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Sustainable Materials and Technologies
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Sustainable Materials and Technologies

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 158 300 301 44
Environmental Sciences 462 26 26 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 554
Documents by Best Scientists*: 506
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 17
SCIMAGO H-index: 73
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.612
Impact Factor: 9.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Sustainable Materials and Technologies?

Sustainable Materials and Technologies was organized to reinforce research efforts on Chemical engineering, Composite material, Carbon, Adsorption and Waste management. Porosity, Cathode, Anode, Catalysis and Lithium are some topics wherein Chemical engineering research discussed in the journal have an impact. While Sustainable Materials and Technologies focused on Anode, it was also able to explore topics like Electrolyte and Electrochemistry.

The Catalysis study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Oxygen evolution. Composite material studies presented in Sustainable Materials and Technologies focus on topics such as Composite number, Compressive strength, Flexural strength and Ultimate tensile strength. Research on Compressive strength addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Portland cement.

  • Chemical engineering (30.09%)
  • Composite material (12.39%)
  • Carbon (8.85%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Characteristics and adsorption capacities of low-cost sorbents for wastewater treatment: A review (642 citations)
  • A review of unconventional sustainable building insulation materials (361 citations)
  • Thermoelectric generators: Linking material properties and systems engineering for waste heat recovery applications (242 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Sustainable Materials and Technologies:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Waste management, Environmental economics, Composite material, Adsorption and Nanotechnology. The most cited publications explore topics in Adsorption which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Pyrolysis, Chemical engineering and Aqueous solution. The published articles explore research in Building design and overlapping concepts in Fossil fuel to expand the discourse in Reuse.

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:

Sustainable Materials and Technologies is mainly concerned with subjects like Chemical engineering, Carbon, Anode, Nanotechnology and Lithium. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Chemical engineering, it also covered topics in Porosity, Adsorption, Electrolyte, Cathode and Electrochemistry. The study on Adsorption presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Lignin.

The journal explores research in Carbon alongside concepts in Carbon nanotube and other areas of study in Aerogel. Many of the research works in Nanotechnology, specifically Graphene, Nanocomposite and Nanomaterials, closely connected to disciplines like Environmental remediation. Issues in Lithium were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Nanoparticle and Silicon.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Defect engineering for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction at ambient conditions (12 citations)
  • Acoustic and thermal characterization of a novel sustainable material incorporating recycled microplastic waste (5 citations)
  • Progress and challenges pertaining to the earthly-abundant electrocatalytic materials for oxygen evolution reaction (5 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 Sustainable Materials and Technologies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wenxian Li (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sheila Devasahayam (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kostya Ostrikov (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Linda Gaines (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hao Liu (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Sustainable Materials and Technologies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Queensland University of Technology (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai University (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Argonne National Laboratory (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indian Institutes of Technology (7 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of New South Wales (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 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, 4.55% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.05% of all publications and 60.95% 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

  • An advance review of solid-state battery: Challenges, progress and prospects

    Cong Li;Zhen-yu Wang;Zhen-jiang He;Yun jiao Li

    (2021)
    250 Citations
  • Two-dimensional fluorine-free mesoporous Mo2C MXene via UV-induced selective etching of Mo2Ga2C for energy storage

    Jun Mei;Godwin A. Ayoko;Chunfeng Hu;John M. Bell

    (2020)
    249 Citations
  • Honeycomb structural rGO-MXene/epoxy nanocomposites for superior electromagnetic interference shielding performance

    Ping Song;Hua Qiu;Lei Wang;Xinyu Liu

    (2020)
    238 Citations
  • A review of physical processes used in the safe recycling of lithium ion batteries

    Roberto Sommerville;James Shaw-Stewart;Vannessa Goodship;Neil Rowson

    (2020)
    207 Citations
  • A review on global warming potential, challenges and opportunities of renewable hydrogen production technologies

    Unknown

    (2023)
    205 Citations
  • Antimicrobial nanofillers reinforced biopolymer composite films for active food packaging applications - a review

    Ruchir Priyadarshi;Swarup Roy;Tabli Ghosh;Deblina Biswas

    (2021)
    163 Citations
  • Preparation and characterization of B, S, and N-doped glucose carbon dots: Antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant activity

    (2022)
    152 Citations
  • Biomass derived Janus solar evaporator for synergic water evaporation and purification

    Yi Lu;Xiang Wang;Deqi Fan;Hang Yang

    (2020)
    142 Citations
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose-based multifunctional film combined with zinc oxide nanoparticles and grape seed extract for the preservation of high-fat meat products

    Ruchir Priyadarshi;Se Mi Kim;Jong Whan Rhim

    (2021)
    130 Citations

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