Table 1.
The top ten journals, in terms of year of official foundation, number of papers (n) published from 1950 to 2020 on biomimicking along with their relative frequency (%).
| Rank | Journal | Year | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bioresource Technology | 1991 | 167 | 2.39 |
| 2 | Bioinspiration and Biomimetics | 2006 | 147 | 2.11 |
| 3 | Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering | 1963 | 107 | 1.53 |
| 4 | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces | 2009 | 105 | 1.50 |
| 5 | Journal of Bionic Engineering | 2004 | 80 | 1.15 |
| 6 | Langmuir | 1985 | 70 | 1.00 |
| 7 | Environmental Science and Technology | 1967 | 48 | 0.69 |
| 8 | Advanced Materials | 1989 | 46 | 0.66 |
| 9 | Biomass and Bioenergy | 1991 | 46 | 0.66 |
| 10 | Water Science and Technology | 1969 | 45 | 0.64 |