Building Acoustics

Top Research Topics at Building Acoustics?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Acoustics, Soundproofing, Noise, Reverberation and Sound (geography). It focuses on Acoustics as well as the interrelated topic of Speech recognition. Issues in Soundproofing were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Flanking maneuver, Structural engineering and Facade.

The study on Noise presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Simulation.

• Acoustics (49.40%)
• Soundproofing (19.49%)
• Noise (14.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• THE EFFECTS OF NOISE ON CHILDREN AT SCHOOL: A REVIEW (209 citations)
• A Review of Sustainable Materials for Acoustic Applications (187 citations)
• Acoustic absorbers and diffusers: theory, design and application (74 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Building Acoustics:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Acoustics, Soundproofing, Structural engineering, Reverberation and Sound (geography). Acoustics research in the journal articles connects with the study of Intelligibility (communication). The journal papers address concerns in Soundproofing which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Sound transmission class and Transmission (telecommunications).

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

• Statistics
• Mechanical engineering
• Acoustics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Acoustics, Soundproofing, Noise, Architectural engineering and Sound (geography). The work on Acoustics tackled in it brings together disciplines like Data-driven and Surface (mathematics). The research on Soundproofing tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Noise reduction, Aggregate (composite), Facade and Cavity wall.

The concepts on Noise presented in Building Acoustics can also apply to other research fields, including Context (language use), Primary standard, Tapping and Insertion loss. Building Acoustics holds forums on Architectural engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Traffic noise, Noise regulation and Set (psychology). In Building Acoustics, Low frequency and Range (statistics) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Sound (geography) research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Case study: A survey of perceived noise in Canadian multi-unit residential buildings to study long-term implications for widespread teleworking (5 citations)
• Modelling sound absorption properties for recycled polyethylene terephthalate-based material using Gaussian regression: (5 citations)
• Acoustical unmanned aerial vehicle detection in indoor scenarios using logistic regression model (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Building Acoustics (based on the number of publications) are:

• David Oldham (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Vorländer (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Barry Gibbs (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gino Iannace (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Murray Hodgson (10 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Building Acoustics (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Liverpool (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lund University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Ferrara (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• German National Metrology Institute (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Sydney (11 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, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.83% of all publications and 58.33% 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.