Surfaces and Interfaces

Top Research Topics at Surfaces and Interfaces?

The scientific interests tackled in Surfaces and Interfaces are Adsorption, Nuclear chemistry, Composite material, Scanning electron microscope and Coating. The studies in Adsorption featured incorporate elements of Inorganic chemistry and Aqueous solution. The research on Nuclear chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Nanoparticle and Photocatalysis.

The studies on Photocatalysis discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Visible spectrum and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It explores topics in Scanning electron microscope which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Transmission electron microscopy and Analytical chemistry. While Analytical chemistry is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Doping and Band gap.

The study on Coating presented in it intersects with the topics under Corrosion. The Corrosion works featured in it incorporate elements from Alloy, Dielectric spectroscopy, Electrochemistry and Polarization (electrochemistry). Concepts in Thin film, as well as related topics in Crystallite, are covered in the Raman spectroscopy research presented in Surfaces and Interfaces.

• Adsorption (16.44%)
• Nuclear chemistry (14.56%)
• Composite material (13.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Response surface methodology approach for optimization of Cu2+, Ni2+ and Pb2+ adsorption using KOH-activated carbon from banana peel (104 citations)
• Biosorption characteristics of methylene blue and malachite green from simulated wastewater onto Carica papaya wood biosorbent (91 citations)
• Mesoporous Iraqi red kaolin clay as an efficient adsorbent for methylene blue dye: Adsorption kinetic, isotherm and mechanism study (91 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Surfaces and Interfaces:

The journal publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Adsorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Nuclear chemistry, Composite material and Corrosion. In addition to Adsorption research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Methylene blue and Aqueous solution. The works on Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Photocatalysis, Nanocomposite, Nanoparticle, Raman spectroscopy and Infrared spectroscopy.

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 Surfaces and Interfaces (based on the number of publications) are:

• K. Kaviyarasu (25 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Malik Maaza (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Arash Fattah-alhosseini (13 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Abdelkader Zarrouk (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Fabian I. Ezema (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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 Surfaces and Interfaces (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of South Africa (38 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (35 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 22 more than at the previous edition,
• National Research Foundation of South Africa (32 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
• King Saud University (22 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
• South China University of Technology (19 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 11 more 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 2021 edition, 6.20% 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 6.61% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.98% of all publications and 65.13% 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.