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Powder Technology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 68 362 1044 52

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1065
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1909
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 31
SCIMAGO H-index: 181
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.971
Impact Factor: 4.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Powder Technology?

Powder Technology facilitates discussions on Mechanics, Particle, Chemical engineering, Composite material and Particle size. Some problems in Mechanics that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Fluidized bed and Fluidization. Powder Technology explores research in Fluidized bed and the adjacent study of Bubble.

The featured Fluidization research is covered under the field of Thermodynamics. The Thermodynamics research dealing mostly with Heat transfer is the focus of Powder Technology. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Particle, it also covered topics in Range (particle radiation) and Classical mechanics.

In Powder Technology, Chromatography, Adsorption and Scanning electron microscope are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Chemical engineering research. The study on Composite material presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Mineralogy. Particle-size distribution is part of Particle size studies tackled in the journal.

  • Mechanics (29.50%)
  • Particle (18.80%)
  • Chemical engineering (15.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Types of gas fluidization (2484 citations)
  • Discrete particle simulation of two-dimensional fluidized bed (1557 citations)
  • Drag coefficient and terminal velocity of spherical and nonspherical particles (1227 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Powder Technology:

The published papers focus on Mechanics, Particle, Mineralogy, Composite material and Particle size. While the journal articles focused on Mechanics, they were also able to explore topics like Fluidization, Classical mechanics and Thermodynamics. The journal articles with studies in Mineralogy featured incorporate elements of Porosity and Chemical engineering.

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Powder Technology aims to foster the development of research in Mechanics, Particle, Composite material, Discrete element method and Particle size. The studies on Particle discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Inlet, Heat transfer, Computer simulation and Reynolds number. The journal holds forums on Composite material that merges themes from other disciplines such as Pressure drop and Filtration.

While Discrete element method is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Power (physics), Inertial frame of reference, Correlation coefficient, Data-driven and Dilatant. Powder Technology explores issues in Particle size which can be linked to other research areas like Ball (bearing), Sintering, Metallurgy, Optics and Particulates. It focuses on Volumetric flow rate but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Aqueous solution which is concerned with Chemical engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Study on the effect and mechanism of Ca(H2PO4)2 and CaCO3 powders on inhibiting the explosion of titanium powder (1 citations)
  • Fracture roughness effects on slickwater proppant slurry settling attenuation (0 citations)
  • Computational investigation of a novel hydrocyclone for fines bypass reduction (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.

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

  • Aibing Yu (194 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 18 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mojtaba Ghadiri (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cedric Briens (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John R. Grace (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Agba D. Salman (61 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 Powder Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (321 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (292 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 20 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Mining and Technology (283 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 32 less than at the previous edition,
  • Southeast University (205 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 29 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Ontario (196 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, 15.91% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.92% of all publications and 51.35% 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.

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