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ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering
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ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering

2332-9017

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

https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/risk

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 371 12 15 5
Engineering and Technology 863 27 49 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 53
Documents by Best Scientists*: 72
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 25
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.545
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Reliability engineering, Reliability (statistics), Mathematical optimization, Uncertainty quantification and Structural engineering. It facilitates discussions on Reliability (statistics) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Monte Carlo method and Component (UML). The work on Mathematical optimization tackled in it brings together disciplines like Uncertainty analysis, Interval (mathematics), Applied mathematics and Nonlinear system.

Many of the studies tackled connect Structural engineering with a similar field of study like Stress (mechanics).

  • Reliability engineering (17.22%)
  • Reliability (statistics) (16.12%)
  • Mathematical optimization (12.09%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Resilience analysis framework for interconnected critical infrastructures (26 citations)
  • First-Order Reliability Method for Structural Reliability Analysis in the Presence of Random and Interval Variables (23 citations)
  • Experimental Time-Domain Vibration-Based Fault Diagnosis of Centrifugal Pumps Using Support Vector Machine (23 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Uncertainty quantification, Mathematical optimization, Reliability (statistics), Monte Carlo method and Bayesian probability. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Mathematical optimization that incorporate concepts from other fields like Sensitivity analysis, Parametric statistics and Propagation of uncertainty. The journal papers explore topics in Reliability (statistics) which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Reliability engineering, Random variable and Interval arithmetic.

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

  • Statistics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering deals with Reliability engineering, Uncertainty quantification, Reliability (statistics), Offshore wind power and Stress (mechanics). The studies in Safety Integrity Level under the umbrella field of Reliability engineering overlap with concepts in init. The Uncertainty quantification works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Fatigue limit, Consolidation (soil), Probability distribution, Econometrics and Algorithm.

The journal focused on works that combine different research areas such as Reliability (statistics) and Special section. Topics in Offshore wind power were tackled in line with various other fields like Oscillating Water Column, Wave energy converter, Geotechnical engineering and Mechanics. In addition to Stress (mechanics) research, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering aims to explore topics under Aluminium, Fuzzy logic and Reduced order.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Damage Classification of Composites Based on Analysis of Lamb Wave Signals Using Machine Learning (5 citations)
  • Uncertainty in Wave Basin Testing of a Fixed Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter (4 citations)
  • Optimizing Predictive Maintenance With Machine Learning for Reliability Improvement (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.

The top authors publishing in ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Beer (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Zhen Hu (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bilal M. Ayyub (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yan Wang (6 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 ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Liverpool (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leibniz University of Hanover (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Maryland, College Park (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (8 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, 5.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.27% of all publications and 39.39% 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

  • Digital Twins: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions for Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Dynamics Applications

    D. J. Wagg;K. Worden;R. J. Barthorpe;P. Gardner

    (2020)
    300 Citations
  • Comparison of the HAZOP, FMEA, FRAM and STPA Methods for the Hazard Analysis of Automatic Emergency Brake Systems

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Uncertainty Quantification for Additive Manufacturing Process Improvement: Recent Advances

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • On Digital Twins, Mirrors, and Virtualizations: Frameworks for Model Verification and Validation

    K. Worden;E. J. Cross;R. J. Barthorpe;D. J. Wagg

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Resilience Decision-Making for Complex Systems

    Julian Salomon;Matteo Broggi;Sebastian Kruse;Stefan Weber

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • System Reliability Analysis With Second-Order Saddlepoint Approximation

    Hao Wu;Xiaoping Du

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Assessing the Seismic Resilience of Power Grid Systems Considering the Component Deterioration and Correlation

    Cao Wang;Hao Zhang

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Analysis and Estimation of Human Errors From Major Accident Investigation Reports

    Caroline Morais;Raphael Moura;Michael Beer;Edoardo Patelli

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Resilience Assessment and Importance Measure for Interdependent Critical Infrastructures

    Xing Liu;Yi-Ping Fang;Elisa Ferrario;Enrico Zio

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Envelope Method for Time- and Space-Dependent Reliability Prediction

    (2022)
    11 Citations

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