Do neutrons publish? A neutron publication survey 2005-2015

TL;DR

This paper surveys neutron research publications from 2005 to 2015, analyzing trends in productivity, geographic distribution, leading facilities, and publication quality to understand the field's development.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of neutron scattering research over a decade, highlighting trends and key contributors.

Findings

Research productivity has varied over the years.

Geographic distribution shows leading countries and institutions.

Publication quality metrics have evolved over time.

Abstract

Publication in scientific journals is the main product of scientific research. The amount of papers published, their placement in high impact journals, and their citations are used as a measure of the productivity of individual scientists, institutes or fields of science. To give a profound basis on the publication record and the quality of the publication efforts in neutron scattering, a survey has been done following the approach to use bibliographic databases. Questions to be addressed by this survey are: Is the productivity of research with neutrons changing over the years? Which is the geographic distribution in this field of research? Which ones are leading facilities? Is the quality of publications changing? The main results found are presented.