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Canadian Geotechnical Journal
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Canadian Geotechnical Journal

0008-3674

Published by: Canadian Science Publishing

https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/cgj

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 87 107 314 29
Engineering and Technology 224 114 336 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 198
Documents by Best Scientists*: 450
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 158
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.402
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Canadian Geotechnical Journal?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Geotechnical engineering, Soil water, Structural engineering, Consolidation (soil) and Pile. The studies in Geotechnical engineering featured incorporate elements of Shear (geology), Mineralogy and Finite element method. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Soil water and the similar topic of Water content.

  • Geotechnical engineering (95.69%)
  • Soil water (13.85%)
  • Structural engineering (9.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Equations for the soil-water characteristic curve (1864 citations)
  • Characterization of geotechnical variability (1245 citations)
  • The shear strength of unsaturated soils (1046 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Canadian Geotechnical Journal:

The journal papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Geotechnical engineering, Soil water, Structural engineering, Consolidation (soil) and Landslide. The published articles facilitate discussions on Geotechnical engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Hydraulic conductivity, Mineralogy and Soil mechanics. The most cited articles with studies in Soil water featured incorporate elements of Shear (geology) and Water content.

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

  • Composite material
  • Structural engineering
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Geotechnical engineering, Soil water, Pile, Field (physics) and Tailings. The Geotechnical engineering study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Deformation (meteorology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effects of electrokinetic phenomena on the load-bearing capacity of different steel and concrete piles: a small-scale experimental study (19 citations)
  • Undrained triaxial tests on water-saturated methane hydrate–bearing clayey-silty sediments of the South China Sea (16 citations)
  • Strength and permeability of bentonite-assisted biocemented coarse sand (12 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 Canadian Geotechnical Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Charles Wang Wai Ng (80 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Delwyn G. Fredlund (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • R. Kerry Rowe (63 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Serge Leroueil (53 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Robert P. Chapuis (48 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 Canadian Geotechnical Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (107 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Queen's University (89 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of British Columbia (57 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Australia (57 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Ontario (55 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 4.31% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 33.00% 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

  • Strength and permeability of bentonite-assisted biocemented coarse sand

    Guoliang Ma;Xiang He;Xiang Jiang;Hanlong Liu

    (2021)
    187 Citations
  • Undrained triaxial tests on water-saturated methane hydrate–bearing clayey-silty sediments of the South China Sea

    Lei Wang;Xiang Sun;Shi Shen;Peng Wu

    (2021)
    133 Citations
  • Dynamic response of pile groups subjected to horizontal loads

    Lubao Luan;Xuanming Ding;Changjie Zheng;George Kouretzis

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Investigation of particle breakage under one-dimensional compression of sand using X-ray microtomography

    Budi Zhao;Jianfeng Wang;Edward Andò;Gioacchino Viggiani

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • New method to calculate apparent phase velocity of open-ended pipe pile

    Wenbing Wu;Wenbing Wu;Wenbing Wu;Hao Liu;Xiaoyan Yang;Guosheng Jiang

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Bayesian Neural Network-based Uncertainty Modelling: Application to Soil Compressibility and Undrained Shear Strength Prediction

    Pin Zhang;Zhen-Yu Yin;Yin-Fu Jin

    (2021)
    71 Citations

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