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Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
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Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 36 1061 2164 93
Chemistry 39 997 2476 80

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2492
Documents by Best Scientists*: 4341
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 48
SCIMAGO H-index: 248
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.509
Impact Factor: 7.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Sensors and Actuators B-chemical?

The journal facilitates discussions on Analytical chemistry, Detection limit, Nanotechnology, Electrode and Chemical engineering. While Analytical chemistry is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Thin film, Adsorption, Scanning electron microscope, Optoelectronics and Selectivity. Detection limit research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Inorganic chemistry, Nuclear chemistry, Fluorescence and Biosensor.

The work on Fluorescence tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Biophysics, Photochemistry, Ion, Metal ions in aqueous solution and Aqueous solution. Research on Nanotechnology presented in Sensors and Actuators B-chemical focuses, in particular, on Nanoparticle, Microfluidics, Graphene and Nanostructure. Electrochemistry, Cyclic voltammetry, Electrochemical gas sensor and Amperometry studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Electrode presented.

The research on Chemical engineering discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Oxide.

  • Analytical chemistry (28.79%)
  • Detection limit (20.33%)
  • Nanotechnology (16.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Surface plasmon resonance sensors: review (4227 citations)
  • Miniaturized total chemical analysis systems: A novel concept for chemical sensing (2483 citations)
  • New approaches for improving semiconductor gas sensors (1368 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Sensors and Actuators B-chemical:

The most cited papers investigate areas of study like Analytical chemistry, Nanotechnology, Chemical engineering, Detection limit and Inorganic chemistry. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Analytical chemistry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Optoelectronics, Doping, Thin film, Scanning electron microscope and Electrode. In addition to Detection limit research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Colloidal gold, Nuclear chemistry, Fluorescence and Biosensor.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Organic chemistry
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Sensors and Actuators B-chemical is mainly concerned with subjects like Detection limit, Fluorescence, Chromatography, Chemical engineering and Nanotechnology. The studies on Detection limit discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Colloidal gold, Doping, Nanocomposite and Biosensor. The Biosensor works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Photocathode and Electrode.

It addresses concerns in Fluorescence which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Conjugated system, Selectivity, Biophysics and Photochemistry. Topics in Chemical engineering explored in Sensors and Actuators B-chemical were investigated in conjunction with research in Heterojunction, Adsorption and Mesoporous material. It focuses on Nanotechnology research which is adjacent to topics in Electrochemical gas sensor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A metabolic labeling way to in situ fabricate bacterial FRET Platform for innate immune defence molecule (0 citations)
  • Preparation of Pd/PdO@ZnO-ZnO nanorods by using metal organic framework templated catalysts for selective detection of triethylamine (0 citations)
  • Integrated Aerodynamic/Electrochemical Microsystem for Collection and Detection of Nanogram-level Airborne Bioaccessible Metals (0 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 Sensors and Actuators B-chemical (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Geyu Lu (226 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 24 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peng Sun (130 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Giorgio Sberveglieri (129 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tong Zhang (117 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Noboru Yamazoe (111 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 Sensors and Actuators B-chemical (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (978 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 93 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jilin University (681 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 71 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (307 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Jinan (278 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 42 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (247 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less 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 2022 edition, 23.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.36% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.79% of all publications and 53.57% 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

  • Recent advances in SnO2 nanostructure based gas sensors

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    (2022)
    445 Citations
  • Evolution of breath analysis based on humidity and gas sensors: Potential and challenges

    Huiling Tai;Si Wang;Zaihua Duan;Yadong Jiang

    (2020)
    388 Citations
  • Oxygen vacancy defects engineering on Ce-doped α-Fe2O3 gas sensor for reducing gases

    Xiao Wang;Tongkai Wang;Guangkuo Si;Yang Li

    (2020)
    373 Citations
  • Size-controllable Fe-N/C single-atom nanozyme with exceptional oxidase-like activity for sensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase

    Qiumeng Chen;Siqi Li;Yuan Liu;Xiaodan Zhang

    (2020)
    349 Citations
  • Flexible resistive NO2 gas sensor of three-dimensional crumpled MXene Ti3C2Tx/ZnO spheres for room temperature application

    Zijie Yang;Li Jiang;Jing Wang;Fangmeng Liu

    (2021)
    346 Citations
  • W18O49/Ti3C2Tx Mxene nanocomposites for highly sensitive acetone gas sensor with low detection limit

    Shibin Sun;Mingwei Wang;Xueting Chang;Yingchang Jiang

    (2020)
    345 Citations
  • Triethylamine gas sensor based on Pt-functionalized hierarchical ZnO microspheres

    Jingjing Liu;Liuyang Zhang;Jiajie Fan;Bicheng Zhu

    (2021)
    326 Citations
  • Perovskite-structured LaCoO3 modified ZnO gas sensor and investigation on its gas sensing mechanism by first principle

    Unknown

    (2021)
    320 Citations

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