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Synthetic Metals

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 248 198 233 30
Chemistry 275 146 196 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 341
Documents by Best Scientists*: 385
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 156
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.787
Impact Factor: 4.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Synthetic Metals?

Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Analytical chemistry, Condensed matter physics and Conductive polymer are the subjects of interest in Synthetic Metals. The Polymer chemistry works featured in Synthetic Metals incorporate elements from Polyaniline, Polymerization, Conductivity, Chemical engineering and Monomer. The tackled Polyaniline research is interrelated with Inorganic chemistry which concerns subjects like Metal.

Chemical engineering study tackled is connected to the field of Electrochemistry. Synthetic Metals focuses on Polymer but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Thiophene and Photochemistry. While Photochemistry is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Electroluminescence, Photoluminescence and Absorption spectroscopy.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Analytical chemistry, it also covered topics in Thin film and Doping. The presented research on Condensed matter physics deals specifically with Electrical resistivity and conductivity but it also addresses topics in Crystallography. The work on Conductive polymer addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Polypyrrole.

  • Polymer chemistry (21.83%)
  • Polymer (17.78%)
  • Analytical chemistry (15.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Optical Properties of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (1999 citations)
  • ‘Polyaniline’: Protonic acid doping of the emeraldine form to the metallic regime (1680 citations)
  • Stability of n-type doped conducting polymers and consequences for polymeric microelectronic devices (1226 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Synthetic Metals:

The journal articles focus on Polymer chemistry, Conductive polymer, Polyaniline, Polymer and Chemical engineering. The most cited articles deal with Polymer chemistry in conjunction with Conductivity and similar fields in Electrical resistivity and conductivity and Doping. The journal articles address concerns in the field of Polyaniline by exploring it in line with topics in Analytical chemistry which intersect with Thin film subjects.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Chemical engineering, Electrochemistry, Electrode, Nanocomposite and Graphene. The concepts on Chemical engineering presented in Synthetic Metals can also apply to other research fields, including Scanning electron microscope, Supercapacitor, Polyaniline, Composite number and Cyclic voltammetry. Synthetic Metals addresses concerns in Polyaniline which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Nanofiber, Conductive polymer and Dopant.

It tackles studies in Nanoparticle and the interrelated subject of Aqueous solution to gain insights into Nanocomposite. The studies in Graphene featured incorporate elements of Quantum dot, Oxide and Conductivity. It explores topics in Polymerization which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Aniline and Photochemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Quantum chemical designing of banana-shaped acceptor materials with outstanding photovoltaic properties for high-performance non-fullerene organic solar cells (14 citations)
  • Conducting polymer based composites as efficient EMI shielding materials: A comprehensive review and future prospects (12 citations)
  • Fabrication of graphene supported binary nanohybrid with multiple approaches for electrochemical energy storage applications (12 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 Synthetic Metals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Richard H. Friend (194 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan G. MacDiarmid (132 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Günther Leising (125 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Serge Lefrant (120 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan J. Heeger (110 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 Synthetic Metals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (543 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (525 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (409 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (369 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (358 papers) published 10 papers 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, 9.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.34% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 3.27% of all publications and 85.51% 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

  • Binary WO3-ZnO nanostructures supported rGO ternary nanocomposite for visible light driven photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

    Khadija Chaudhary;Khadija Chaudhary;Nusrat Shaheen;Sonia Zulfiqar;Muhammad Ilyas Sarwar

    (2020)
    178 Citations
  • Electrospinning technique for production of polyaniline nanocomposites/nanofibres for multi-functional applications: A review

    C. Bavatharani;E. Muthusankar;Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur;Zeid Abdullah Alothman

    (2021)
    106 Citations
  • Ternary hybrid of polyaniline-alanine-reduced graphene oxide for electrochemical sensing of heavy metal ions

    Mehwish Akhtar;Amiza Tahir;Sonia Zulfiqar;Farzana Hanif

    (2020)
    94 Citations
  • EMI shielding response of polypyrrole-MWCNT/polyurethane composites

    Pragati Gahlout;Veena Choudhary

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • Fabrication of graphene supported binary nanohybrid with multiple approaches for electrochemical energy storage applications

    Muhammad Aadil;Sonia Zulfiqar;Philips O. Agboola;Mohamed F. Aly Aboud

    (2021)
    77 Citations
  • Honeycomb like architectures of the Mo doped ZnS@Ni for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors applications

    Awais Ali;Muhammad Aadil;Aamir Rasheed;Iqra Hameed

    (2020)
    75 Citations

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