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Archive of Applied Mechanics
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Archive of Applied Mechanics

0939-1533

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/419

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 109 86 134 21
Engineering and Technology 595 50 60 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 172
Documents by Best Scientists*: 221
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 71
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.559
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Archive of Applied Mechanics?

Archive of Applied Mechanics is organized to address concerns in the fields of Mathematical analysis, Mechanics, Structural engineering, Boundary value problem and Finite element method. The Mathematical analysis works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Isotropy, Geometry, Stress intensity factor and Nonlinear system. It tackles topics on Nonlinear system, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Control theory.

Mechanics research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Stress (mechanics), Classical mechanics and Constitutive equation. Classical mechanics research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Equations of motion. The Structural engineering study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Vibration.

The journal connects research in Finite element method with the related topic of Composite material. Research on Composite material presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Composite number and Piezoelectricity.

  • Mathematical analysis (26.66%)
  • Mechanics (25.65%)
  • Structural engineering (20.60%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Material interpolation schemes in topology optimization (1553 citations)
  • Computational micro-to-macro transitions of discretized microstructures undergoing small strains (381 citations)
  • An outline of hypoplasticity (287 citations)

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

Mathematical analysis, Mechanics, Classical mechanics, Structural engineering and Boundary value problem are the main subjects of interest in the published articles. Discussions in the most cited papers are anchored in the field of Mathematical analysis but it branches out to cover the subject of interrelated disciplines, including

  • Finite element method that intertwine with fields like Numerical analysis,
  • Nonlinear system that intertwine with fields like Rotor (electric).. The most cited articles explore issues in Structural engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Vibration and Material properties.

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 objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Boundary value problem, Finite element method and Vibration. The journal facilitates discussions on Mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Work (thermodynamics), Beam (structure), Stress (mechanics), Buckling and Nonlinear system. The studies on Mathematical analysis discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Matrix (mathematics), Equations of motion and Thermoelastic damping.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Boundary value problem, apply to Material properties as well. Finite element method studies covered in it falls within the purview of Structural engineering. Archive of Applied Mechanics explores issues in Vibration which can be linked to other research areas like Displacement (vector) and Control theory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Heat transfer effects on electro-magnetohydrodynamic Carreau fluid flow between two micro-parallel plates with Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer medium (14 citations)
  • Application of supervised learning to validation of damage detection (11 citations)
  • A Galerkin approach to analyze MHD flow of nanofluid along converging/diverging channels (10 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 Archive of Applied Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Norio Hasebe (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jörg Schröder (19 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Paul Steinmann (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Friedrich Pfeiffer (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Baolin Wang (13 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • National Technical University of Athens (74 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Stuttgart (53 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (40 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technische Universität München (38 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more 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, 6.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.00% of all publications and 65.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Nonlocal strain gradient torsion of elastic beams: variational formulation and constitutive boundary conditions

    R. Barretta;S. Ali Faghidian;Francesco Marotti de Sciarra;M. S. Vaccaro

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Rotary-impact nonlinear energy sink for shock mitigation: analytical and numerical investigations

    Adnan S. Saeed;Mohammad A. AL-Shudeifat;Alexander F. Vakakis;Wesley J. Cantwell

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Heat transfer effects on electro-magnetohydrodynamic Carreau fluid flow between two micro-parallel plates with Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer medium

    Muhammad Mubashir Bhatti;Muhammad Mubashir Bhatti;Lehlohonolo Phali;Chaudry Masood Khalique;Chaudry Masood Khalique

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Free vibration of joined cylindrical–hemispherical FGM shells

    H. Bagheri;Y. Kiani;N. Bagheri;M. R. Eslami

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • An improved first-order mixed plate element for static bending and free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates

    (2023)
    46 Citations
  • Nonlinear thermo-electromechanical vibration analysis of size-dependent functionally graded flexoelectric nano-plate exposed magnetic field

    Amin Ghobadi;Yaghoub Tadi Beni;Hossein Golestanian

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • On dynamic modeling of piezomagnetic/flexomagnetic microstructures based on Lord–Shulman thermoelastic model

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • Numerical study of heat transfer performance of MHD Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid flow over inclined surface

    (2022)
    36 Citations

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