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Surface Innovations
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Surface Innovations

2050-6252

Published by: ICE Publishing

https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/toc/jsuin/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 538 35 57 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 49
Documents by Best Scientists*: 64
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 32
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.396
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Surface Innovations?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Composite material, Nanotechnology, Contact angle, Wetting and Surface modification. Coating, Adhesion, Alloy and Scanning electron microscope are all aspects of Composite material discussed in the journal. Titanium, Biocompatibility and Corrosion are some topics wherein Coating research discussed in Surface Innovations have an impact.

Thin film is a focus of the presented Nanotechnology works and it dives deep in Thin film. It addresses concerns in Contact angle which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Surface roughness, Surface finish and Surface energy. The journal facilitates discussions on Wetting that incorporate concepts from other fields like Surface tension and Nanostructure.

The studies on Surface modification discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Titanium alloy, Metallurgy, Adsorption and Polymer. The Adsorption study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Aqueous solution. Surface Innovations explores research in Polymer and the adjacent study of Polymer chemistry.

  • Composite material (21.30%)
  • Nanotechnology (20.58%)
  • Contact angle (19.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Contact angles and wettability: towards common and accurate terminology (166 citations)
  • Guidelines to measurements of reproducible contact angles using a sessile-drop technique (132 citations)
  • Physics and applications of superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surfaces and coatings (88 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Surface Innovations:

The journal articles focus on Nanotechnology, Contact angle, Wetting, Composite material and Chemical vapor deposition. In addition to Nanotechnology research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Fluid control and Polymer. Issues in Composite material were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Dielectric spectroscopy and Surface modification.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Composite material
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Composite material, Surface modification, Metallurgy, Coating and Anti bacterial. The journal concentrated on Composite material research, specifically Wetting, Microstructure and Contact angle. The study on Contact angle presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Ellipse.

It explores issues in Surface modification which can be linked to other research areas like Adsorption, Thermal spraying, Shape-memory alloy, Aqueous solution and Ductile iron. The research on Metallurgy featured in it combines topics in other fields like Tribocorrosion and Hydrothermal treatment. In addition to Ion research, the journal aims to explore topics under Electrochemistry and Nanotechnology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Wool functionalization through AgNPs: coloration, antibacterial and wastewater treatment (17 citations)
  • Rational design of CoNi alloy and atomic Co/Ni composite as an efficient electrocatalyst (13 citations)
  • Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane/epoxy coatings: a review (10 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 Innovations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jaroslaw Drelich (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • HouHongying (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lucyna Hołysz (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Abraham Marmur (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • LiuXianxi (4 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 Innovations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kunming University of Science and Technology (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Utah (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shanghai University (6 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Michigan Technological University (6 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, 3.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.49% of all publications and 22.45% 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

  • Contact angles: history of over 200 years of open questions

    Jaroslaw W. Drelich;Ludmila Boinovich;Emil Chibowski;Claudio Della Volpe

    (2020)
    285 Citations
  • Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane/epoxy coatings: a review

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Electrospun PVDF-Ag@AgCl porous fiber membrane: stable antifoul and antibacterial surface

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Machine-learning methods to predict the wetting properties of iron-based composites

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Triboinformatics: Machine Learning algorithms and Data Topology methods for surface roughness, friction, and wear

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Rational design of CoNi alloy and atomic Co/Ni composite as an efficient electrocatalyst

    Juanjuan Huo;Li Lu;Ziyan Shen;Hong Gao

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Endothelial cell growth on polyurethane modified with acrylic acid and REDV peptide

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Enhanced electrochemical performance of Li-rich cathode material for lithium-ion batteries

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Surface/interface engineering of carbon-based catalysts for efficient hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Plasma surface modifications of orthopedic biomaterials by the adoption of bioinorganic cations: a review

    (2020)
    11 Citations

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