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Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
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Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

1570-761X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10518

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 100 50 142 28
Engineering and Technology 192 108 308 32

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 174
Documents by Best Scientists*: 434
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 99
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.242
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Structural engineering, Hydrogeology, Seismology, Structural geology and Geotechnical engineering. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering tackles studies in Nonlinear system and the interrelated subject of Displacement (vector) to gain insights into Structural engineering. The Hydrogeology works featured in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering incorporate elements from Geodesy, Ground motion, Soil structure interaction, Shear (geology) and Range (statistics).

The research on Seismology discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Magnitude (mathematics). The journal covers research in Geotechnical engineering, particularly Liquefaction, Foundation (engineering) and Earthquake shaking table and how they are related with concepts in Centrifuge. The journal explores topics in Masonry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Infill and Forensic engineering.

The studies on Seismic hazard discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Seismic risk and Incremental Dynamic Analysis. Seismic risk studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Civil engineering. Many of the studies tackled connect Civil engineering with a similar field of study like Vulnerability assessment.

  • Structural engineering (47.80%)
  • Hydrogeology (31.73%)
  • Seismology (19.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Equations for the Estimation of Strong Ground Motions from Shallow Crustal Earthquakes Using Data from Europe and the Middle East: Horizontal Peak Ground Acceleration and Spectral Acceleration (465 citations)
  • Macroseismic and mechanical models for the vulnerability and damage assessment of current buildings (413 citations)
  • REXEL: computer aided record selection for code-based seismic structural analysis (357 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering:

Structural engineering, Hydrogeology, Seismology, Geotechnical engineering and Masonry are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. The most cited papers address concerns in Structural engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Displacement (vector) and Nonlinear system. The published papers explore issues in Geotechnical engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Soil structure interaction, Stiffness and Reinforced concrete.

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

  • Structural engineering
  • Statistics
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Structural engineering, Hydrogeology, Masonry, Structural geology and Seismic risk are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. In addition to Structural engineering research, it aims to explore topics under Residual and Nonlinear system. It focuses on Hydrogeology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Soil structure interaction, Seismology, Seismic hazard, Liquefaction and Range (statistics).

The featured Liquefaction works encompass concepts such as Soil liquefaction and examines them in conjunction with Centrifuge. The research on Masonry featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Benchmark (surveying), Roof, Infill and Forensic engineering. Topics in Seismic risk were tackled in line with various other fields like Earthquake engineering, Econometrics, Risk assessment and Vulnerability (computing).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Empirical fragility curves for Italian URM buildings (23 citations)
  • Seismic risk assessment of residential buildings in Italy (22 citations)
  • IRMA platform for the calculation of damages and risks of Italian residential buildings (17 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 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lucia Luzi (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Gaetano Manfredi (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mauro Dolce (29 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Francesca Pacor (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pierre-Yves Bard (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Naples Federico II (118 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (110 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (69 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pavia (63 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Polytechnic University of Milan (63 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 11.83% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.61% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.98% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.29% of all publications and 45.12% 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

  • The Italian earthquake catalogue CPTI15

    Andrea Rovida;Mario Locati;Romano Camassi;Barbara Lolli

    (2020)
    353 Citations
  • Seismic risk assessment of residential buildings in Italy

    Mauro Dolce;Andrea Prota;Barbara Borzi;Francesca da Porto

    (2021)
    236 Citations
  • Empirical fragility curves for Italian residential RC buildings

    A. Rosti;C. Del Gaudio;M. Rota;P. Ricci

    (2021)
    155 Citations
  • The heuristic vulnerability model: fragility curves for masonry buildings

    Sergio Lagomarsino;Serena Cattari;Daria Ottonelli

    (2021)
    150 Citations
  • Empirical fragility curves for Italian URM buildings

    Annalisa Rosti;Maria Rota;Andrea Penna

    (2021)
    146 Citations
  • A regionally-adaptable ground-motion model for shallow crustal earthquakes in Europe

    Sreeram Reddy Kotha;Sreeram Reddy Kotha;Graeme Weatherill;Dino Bindi;Fabrice Cotton

    (2020)
    144 Citations
  • Numerical simulation of the seismic response and soil–structure interaction for a monitored masonry school building damaged by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake

    A. Brunelli;F. de Silva;A. Piro;F. Parisi

    (2021)
    116 Citations
  • Analytical and numerical seismic assessment of heritage masonry towers

    Giacomo Torelli;Dina D’Ayala;Michele Betti;Gianni Bartoli

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Selection and spectral matching of recorded ground motions for seismic fragility analyses

    (2022)
    75 Citations
  • Optimum parameters and performance of negative stiffness and inerter based dampers for base-isolated structures

    (2022)
    70 Citations

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