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Building Services Engineering Research and Technology
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Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

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Published by: SAGE

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 621 23 38 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 37
Documents by Best Scientists*: 53
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.493
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Building Services Engineering Research and Technology?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Meteorology, Simulation, Architectural engineering, Environmental engineering and Mechanics. In the journal, Ventilation (architecture) and Thermal comfort are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Architectural engineering research. The research on Environmental engineering discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Waste management.

It focuses on Mechanics research which is adjacent to topics in Thermodynamics.

  • Meteorology (11.01%)
  • Simulation (10.70%)
  • Architectural engineering (9.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Constructing design weather data for future climates (364 citations)
  • On the creation of future probabilistic design weather years from UKCP09 (139 citations)
  • Improved data correlations for buoyancy-driven convection in rooms: (130 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Building Services Engineering Research and Technology:

The most cited publications mainly deal with areas of study such as Meteorology, Architectural engineering, Environmental engineering, Thermal comfort and Simulation. The most cited articles explore topics in Meteorology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Climate model and Atmospheric sciences. The most cited papers tackle studies in Waste management and the interrelated subject of Heat pump to gain insights into Environmental engineering.

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

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Statistics
  • Electrical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Energy (signal processing), Energy consumption, Automotive engineering, Energy performance and Thermal comfort are tackled in Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. The studies in Energy (signal processing) featured incorporate elements of Coefficient of performance, Atmospheric sciences and Evaporative cooler. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology explores issues in Energy consumption which can be linked to other research areas like Computational fluid dynamics, Aerospace engineering, Environmental protection and Environmental economics.

In addition to Energy performance research, Building Services Engineering Research and Technology aims to explore topics under Mathematical optimization and Occupancy. The work on Thermal comfort tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Perception and Architectural engineering. The study on Architectural engineering featured in Building Services Engineering Research and Technology expounds on the topic of Building design in particular.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Performance assessment of free standing and building integrated grid connected photovoltaic system for southern part of India (15 citations)
  • Towards active buildings: Rating grid-servicing buildings: (4 citations)
  • Full-size experimental assessment of the aerodynamic sealing of air curtains for particulate matter: (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 Building Services Engineering Research and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ling Tim Wong (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kwok Wai Mui (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Morris Grenfell Davies (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Davies (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • G.J. Levermore (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 Building Services Engineering Research and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (103 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Building Research Establishment (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University College London (48 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Loughborough University (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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, 17.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.17% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.57% of all publications and 47.83% 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

  • Performance evaluation of building-integrated photovoltaic systems for residential buildings in southern India:

    P Ramanan;K Kalidasa Murugavel;A Karthick;K Sudhakar;K Sudhakar

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Building performance evaluation: Balancing energy and indoor environmental quality in a UK school building:

    Nishesh Jain;Esfand Burman;Craig Robertson;Samuel Stamp

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Building integrated photovoltaic modules and the integration of phase change materials for equatorial applications

    A Karthick;K Kalidasa Murugavel;K Sudalaiyandi;A Muthu Manokar

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Performance assessment of free standing and building integrated grid connected photovoltaic system for southern part of India

    VS Chandrika;M Mohamed Thalib;Alagar Karthick;Ravishankar Sathyamurthy

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • What do we know about indoor air quality of nurseries? A review of the literature:

    Shuo Zhang;D Mumovic;Samuel Stamp;Katherine Curran

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Window operation behaviour and indoor air quality during lockdown: A monitoring-based simulation-assisted study in London:

    Farhang Tahmasebi;Yan Wang;Elizabeth Cooper;Daniel Godoy Shimizu

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Energy performance and loss analysis of 100 kWp grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic system:

    Anupama KhareSaxena;Seema Saxena;K Sudhakar;K Sudhakar

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • A review of approaches and applications in building stock energy and indoor environment modelling

    (2023)
    20 Citations
  • Experimental evaluation of desiccant dehumidification and air-conditioning system for energy-efficient storage of dried fruits:

    Muhammad H Mahmood;Muhammad Sultan;Takahiko Miyazaki;Takahiko Miyazaki

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Associations between indoor soundscapes, building services and window opening behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown:

    Simone Torresin;Rossano Albatici;Francesco Aletta;Francesco Babich

    (2021)
    17 Citations

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