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Surface and Interface Analysis
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Surface and Interface Analysis

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 508 108 126 11
Chemistry 642 60 99 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 187
Documents by Best Scientists*: 202
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 103
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.397
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Surface and Interface Analysis?

The journal investigates studies in Analytical chemistry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Metallurgy, Chemical engineering and Thin film. The Analytical chemistry works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Ion, Oxide, Silicon and Sputtering. The study on Ion presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Atomic physics.

Surface and Interface Analysis explores topics in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Inorganic chemistry, Polymer, Spectral line, Metal and Auger electron spectroscopy. The work on Inorganic chemistry tackled in it brings together disciplines like Catalysis and Adsorption. The journal investigates Auger electron spectroscopy research which frequently intersects with Auger.

It focuses on Metallurgy as well as the interrelated topic of Coating. Many of the studies tackled connect Thin film with a similar field of study like Substrate (electronics).

  • Analytical chemistry (41.42%)
  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (28.04%)
  • Metallurgy (10.83%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Quantitative electron spectroscopy of surfaces: A standard data base for electron inelastic mean free paths in solids (3972 citations)
  • Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths. III. Data for 15 inorganic compounds over the 50–2000 eV range (2097 citations)
  • Investigation of multiplet splitting of Fe 2p XPS spectra and bonding in iron compounds (1992 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Surface and Interface Analysis:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Analytical chemistry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Inorganic chemistry, Oxide and Chemical engineering. The subject of Polymer, which is connected to the field of Polymer chemistry, serves as the foundation of the Analytical chemistry research featured in the published papers. The most cited articles with studies in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy featured incorporate elements of Spectral line, Metallurgy, Metal, Oxygen and Binding energy.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Surface and Interface Analysis mainly tackles studies in Chemical engineering, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Composite material, Optoelectronics and Analytical chemistry. The journal tackles studies in Characterization (materials science) and the interrelated subject of Carbon nanotube and Morphology (linguistics) to gain insights into Chemical engineering. Electron spectroscopy is a primary topic of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy research in it.

The Composite material works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Lithium-ion battery and Electrical resistivity and conductivity. The research on Optoelectronics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Interface (computing), Sputter deposition and Nanostructure. Surface and Interface Analysis focuses on Analytical chemistry but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Thin film which is concerned with Titanium dioxide.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • pH-dependent lubrication mechanism of graphene oxide aqueous lubricants on the strip surface during cold rolling (4 citations)
  • Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon materials for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (4 citations)
  • XPS characterization of cobalt impregnated SiO2 and γ-Al2O3 (3 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 Surface and Interface Analysis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Martin P. Seah (110 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John F. Watts (78 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sven Tougaard (69 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Cedric J. Powell (68 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Aleksander Jablonski (67 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 Surface and Interface Analysis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (180 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (163 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (152 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Surrey (151 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Physical Laboratory (148 papers) published 1 paper 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, 4.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.02% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.93% of all publications and 79.66% 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

  • Cellulose as the in situ reference for organic XPS. Why? Because it works

    Leena‐Sisko Johansson;Joseph M. Campbell;Orlando J. Rojas

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Definition of a new (Doniach-Sunjic-Shirley) peak shape for fitting asymmetric signals applied to reduced graphene oxide/graphene oxide XPS spectra

    Behnam Moeini;Matthew R. Linford;Neal Fairley;Anders Barlow

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Concepts for chemical state analysis at constant probing depth by lab‐based XPS/HAXPES combining soft and hard X‐ray sources

    Sebastian Siol;Jennifer Mann;John Newman;Takuya Miyayama

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of ceria: Reduction, quantification and the myth of the vacancy peak in XPS analysis

    (2023)
    35 Citations
  • XPS insights: Asymmetric peak shapes in XPS

    (2023)
    30 Citations
  • Impact of titanate coupling agent on properties of high density polyethylene composite filled with coal gangue

    Chong Ding;Yihe Zhang;Na Zhang;Xinke Wang

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Initial formation kinetics of calcium phosphate on titanium in Hanks' solution characterized using XPS

    Akari Hiji;Takao Hanawa;Takao Hanawa;Masaya Shimabukuro;Peng Chen

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Improved interfacial shear strength of CF/PA6 and CF/epoxy composites by grafting graphene oxide onto carbon fiber surface with hyperbranched polyglycerol

    Yingdan Zhu;Yingdan Zhu;Yunyun Ma;Chun Yan;Haibing Xu

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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