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Applied Mechanics Reviews
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Applied Mechanics Reviews

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Published by: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/appliedmechanicsreviews

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 180 28 21 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 45
Documents by Best Scientists*: 30
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 133
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.356
Impact Factor: 16.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Applied Mechanics Reviews?

Mechanics, Classical mechanics, Structural engineering, Composite material and Stress (mechanics) are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Mechanics research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Turbulence. K-epsilon turbulence model is a major topic of Turbulence research presented in the journal.

Many of the studies tackled connect Classical mechanics with a similar field of study like Nonlinear system. Applied Mechanics Reviews connects the study in Nonlinear system with the closely related area of Mathematical analysis. The Mathematical analysis works, particularly on Boundary value problem are tackled in Applied Mechanics Reviews.

The study on Structural engineering presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Vibration. Fracture mechanics is a key component of Composite material research discussed in it. Research on Finite element method presented in it focuses, in particular, on Extended finite element method and Mixed finite element method.

  • Mechanics (17.89%)
  • Classical mechanics (15.47%)
  • Structural engineering (12.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Review of the Governing Equations, Computational Algorithms, and Other Components of the Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System (1614 citations)
  • Virtual crack closure technique: History, approach, and applications (1078 citations)
  • Differential Quadrature Method in Computational Mechanics: A Review (1058 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Mechanics Reviews:

The most cited articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Structural engineering, Composite material, Mechanics, Vibration and Classical mechanics. The works on Structural engineering tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Mechanical engineering and Stress (mechanics). The study on Classical mechanics presented in the most cited publications is investigated in conjunction with research in Nonlinear system.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Applied Mechanics Reviews are Turbulence, Mechanics, Composite material, Particle and Stiffness. The studies on Turbulence discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Combined forced and natural convection, Duct (flow), Topology (chemistry), Randomness and Magnetic field. In the journal, Chaotic, Mixing (physics), Scalar (physics) and Advection are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Mechanics research.

The journal focuses on Composite material but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Isotropy and Hyperelastic material. While Particle is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Fluid dynamics, Physical model, Ogden and Surface energy. Stiffness studies covered in it falls within the purview of Structural engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Bio-Inspired Vibration Isolation: Methodology and Design (6 citations)
  • Mixed Convection in Pipe and Duct Flows With Strong Magnetic Fields (6 citations)
  • Homogenization of composites with extended general interfaces: comprehensive review and unified modeling (4 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.

The top authors publishing in Applied Mechanics Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Arthur W. Leissa (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Raouf A. Ibrahim (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mohamed Gad-el-Hak (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Haym Benaroya (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin Ostoja-Starzewski (9 papers) absent at the last 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Applied Mechanics Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stanford University (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ohio State University (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California, San Diego (24 papers) absent at the last 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, 8.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.18% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.18% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 45.45% 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.

Top Publications

  • Tunable and Active Phononic Crystals and Metamaterials

    Yan-Feng Wang;Yi-Ze Wang;Bin Wu;Weiqiu Chen

    (2020)
    453 Citations
  • Kinetostatic and Dynamic Modeling of Flexure-Based Compliant Mechanisms: A Survey

    Mingxiang Ling;Larry L. Howell;Junyi Cao;Guimin Chen

    (2020)
    241 Citations
  • Bio-Inspired Vibration Isolation: Methodology and Design

    Ge Yan;Hong-Xiang Zou;Sen Wang;Lin-Chuan Zhao

    (2021)
    206 Citations
  • Wear Problems of High-Speed Wheel/Rail Systems: Observations, Causes, and Countermeasures in China

    Wanming Zhai;Xuesong Jin;Zenfeng Wen;Xin Zhao

    (2020)
    150 Citations
  • Design of Acoustic/Elastic Phase Gradient Metasurfaces: Principles, Functional Elements, Tunability, and Coding

    (2022)
    87 Citations
  • Review of Morphing Laminated Composites

    Venkata Siva Chillara;Marcelo J. Dapino

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Homogenization of composites with extended general interfaces: comprehensive review and unified modeling

    Soheil Firooz;Paul Steinmann;Ali Javili

    (2021)
    72 Citations
  • A Review on the Relationships Between Acoustic Emission, Friction and Wear in Mechanical Systems

    Peipei Feng;Pietro Borghesani;Wade A. Smith;Robert B. Randall

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Free-Edge Effects in Composite Laminates—A Review of Recent Developments 2005–2020

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • Lagrangian Transport and Chaotic Advection in Three-Dimensional Laminar Flows

    Michel Speetjens;Guy Metcalfe;Murray Rudman

    (2021)
    31 Citations

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