# An Overview of Smart Composites for the Aerospace Sector
## 3 Results
### Scientific Journals  
Figure 7 reports the most relevant scientific journals contributing to this field by indicating the number of publications for each journal. The journal Composites Science and Technology leads with 76 publications, followed by Smart Materials and Structures and Composites Part B: Engineering, with 63 and 57 publications, respectively. These journals are recognized for their high impact in materials science and engineering, specifically in the subfield of composite materials. The other journals cover multidisciplinary disciplines such as materials science (Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Materials, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces), engineering (Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures), and applied physics (Sensors). Additionally, the concentration of articles in specialist journals promotes knowledge sharing throughout the scientific community, which supports the field's continuous progress. Table 1 showcases the most influential scientific journals, ranked according to key bibliometric indicators. These include the h-index, which evaluates both the productivity and citation impact of a journal; the g-index, a variant of the h-index that places higher emphasis on highly cited articles; and the m-index, which adjusts the h-index by accounting for the number of years since the journal's first publication, offering a measure of annual  
Figure 6: Annual scientific production and citation evolution. citation impact. Furthermore, the ranking considers total citations (TC), the number of publications (NP), and the starting publication year (PY_start). Among the journals listed in Table 1, Composites Science and Technology exhibits the highest impact, with an h-index of 31, a g-index of 49, and an m-index of 2.81, along with 2667 total citations. Composites Part B: Engineering and Composite Structures follow closely in terms of impact, with high citation counts and publication numbers. In this regard, the three journals are listed in the subcategory of Composites from Materials Science category. Alternatively, the presence of interdisciplinary journals such as ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Smart Materials and Structures, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, and Chemical Engineering Journal suggests an increasing integration of advanced materials, instrumentation technologies, and chemical engineering approaches within the field. Figure 8 shows the annual evolution of document production, presenting the cumulative number of publications from 2015 to 2025. The general trend indicates a uniform increase in publications per each journal, reflecting a progressively growing interest, as mentioned above. In this regard, Composite Structures exhibits the highest publication volume and, furthermore, the most significant growth in the past decade. The other scientific journals (Composites Science and Technology, Smart Materials and Structures, Composites Part B: Engineering, and Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures) also show significant increases, indicating their continued relevance in the field. The observed increase in publications in a number of journals contributes to a rising amount of research that is advancing smart composite materials.