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Cement and Concrete Composites

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 57 163 778 81

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 369
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1038
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 233
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.446
Impact Factor: 13.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cement & Concrete Composites?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Composite material, Cement, Compressive strength, Mortar and Portland cement. As a part of it, discussions in Composite material involve topics like Flexural strength, Ultimate tensile strength, Cementitious, Fly ash and Durability. The journal focuses on Flexural strength as well as the interrelated topic of Fiber.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Ultimate tensile strength, it also covered topics in Composite number and Structural engineering. Most of the Durability studies addressed also intersect with Carbonation. While Cement is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Porosity, Chemical engineering and Microstructure.

The study of Compressive strength encompasses disciplines such as Shrinkage, as well as fields such as Cracking, all of which overlap with one another. The Portland cement study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Ground granulated blast-furnace slag. Corrosion and Slag are all areas of Metallurgy tackled in it.

  • Composite material (64.82%)
  • Cement (34.42%)
  • Compressive strength (21.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Metakaolin and calcined clays as pozzolans for concrete: a review (790 citations)
  • The greening of the concrete industry (720 citations)
  • Mechanical behaviour of concrete made with fine recycled concrete aggregates (580 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cement & Concrete Composites:

The journal papers primarily focus on research topics in Composite material, Cement, Compressive strength, Portland cement and Durability. Research in the field of Metallurgy was used to conduct the presented Cement studies in the published papers. The published papers explore topics in Compressive strength which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Curing (chemistry), Porosity, Aggregate (composite) and Strength of materials.

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

  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry
  • Structural engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Composite material, Cement, Compressive strength, Mortar and Aggregate (composite) are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. It features Composite material research that overlaps with concepts in Work (thermodynamics). The journal facilitates discussions on Cement that incorporate concepts from other fields like Slag, Flexural strength, Fly ash, Composite number and Chemical engineering.

The studies in Composite number featured incorporate elements of Metallurgy, Corrosion and Smart polymer. Topics in Compressive strength explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Ultimate tensile strength, Cementitious and Microstructure. It addresses concerns in the field of Mortar by exploring it in line with topics in Absorption of water which intersect with Nanoparticle and Casting subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effects of unconventional fly ashes on cementitious paste properties (1 citations)
  • High-strength high-ductility Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC) incorporating geopolymer fine aggregates (1 citations)
  • Digital fabrication of eco-friendly ultra-high performance fiber-reinforced concrete (0 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 Cement & Concrete Composites (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chi Sun Poon (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Caijun Shi (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kamal H. Khayat (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dale P. Bentz (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Surendra P. Shah (41 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 Cement & Concrete Composites (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Southeast University (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (82 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tongji University (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ghent University (68 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 2022 edition, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% 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 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.

Top Publications

  • Fiber-reinforced geopolymer composites: A review

    Navid Ranjbar;Mingzhong Zhang

    (2020)
    577 Citations
  • Large-scale 3D printing concrete technology: Current status and future opportunities

    Jianzhuang Xiao;Guangchao Ji;Yamei Zhang;Guowei Ma

    (2021)
    436 Citations
  • A review on the deterioration and approaches to enhance the durability of concrete in the marine environment

    Yong Yi;Deju Zhu;Shuaicheng Guo;Zuhua Zhang

    (2020)
    385 Citations
  • Mix design concepts for 3D printable concrete: A review

    Chao Zhang;Venkatesh Naidu Nerella;Anurag Krishna;Shen Wang

    (2021)
    353 Citations
  • Ultra-high-strength engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Material design and effect of fiber hybridization

    Unknown

    (2022)
    331 Citations
  • Mechanical and fracture properties of ultra-high performance geopolymer concrete: Effects of steel fiber and silica fume

    Yiwei Liu;Caijun Shi;Zuhua Zhang;Ning Li

    (2020)
    328 Citations
  • Extrusion-based concrete 3D printing from a material perspective : a state-of-the-art review

    Manu K. Mohan;A.V. Rahul;Geert De Schutter;Kim Van Tittelboom

    (2021)
    328 Citations
  • Development of ultra-high performance geopolymer concrete (UHPGC): Influence of steel fiber on mechanical properties

    Yiwei Liu;Zuhua Zhang;Caijun Shi;Deju Zhu

    (2020)
    266 Citations
  • Long-term shrinkage and mechanical properties of fully recycled aggregate concrete: Testing and modelling

    (2022)
    210 Citations
  • Spalling behavior of metakaolin-fly ash based geopolymer concrete under elevated temperature exposure

    Hai Yan Zhang;Guang Hong Qiu;Venkatesh Kodur;Zhen Sheng Yuan

    (2020)
    191 Citations

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