Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Top Research Topics at Sustainable Energy and Fuels?

Sustainable Energy and Fuels focuses largely on the fields of Chemical engineering, Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Electrolyte and Electrode. The research on Chemical engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Electrocatalyst, Oxygen evolution, Anode, Overpotential and Carbon. The work on Oxygen evolution addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Water splitting.

The research on Anode featured in Sustainable Energy and Fuels combines topics in other fields like Cathode and Lithium. It addresses concerns in Catalysis which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Inorganic chemistry, Hydrogen and Nuclear chemistry. Electrochemistry research featured in Sustainable Energy and Fuels incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Redox, Oxide and Graphene.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Electrolyte and the similar topic of Battery (electricity). Specifically, studies on Supercapacitor are prevalent in the Electrode works discussed. The Supercapacitor study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Energy storage.

• Chemical engineering (46.39%)
• Catalysis (27.52%)
• Electrochemistry (17.06%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Biomass-derived carbon electrode materials for supercapacitors (159 citations)
• Current progress of Pt and Pt-based electrocatalysts used for fuel cells (144 citations)
• The rise of lithium–selenium batteries (129 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Sustainable Energy and Fuels:

The journal publications mainly deal with areas of study such as Chemical engineering, Catalysis, Nanotechnology, Electrochemistry and Electrode. The most cited papers deal with Chemical engineering in conjunction with other fields like

• Electrolyte and related Battery (electricity),
• Anode that intertwine with fields like Energy storage.. Issues in Catalysis were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Inorganic chemistry, Hydrogen and Oxygen evolution.

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 Sustainable Energy and Fuels (based on the number of publications) are:

• Volker Presser (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Kazunari Domen (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Montree Sawangphruk (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hanwu Lei (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Arthur J. Ragauskas (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Sustainable Energy and Fuels (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (90 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• Imperial College London (27 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Dalian University of Technology (26 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (26 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Huazhong University of Science and Technology (24 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 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 2021 edition, 6.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.37% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.41% of all publications and 65.05% 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.