Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Top Research Topics at Acta Mechanica Sinica?

Acta Mechanica Sinica primarily tackles Mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Classical mechanics, Composite material and Nonlinear system. The presentations discussing Mechanics offer insights in topics such as Turbulence, Vortex, Flow (mathematics), Reynolds number and Instability. The research on Mathematical analysis featured in Acta Mechanica Sinica combines topics in other fields like Geometry and Finite element method.

• Mechanics (30.45%)
• Mathematical analysis (16.66%)
• Classical mechanics (13.73%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Manufacturing tolerant topology optimization (274 citations)
• Dynamic flight stability of hovering insects (152 citations)
• Free vibration of size-dependent magneto-electro-elastic nanoplates based on the nonlocal theory (151 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Mechanica Sinica:

The most cited publications mainly deal with areas of study such as Mechanics, Classical mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Composite material and Nanotechnology. The Mechanics research presented in the journal articles focuses mostly on Wing and, on occasion, topics in Aerodynamics. While the journal articles focused on Mathematical analysis, they were also able to explore topics like Flow (mathematics) and Nonlinear system.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Quantum mechanics
• Composite material
• Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Mechanics, Computational intelligence, Composite material, Nonlinear system and Finite element method. Flow (psychology), Hypersonic speed, Vortex, Reynolds number and Jet (fluid) are all topics related to Mechanics research discussed. The journal links adjacent topics like Vortex with Flapping.

The journal concentrated on Composite material research, specifically Deformation (engineering) and Elastic modulus. Acta Mechanica Sinica facilitates discussions on Nonlinear system that incorporate concepts from other fields like Vibration and Work (thermodynamics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Recent advances of hydrogel network models for studies on mechanical behaviors (16 citations)
• Lyapunov stability of competitive cells dynamics in tumor mechanobiology (3 citations)
• Coupling dynamic characteristics of simplified model for tethered satellite system (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Acta Mechanica Sinica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Xi-Qiao Feng (19 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Mao Sun (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Junfeng Li (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hwang Kehchih (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tian Jian Lu (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Acta Mechanica Sinica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (329 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• Tsinghua University (302 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Peking University (192 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Beihang University (137 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Dalian University of Technology (116 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.80% of all publications and 20.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.