Semiconductor Science and Technology

Top Research Topics at Semiconductor Science and Technology?

The journal focuses on Optoelectronics, Condensed matter physics, Analytical chemistry, Optics and Doping. Issues in Optoelectronics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Transistor and Laser. Semiconductor Science and Technology features studies on Transistor, including topics such as Field-effect transistor.

In the journal, Scattering, Semiconductor, Quantum well, Electron and Magnetic field are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Condensed matter physics research. The work on Electron tackled in it brings together disciplines like Phonon and Atomic physics. The journal focuses on Analytical chemistry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Thin film, Annealing (metallurgy), Mineralogy and Epitaxy.

Semiconductor Science and Technology links adjacent topics like Doping with Impurity. The research on Photoluminescence tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Luminescence, Molecular beam epitaxy and Exciton.

• Optoelectronics (37.12%)
• Condensed matter physics (26.76%)
• Analytical chemistry (18.96%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Transparent conducting oxide semiconductors for transparent electrodes (1699 citations)
• THz imaging and sensing for security applications—explosives, weapons and drugs (1164 citations)
• Wide-bandgap semiconductor ultraviolet photodetectors (983 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Semiconductor Science and Technology:

The published papers focus largely on the fields of Optoelectronics, Condensed matter physics, Analytical chemistry, Optics and Thin film. The Optoelectronics study tackled in the journal papers is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Laser. The published articles explore issues in Condensed matter physics which can be linked to other research areas like Quantum well, Scattering, Electron and Photoluminescence.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Electron
• Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Semiconductor Science and Technology mainly tackles studies in Optoelectronics, Transistor, Condensed matter physics, Heterojunction and Doping. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Optoelectronics, it also covered topics in Algan gan and High-electron-mobility transistor. High electron is a key component of Transistor research discussed in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Review on performance analysis of P3HT: PCBM based bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (6 citations)
• GaN FinFETs and trigate devices for power and RF applications: review and perspective (6 citations)
• Remarkably improved Curie temperature for two-dimensional CrI3 by gas molecular adsorption: a DFT study (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 Semiconductor Science and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Mohamed Henini (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• C. T. Foxon (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robin J. Nicholas (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David K. Ferry (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Tomas Gonzalez (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Semiconductor Science and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (234 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (152 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Russian Academy of Sciences (128 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• National Cheng Kung University (96 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (82 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 61.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.74% of all publications and 71.31% 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.