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Progress in Rubber Plastics Recycling Technology
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Progress in Rubber Plastics Recycling Technology

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Published by: SAGE

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 734 7 8 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 10
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 25
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.364
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Composite material, Natural rubber, Chemical engineering, Polymer and Vulcanization. Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology concentrated on Composite material research, specifically Ultimate tensile strength, Composite number, Carbon black, Polymer blend and Rheology. Ultimate tensile strength research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Flexural strength and Compression set.

While Natural rubber is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Waste management, Filler (materials), Nanocomposite and Thermoplastic elastomer. Many of the studies tackled connect Chemical engineering with a similar field of study like Organic chemistry. The work on Polymer addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Polyethylene.

The Vulcanization study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Curing (chemistry).

  • Composite material (57.85%)
  • Natural rubber (39.53%)
  • Chemical engineering (16.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Application of Polymer Based Composite Materials in Transportation (51 citations)
  • Isora Fibres and their Composites with Natural Rubber (30 citations)
  • Use of Ground Tyre Rubber (GTR) in Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomer Compositions (29 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Composite material, Natural rubber, Waste management, Polymer and Chemical engineering. The published articles facilitate the exploration of Composite material in relation to the field of Bark. The most cited articles about Cure time research are fields of study within Natural rubber but they also intertwine with concepts in Rocket propellant.

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:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Composite material, Natural rubber, Chemical engineering, Waste management and Vulcanization. The field of Organic chemistry is the anchor for the Natural rubber studies presented in Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology. Aside from investigating topics in Nanocomposite and Thermal stability under Chemical engineering, Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology also explores concepts in Lactic acid.

While work presented in Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology provided substantial information on Waste management, it also covered topics in Compounding and Waste tires. Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology holds forums on Vulcanization that merges themes from other disciplines such as Process engineering, Curing (chemistry), Sulfur and Benzothiazole. It focuses on Composite number but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ultimate tensile strength and Crystalline silicon.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluation of mechanical properties of coconut flower cover fibre-reinforced polymer composites for industrial applications: (9 citations)
  • Study on sulfur vulcanized natural rubber formulated with nitrosamine safe diisopropyl xanthogen polysulfide/tertiary butyl benzothiazole sulphenamide binary accelerator system: (3 citations)
  • Characterization of blends of virgin nitrile rubber and compounded nitrile rubber latex waste reclaimed with urea. Part 1: Cure characteristics: (3 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 Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rabindra Mukhopadhyay (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Denis Rodrigue (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • S. Bandyopadhyay (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A. S. Deuri (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Dasgupta (10 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 Progress in Rubber Plastics and Recycling Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cochin University of Science and Technology (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Laval University (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Warwick (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mohanlal Sukhadia University (8 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, 6.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 63.33% 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.

Top Publications

  • Rubber–rubber blends: A critical review:

    Abitha Vayyaprontavida Kaliyathan;KM Varghese;A Sreekumaran Nair;Sabu Thomas

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Ground tire rubber (GTR) surface modification using thiol-ene click reaction: Polystyrene grafting to modify a GTR/polystyrene (PS) blend:

    Huan Liang;Jacob Dion Gagné;Adrien Faye;Denis Rodrigue

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Influence of layering pattern of modified kenaf fiber on thermomechanical properties of epoxy composites

    AR Mohammed;Nurul Atiqah;Deepu A Gopakumar;Fazita

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Ground tire rubber/polyamide 6 thermoplastic elastomers produced by dry blending and compression molding

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Progress in recycling and reutilization of waste polyethylene terephthalate

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Ultraviolet light exposure degradation effect on the properties of nanocrystalline cellulose-reinforced polyvinyl alcohol composite film

    NA Sri Aprilia;Abdul Khalil Hps;NG Olaiya;Amri Amin

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Utilizing decommissioned windmill blades as reinforcement or filler for biocomposites

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Efficient stoneware hand mold for slip casting in natural rubber latex glove preparation

    Nuchnapa Tangboriboon;Sukritchai Teeraroengrit;Pattara Chawhuaymhak;Jirarat Kamonsawas

    (2020)
    0 Citations

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