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Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials
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Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 465 182 239 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 255
Documents by Best Scientists*: 305
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 30
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.36
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Inorganic Materials?

Journal of Inorganic Materials tackles a plethora of topics, such as Chemical engineering, Composite material, Analytical chemistry, Ceramic and Microstructure. It focuses on Chemical engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Inorganic chemistry, Electrochemistry, Nanotechnology and Mineralogy. Research on Composite material addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Dielectric.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Analytical chemistry, it also covered topics in Crystal, Thin film and Doping. The journal explores studies in Crystal as part of the wider topic of Crystallography. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Ceramic, apply to Phase (matter) as well.

The study of Metallurgy serves as the foundation of the Microstructure research discussed in Journal of Inorganic Materials.

  • Chemical engineering (26.48%)
  • Composite material (25.41%)
  • Analytical chemistry (14.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recent Advances in Carbon Nitride-based Nanomaterials for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solution (62 citations)
  • Gene Activating Glasses (45 citations)
  • Ablation Performances of Multi-phased C/C-ZrC-SiC Ultra-high Temperature Composites (36 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Inorganic Materials:

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Chemical engineering, Composite material, Nanotechnology, Inorganic chemistry and Microstructure. Ion, Oxygen reduction reaction and Aqueous solution are some topics wherein Chemical engineering research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact. The journal articles address concerns in Microstructure which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Doping, Ablation, Ceramic and Analytical chemistry.

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

  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Chemical engineering, Composite material, Nanotechnology, Ceramic and Composite number. The research on Chemical engineering featured in Journal of Inorganic Materials combines topics in other fields like Photocatalysis, Catalysis and Adsorption. Composite material studies presented in Journal of Inorganic Materials focus on topics such as Coating and Microstructure.

The Nanotechnology study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Electrochromism. The Ceramic study which was featured in it aims to expound on the research in Metallurgy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Micro-nano Ceramic Fibers for High Temperature Thermal Insulation (2 citations)
  • Radionuclides from Nature to Nature: Recent Progress in Immobilization of High Level Nuclear Wastes in SYNROC (2 citations)
  • Fabrication and Optical Property of Nd:Lu2O3 Transparent Ceramics for Solid-state Laser Applications (2 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 Journal of Inorganic Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Li Hejun (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Huang Zheng-Ren (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dong Shao-Ming (16 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Jiang Dong-Liang (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guo Jingkun (14 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 Journal of Inorganic Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (107 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Northwestern Polytechnical University (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tianjin University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Central South University (13 papers) absent at the last 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, 99.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 50.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 50.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • Progress in Structural Tailoring and Properties of Ternary Layered Materials

    (2023)
    37 Citations
  • Molten Salt Synthesis of Nanolaminated Sc2SnC MAX Phase

    Youbing Li;Yanqing Qin;Ke Chen;Lu Chen

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Solution-prepared AgBi<sub>2</sub>I<sub>7</sub> Thin Films and Their Photodetecting Properties

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Ce:YAG Transparent Ceramics Enabling High Luminous Efficacy for High-power LEDs/LDs

    Aochen Du;Qiyuan Du;Xin Liu;Yimin Yang

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • MOF/Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Composite Polymer Electrolyte for Solid-state Lithium Battery

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • High Entropy Engineering: New Strategy for the Critical Property Optimizations of Rare Earth Silicates

    Luchao Sun;Xiaomin Ren;Tiefeng Du;Yixiu Luo

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Distinguished Cd(II) Capture with Rapid and Superior Ability using Porous Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects

    Li Li;Guo Xiaojie;Jin Yang;Chen Chaogui

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Fabrication and Characterizations of Yb:YAG Transparent Ceramics Using Alcohol-water Co-precipitation Method

    Xinyou Huang;Yumin Liu;Yang Liu;Xiaoying Li

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Piezoelectric Property of PZT-based Relaxor-ferroelectric Ceramics Enhanced by Sm Doping

    Chang Dong;Ruihong Liang;Zhiyong Zhou;Xianlin Dong

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Progress on Failure Mechanism of Lithium Ion Battery Caused by Diffusion Induced Stress

    (2020)
    14 Citations

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