| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 438 | 126 | 322 | 14 |
The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Metallurgy, Composite material, Microstructure, Austenite and Mechanics. The presentations discussing Metallurgy offer insights in topics such as Slag, Martensite, Ultimate tensile strength, Ferrite (iron) and Alloy. The Slag study featured in it draws connections with the study of Steelmaking.
The Composite material study tackling the subject of Continuous casting is the focus of the journal. Steel Research International investigates Continuous casting research which frequently intersects with Casting (metalworking). Steel Research International links adjacent topics like Microstructure with Annealing (metallurgy).
The journal articles focus on Metallurgy, Microstructure, Austenite, Slag and Composite material. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Microstructure, it also covers topics in Quenching, Manganese and Nucleation. The most cited publications hold forums on Austenite that merge themes from other disciplines such as Ferrite (iron), Work hardening and Deformation (engineering).
The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Metallurgy, Composite material, Microstructure, Scientific method and Continuous casting. The journal focuses on Metallurgy research which is adjacent to topics in Carbon. In addition to Composite material research, it aims to explore topics under Annealing (metallurgy) and Constitutive equation.
While it focused on Continuous casting, it was also able to explore topics like Slab and Mold.
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 Steel Research International (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Steel Research International (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 4.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.37% of all publications and 24.40% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Yadong Wang;Lifeng Zhang;Wen Yang;Sha Ji
(2021)Leo Stefan Carlsson;Peter Bengt Samuelsson;Pär Göran Jönsson
(2020)Yadong Wang;Wei Chen;Dongbin Jiang;Lifeng Zhang
(2020)Lavinia Tonelli;Ramona Sola;Vittoria Laghi;Michele Palermo
(2021)Li Wang;Chaofang Dong;Decheng Kong;Cheng Man
(2020)Aqil Zergani;Hamed Mirzadeh;Reza Mahmudi
(2020)Xiaoyun Sun;Xiaoyun Sun;Mei Zhang;Yang Wang;Yuyang Sun
(2020)Changyong Chen;Meng Sun;Xiaoqing Chen;Bao Wang
(2021)Yong Wang;Andrey Karasev;Pär G. Jönsson
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