According to the latest statistics from ESI (updated on July 15, 2022), one paper by Sheng Xiaoli, entitled “Flexible electrospun iron compounds/carbon fibers: Phase transformation and electrochemical properties (Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 407, 139892)”, was recognized as ESI hot paper and ESI highly cited paper.
ESI is a basic analytical tool for measuring scientific research performance and tracking the development trend of science launched in 2001 by the World Science and Technology Information Institute (ISI), a world-renowned academic information publishing agency. After the recapitalization of ISI, ESI became a part of Thomson Reuters Web of Science. It is an econometric analysis database counting on more than 10 million records of over 12,000 academic journals from SCI and SSCI collected by Thomson Reuters. It has been one of the most important indicators used to evaluate the academic level of colleges and universities, academic institutions and nations/regions, and it influences widely all over the world. The data analysis based on the performance of authoritative papers represented by ESI has been widely referred to by the academic community, and ESI data enjoy more reference value especially since the paper-centric metric has been broken.
ESI Hot Papers：Hot papers are selected by virtue of being cited among the top one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) in a current bimonthly period. Papers are selected in each of 22 fields of science and must be published within the last two years.
ESI Highly Cited Papers：Selected from the most recent 10 years of data, highly cited papers reflect top 1% papers based on the number of citations by field and publication year. Highly Cited Papers help identify breakthrough research within a research field and are used within Web of Science to identify and refine the most influential research papers.
