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Aquacultural Engineering
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Aquacultural Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 728 13 23 12
Biology and Biochemistry 794 8 10 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 49
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 93
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.836
Impact Factor: 4.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aquacultural Engineering?

Aquacultural Engineering mostly deals with topics like Environmental engineering, Aquaculture, Animal science, Fishery and Water quality. In it, Aeration and Nitrification are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Environmental engineering research. The Aquaculture works featured in Aquacultural Engineering incorporate elements from Aquatic animal and Rainbow trout.

Animal science research presented in Aquacultural Engineering encompasses a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Nutrient, Shrimp and Feed conversion ratio. In particular, the Shrimp works presented emphasize discussions on Litopenaeus. The research on Fishery tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Hatchery and Salmo.

Topics in Water quality explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Total suspended solids and Nitrate. The journal is mostly focused on Nitrate, specifically Nitrite. The Effluent study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Pulp and paper industry.

  • Environmental engineering (32.69%)
  • Aquaculture (30.09%)
  • Animal science (22.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • New developments in recirculating aquaculture systems in Europe: A perspective on environmental sustainability (479 citations)
  • Denitrification in recirculating systems: Theory and applications (441 citations)
  • Production of microalgal concentrates by flocculation and their assessment as aquaculture feeds (347 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aquacultural Engineering:

The journal publications mainly tackle studies in Environmental engineering, Aquaculture, Water quality, Animal science and Fish farming. The most cited publications focus on Environmental engineering research which is adjacent to topics in Nitrification. The most cited articles focus on Aquaculture but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ecology, Fishery, Shrimp and Rainbow trout.

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

  • Ecology
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Aquacultural Engineering mainly tackles studies in Aquaculture, Animal science, Water quality, Pulp and paper industry and Effluent. Aquaculture research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Tilapia, Salmo, Settling, Statistics and Fishery. Aquacultural Engineering addresses concerns in Animal science which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Biomass (ecology), Body weight and Nitrate.

It focuses on Water quality but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Aeration, Suspended solids, Shrimp and Polyculture. The Effluent research presented in Aquacultural Engineering also delves into studies in intersecting subjects like

  • Recirculating aquaculture system which intersects with area such as Organic matter, Water treatment and Denitrification,
  • Bioreactor that connect with fields like Denitrifying bacteria and Acute toxicity,
  • Chemical oxygen demand which is related to area like Oxygen and Rainbow trout.. It explores the study of Water treatment to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Environmental engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Nitrogen transformations across compartments of an aquaponic system (5 citations)
  • Life cycle assessment of aquaculture systems: Does burden shifting occur with an increase in production intensity? (3 citations)
  • Examination of net volume reduction of gravity-type open-net fish cages under sea currents (3 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 Aquacultural Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Steven T. Summerfelt (60 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Per Bovbjerg Pedersen (32 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • John Davidson (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Claude E. Boyd (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lars-Flemming Pedersen (28 papers) published 3 papers 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 Aquacultural Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • The Conservation Fund (70 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • SINTEF (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Technical University of Denmark (36 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Louisiana State University (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Auburn University (29 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, 11.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 62.22% 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

  • Fish freshness categorization from eyes and gills color features using multi-class artificial neural network and support vector machines

    Hosna Mohammadi Lalabadi;Morteza Sadeghi;Seyed Ahmad Mireei

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Microalgae Cultivation in Offshore Floating Photobioreactor: State-of-the-Art, Opportunities and Challenges

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • Dynamic modeling of recirculating aquaculture systems: effect of management strategies and water quality parameters on fish performance

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • An adaptive method of damage detection for fishing nets based on image processing technology

    Yun-Peng Zhao;Li-Juan Niu;Hai Du;Chun-Wei Bi

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Effects of microbubble aeration on water quality and growth performance of Litopenaeus vannamei in biofloc system

    Yan Shin Lim;P. Ganesan;M. Varman;F.A. Hamad

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Numerical Study on Hydrodynamic Responses of a Single-Point Moored Vessel-Shaped Floating Aquaculture Platform in Waves

    Yun-Peng Zhao;Chao Ma;Chun-Wei Bi

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Start-up of a “zero-discharge” recirculating aquaculture system using woodchip denitrification, constructed wetland, and sand infiltration

    Jani T. Pulkkinen;Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen;Antti Pasanen;Sepideh Kiani

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Experimental Study of the Behaviour of a Circular Gravity Cage in Linear Waves

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • A frequency domain approach for analyzing motion responses of integrated offshore fish cage and wind turbine under wind and wave actions

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Evaluation of chemical polymers as coagulation aids to remove suspended solids from marine finfish recirculating aquaculture system discharge using a geotextile bag

    (2020)
    21 Citations

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