Rubber Chemistry and Technology

Top Research Topics at Rubber Chemistry and Technology?

The journal explores disciplines such as Natural rubber, Composite material, Vulcanization, Polymer and Elastomer. Rubber Chemistry and Technology encompasses Natural rubber studies in the context of Organic chemistry as a whole. Carbon black, Ultimate tensile strength, Modulus, Elongation and Curing (chemistry) are among the concentrations of Composite material that garnered much attention in it.

Rubber Chemistry and Technology features Carbon black research that overlaps with concepts in Carbon. Vulcanization research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Zinc and Sulfur. It explores research in Sulfur and the adjacent study of Inorganic chemistry.

The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Polymer and Thermodynamics. The Polymer chemistry works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Copolymer, Molecule and Polymerization.

• Natural rubber (59.61%)
• Composite material (45.27%)
• Vulcanization (21.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A New Constitutive Relation for Rubber (1120 citations)
• Some Forms of the Strain Energy Function for Rubber (817 citations)
• Softening of Rubber by Deformation (787 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Rubber Chemistry and Technology:

The most cited papers focus largely on the fields of Composite material, Natural rubber, Elastomer, Vulcanization and Polymer. The journal publications explore research in Composite material and the adjacent study of Carbon. The Natural rubber research tackled in the published papers is interrelated with Polymer chemistry which concerns subjects like Chemical engineering and Monomer.

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

• Composite material
• Organic chemistry
• Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Rubber Chemistry and Technology investigates studies in Natural rubber, Composite material, Chemical engineering, Carbon black and Organic chemistry. In it, Soybean oil, Chromatography, Microstructure, Polybutadiene and Pulp and paper industry are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Natural rubber research. The research on Composite material featured in Rubber Chemistry and Technology combines topics in other fields like Dispersion (optics) and Thermal energy storage.

It explores issues in Chemical engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Waste rubber and Elastomer. While Elastomer is the focus of Rubber Chemistry and Technology, it also provided insights into the studies of Design of experiments, Reduction (mathematics), Characterization (materials science), Electrolytic iron and Magnetorheological fluid. Topics in Carbon black explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Thermal, Cellulose fiber, Polymer science, Filler (packaging) and Thermal aging.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• VULCANIZATE STRUCTURES AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RUBBER COMPOUNDS WITH SILICA AND CARBON BLACK BINARY FILLER SYSTEMS (3 citations)
• SILANE-TERMINATED LIQUID POLY(BUTADIENES) IN TREAD FORMULATIONS: A MECHANISTIC STUDY (3 citations)
• THIXOTROPIC FLOCCULATION EFFECTS IN CARBON BLACK–REINFORCED RUBBER: KINETICS AND THERMAL ACTIVATION (2 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 Rubber Chemistry and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• A. N. Gent (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Anil K. Bhowmick (63 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Gary R. Hamed (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jacobus W.M. Noordermeer (53 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Avraam I. Isayev (42 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Rubber Chemistry and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Akron (632 papers) absent at the last edition,
• The Hertz Corporation (183 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (156 papers) absent at the last edition,
• DuPont (116 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (106 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, 12.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.32% of all publications and 80.49% 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.