| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 545 | 23 | 28 | 10 |
Metallurgy, Powder metallurgy, Sintering, Composite material and Microstructure are the subjects of interest in the journal. The research on Metallurgy featured in it combines topics in other fields like Porosity and Compaction. Compaction research discussed connects with the study of Die (manufacturing).
The Powder metallurgy works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Titanium, Metal powder, Aluminium and Particle size. The concepts on Sintering presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Tungsten, Nickel, Carbide, Pressing and Shrinkage. The study on Composite material presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Metal.
The journal connects research in Microstructure with the related topic of Scanning electron microscope.
The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Metallurgy, Sintering, Powder metallurgy, Composite material and Alloy. The journal publications address concerns in the field of Metallurgy by exploring it in line with topics in Porosity which intersect with Deformation (engineering) subjects. The journal papers address concerns in Sintering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Graphite, Copper, Tungsten and Particle size.
The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Metallurgy, Composite material, Microstructure, Powder metallurgy and Alloy. Powder Metallurgy links adjacent topics like Metallurgy with Scientific method. In addition to Composite material research, it aims to explore topics under Amorphous solid and Laser.
While work presented in it provided substantial information on Microstructure, it also covered topics in Ultimate tensile strength, Extrusion, Work (thermodynamics) and Constitutive equation. The journal facilitates discussions on Powder metallurgy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Thermal conductivity, Graphite, Pressing, Copper and Precipitation hardening. Some problems in Alloy that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Ductility, Powder mixture, Corrosion and Isothermal process.
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 Powder Metallurgy (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Powder Metallurgy (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 5.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.25% of all publications and 64.06% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Chenzeng Zhang;Cunguang Chen;Lina Huang;Tianxing Lu
(2021)Seung Woo Lee;Yeon Woo Kim;Kyeong Mi Jang;Jin Woo Lee
(2021)Myoung Jin Chae;Hansung Lee;Ashutosh Sharma;Byungmin Ahn
(2021)Jinyang Liu;Jian Chen;Bingyao Liu;Yang Lu
(2020)Tingting Qiu;Mao Wu;Zhiyuan Du;Gang Chen
(2020)Jonas Ott;Andreas Burghardt;Dominik Britz;Frank Mücklich
(2021)Ashutosh Sharma;Hansung Lee;Byungmin Ahn
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