Topology and its Applications

Top Research Topics at Topology and its Applications?

The primary areas of discussion in Topology and its Applications are Discrete mathematics, Combinatorics, Pure mathematics, Space (mathematics) and Mathematical analysis. Discussions in Topology and its Applications are anchored in the subject of Discrete mathematics and the similar topic of Metrization theorem. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Combinatorics, it also covered topics in Topological group, Group (mathematics), Separable space and Subspace topology.

In addition to Pure mathematics research, the journal aims to explore topics under Class (set theory) and Algebra. The works on Homotopy deal in particular with n-connected.

• Discrete mathematics (40.80%)
• Combinatorics (37.57%)
• Pure mathematics (35.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Computer graphics and connected topologies on finite ordered sets (370 citations)
• Reducing heegaard splittings (346 citations)
• Closure operators I (335 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Topology and its Applications:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Discrete mathematics, Combinatorics, Pure mathematics, Space (mathematics) and Mathematical analysis. The journal articles focus on Discrete mathematics research which is adjacent to topics in Separable space. While the most cited publications focused on Pure mathematics, they were also able to explore topics like Class (set theory) and Algebra.

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

• Mathematical analysis
• Pure mathematics
• Topology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Pure mathematics, Combinatorics, Space (mathematics), Countable set and Invariant (mathematics). Pure mathematics research featured in Topology and its Applications incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Class (set theory), Type (model theory) and Continuum (topology). While Topology and its Applications focused on Continuum (topology), it was also able to explore topics like Point (geometry) and Metric (mathematics).

Concepts in Topological group, as well as related topics in Abelian group, are covered in the Combinatorics research presented in the journal. The work on Space (mathematics) tackled in it brings together disciplines like Discrete mathematics, Topological space, Topology (chemistry) and Selection (relational algebra). The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Countable set and Subspace topology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Locally upper bounded poset-valued maps and stratifiable spaces (11 citations)
• Quotient with respect to admissible L-subgyrogroups (7 citations)
• Tangent developables and Darboux developables of framed curves (7 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Topology and its Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alan Dow (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Dušan Repovš (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Taras Banakh (60 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Dikran Dikranjan (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jan van Mill (54 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Topology and its Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

• National Autonomous University of Mexico (228 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Moscow State University (171 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (112 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Auburn University (99 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Tsukuba (96 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 12.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.94% of all publications and 60.23% 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.