcastle University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Islamic Azad University (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Queen's University Belfast (13 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 2021 edition, 9.46% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.42% of all publications and 68.66% 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.