Applied Acoustics

Top Research Topics at Applied Acoustics?

Applied Acoustics is mainly concerned with subjects like Acoustics, Noise, Vibration, Sound pressure and Structural engineering. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Acoustics, it also covered topics in Finite element method and Optics. Some problems in Noise that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Noise reduction and Simulation.

• Acoustics (42.22%)
• Noise (19.50%)
• Vibration (9.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Acoustical properties of fibrous absorbent materials (1324 citations)
• Materials for high temperature acoustic and vibration sensors: A review (503 citations)
• Application of empirical mode decomposition and artificial neural network for automatic bearing fault diagnosis based on vibration signals (415 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Acoustics:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Acoustics, Noise, Structural engineering, Vibration and Traffic noise. The Acoustics study tackled in the journal papers is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Electronic engineering. The works on Noise tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Telecommunications and Simulation.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• World War II
• Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Acoustics, Noise, Sound pressure, Vibration and Helmholtz free energy are the subjects of interest in the journal. It addresses concerns in the field of Acoustics by exploring it in line with topics in Finite element method which intersect with Resonator subjects. The Noise research presented in Applied Acoustics explores the relationship between Control theory and the closely related topic of Active noise control.

The journal encompasses Active noise control studies in the context of Signal as a whole. Applied Acoustics dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Signal and Algorithm. In the journal, Sound quality, Background noise and Loudness are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Sound pressure research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Getting insight in the performance of noise interventions by mobile sound level measurements (1 citations)
• Effect of acoustic radiation from circular plate installed with piezoelectric element on electricity generation performance (0 citations)
• Spatial and sociodemographic determinants of community loudness perception (0 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 Applied Acoustics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jian Kang (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Patricio A. A. Laura (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Masayuki Morimoto (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Xiaojun Qiu (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Cheuk Ming Mak (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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 Applied Acoustics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (139 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University (103 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Salford (98 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harbin Engineering University (97 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
• Northwestern Polytechnical University (92 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 30 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 2022 edition, 24.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.67% of all publications and 50.82% 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.