| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics and Electrical Engineering | 133 | 34 | 93 | 26 |
| Engineering and Technology | 152 | 67 | 145 | 37 |
| Materials Science | 217 | 97 | 202 | 35 |
The journal mostly deals with topics like Optoelectronics, Photovoltaic system, Solar cell, Electrical engineering and Photovoltaics. It holds forums on Optoelectronics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Thin film, Passivation and Optics. The works on Optics deal in particular with Concentrator.
Issues in Photovoltaic system were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Power (physics), Reliability engineering, Irradiance, Environmental economics and Engineering physics. Topics in Solar cell explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Layer (electronics), Nanotechnology and Analytical chemistry. The journal centers on topics in Electrical engineering, with a focus on Solar energy.
The research topics discussed in Progress in Photovoltaics include Photovoltaics as well as Literature survey. It facilitates the exploration of Literature survey in relation to the field of Regional science. The work on Silicon tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Wafer, Doping and Common emitter.
The published papers focus largely on the fields of Solar cell, Optoelectronics, Photovoltaic system, Electrical engineering and Optics. Aside from discussions in Solar cell, the most cited articles also deal with the subject of Mineralogy which intersects with Chemical engineering disciplines. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Optoelectronics, it also covers topics in Thin film, Nanotechnology and Passivation.
Progress in Photovoltaics tackles a plethora of topics, such as Optoelectronics, Photovoltaic system, Photovoltaics, Crystalline silicon and Silicon. The research on Optoelectronics featured in it combines topics in other fields like Anti-reflective coating and Passivation. The Photovoltaic system study which was featured in the journal aims to expound on the research in Electrical engineering.
Amorphous silicon, Doping and Fill factor are some topics wherein Heterojunction research discussed in the journal have an impact. Topics in Engineering physics were tackled in line with various other fields like Perovskite (structure) and Tandem. The work tackled in Progress in Photovoltaics goes beyond the discipline of Solar cell as it also encompasses Band gap.
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 Progress in Photovoltaics (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 Progress in Photovoltaics (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, 5.93% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 39.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.51% of all publications and 31.53% 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.
Martin Green;Ewan Dunlop;Jochen Hohl-Ebinger;Masahiro Yoshita
(2021)Martin A. Green;Ewan D. Dunlop;Jochen Hohl‐Ebinger;Masahiro Yoshita
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