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Smart Materials and Structures Template

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About the Smart Materials and Structures format

Smart Materials and Structures is a peer-reviewed journal published by IOP Publishing, covering Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques. Over its lifetime it has published 10,438 papers, which have received 363,443 citations.

PublisherIOP Publishing
Reference styleNumbered (IOP)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] Smith A, Jones B and Lee C 2023 A representative article title Smart Materials and Structures 12 45–58

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Publishes research inAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
ISSN0964-1726
Citation impact (2-yr)3.72
h-index194
i10-index6,999
Top institutions publishing hereHarbin Institute of Technology
Journal websiteiopscience.org
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Papers published in Smart Materials and Structures per year

465
2014
450
2015
567
2016
528
2017
457
2018
516
2019
505
2020
416
2021
355
2022
399
2023
613
2024
536
2025

Citation impact of Smart Materials and Structures by publication year

22.1K
2014
17.4K
2015
22.1K
2016
17.3K
2017
13.3K
2018
14.3K
2019
12.1K
2020
7.3K
2021
5.5K
2022
3.9K
2023
4K
2024
1.2K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Smart Materials and Structures

A review of power harvesting using piezoelectric materials (2003–2006)

Steven R. Anton, Henry A. Sodano · 18 May 2007

The field of power harvesting has experienced significant growth over the past few years due to the ever-increasing desire to produce portable and wireless electronics with extended lifespans. Current portable and wireless devices must be designed to include electrochemical batteries as the power source. The use of batteries can be troublesome due to their limited…

2,629 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A piezoelectric vibration based generator for wireless electronics

Shad Roundy, Paul Wright · 12 Aug 2004

Enabling technologies for wireless sensor networks have gained considerable attention in research communities over the past few years. It is highly desirable, even necessary in certain situations, for wireless sensor nodes to be self-powered. With this goal in mind, a vibration based piezoelectric generator has been developed as an enabling technology for wireless sensor networks.…

1,796 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Modal identification of output-only systems using frequency domain decomposition

Rune Brincker, Lingmi Zhang, Palle Andersen · 1 Jun 2001

In this paper a new frequency domain technique is introduced for the modal identification of output-only systems, i.e. in the case where the modal parameters must be estimated without knowing the input exciting the system. By its user friendliness the technique is closely related to the classical approach where the modal parameters are estimated by…

1,793 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
An experimentally validated bimorph cantilever model for piezoelectric energy harvesting from base excitations

Alper Ertürk, Daniel J. Inman · 13 Jan 2009

Piezoelectric transduction has received great attention for vibration-to-electric energy conversion over the last five years. A typical piezoelectric energy harvester is a unimorph or a bimorph cantilever located on a vibrating host structure, to generate electrical energy from base excitations. Several authors have investigated modeling of cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvesters under base excitation. The existing…

1,401 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A review of the recent research on vibration energy harvesting via bistable systems

Ryan L. Harne, Kon‐Well Wang · 28 Jan 2013

The investigation of the conversion of vibrational energy into electrical power has become a major field of research. In recent years, bistable energy harvesting devices have attracted significant attention due to some of their unique features. Through a snap-through action, bistable systems transition from one stable state to the other, which could cause large amplitude…

1,335 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Smart Materials and Structures template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Smart Materials and Structures format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Smart Materials and Structures template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official IOP Publishing format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Smart Materials and Structures use?
Smart Materials and Structures uses Numbered (IOP) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] Smith A, Jones B and Lee C 2023 A representative article title Smart Materials and Structures 12 45–58
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Smart Materials and Structures?
No. DocuGuru generates the iopjournal LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a IOP Publishing-ready Smart Materials and Structures document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Smart Materials and Structures template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Smart Materials and Structures format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is Smart Materials and Structures?
IOP Publishing journal. It is a physics journal, published by IOP Publishing.
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