Review of Scientific Instruments

Top Research Topics at Review of Scientific Instruments?

The journal investigates studies in Optics, Atomic physics, Optoelectronics, Plasma and Plasma diagnostics. Laser, Detector, Spectrometer, Beam (structure) and Interferometry studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Optics presented. The works on Interferometry deal in particular with Astronomical interferometer.

Atomic physics research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Ion gun, Ion source, Ion beam, Ion and Electron. The study on Ion source presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Electron cyclotron resonance. The Ion beam study tackling the subject of Ion beam deposition is the focus of Review of Scientific Instruments.

Plasma diagnostics study tackled is connected to the field of Tokamak.

• Optics (40.70%)
• Atomic physics (17.11%)
• Optoelectronics (12.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• WSXM: a software for scanning probe microscopy and a tool for nanotechnology. (5894 citations)
• Modified Spin‐Echo Method for Measuring Nuclear Relaxation Times (4517 citations)
• Calibration of atomic‐force microscope tips (3352 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of Scientific Instruments:

The most cited articles mostly deal with topics like Optics, Atomic physics, Optoelectronics, Laser and Spectrometer. The Optics research tackled in the most cited papers is interrelated with Plasma diagnostics which concerns subjects like Tokamak. While the published articles focused on Atomic physics, they were also able to explore topics like Ion, Ion source, Plasma, Mass spectrometry and Electron.

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

• Composite material
• Optics
• Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Optics, Plasma, Optoelectronics, Laser and Spectrometer. Review of Scientific Instruments focused on Optics research but expanded to cover Calibration. The concepts on Plasma presented in Review of Scientific Instruments can also apply to other research fields, including Spectral line and Computational physics.

Discussions in Review of Scientific Instruments are anchored in the subject of Optoelectronics and the similar topic of Voltage.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Entangled photon-pair sources based on three-wave mixing in bulk crystals. (9 citations)
• A scanning tunneling microscope capable of electron spin resonance and pump-probe spectroscopy at mK temperature and in vector magnetic field. (6 citations)
• Apparatus for simultaneous dynamic light scattering–small angle neutron scattering investigations of dynamics and structure in soft matter (5 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 Review of Scientific Instruments (based on the number of publications) are:

• Neville C. Luhmann (124 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Otto Landen (97 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Motoi Wada (95 papers) absent at the last edition,
• R. D. Petrasso (95 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• W. A. Peebles (95 papers) published 3 papers 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 Review of Scientific Instruments (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (739 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (562 papers) published 56 papers at the last edition, 44 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (518 papers) published 42 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (365 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 16 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Science and Technology of China (279 papers) published 28 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous 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, 6.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.05% of all publications and 54.55% 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.