| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 59 | 119 | 521 | 79 |
Cement and Concrete Research is organized to address concerns in the fields of Composite material, Cement, Portland cement, Mineralogy and Chemical engineering. Compressive strength, Mortar, Porosity, Microstructure and Fly ash studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Composite material presented. Issues in Compressive strength were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ultimate tensile strength, Flexural strength and Curing (chemistry).
Shrinkage and Aggregate (composite) are some topics wherein Mortar research discussed in the journal have an impact. The presentations focused mostly on Cement in an attempt to further explore topics in Metallurgy. Corrosion is a major topic of Metallurgy research presented in it.
Some problems in Portland cement that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Slag and Ground granulated blast-furnace slag. The overlapping concepts between Ettringite and Gypsum are the key highlights of Mineralogy study. More specifically, the research on Chemical engineering in it is related to Dissolution.
The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Composite material, Cement, Portland cement, Compressive strength and Mineralogy. While Cement is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Curing (chemistry) and Chemical engineering. The published papers focus on Portland cement but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Slag, Ground granulated blast-furnace slag and Waste management.
Cement and Concrete Research is mainly concerned with subjects like Chemical engineering, Cementitious, Cement, Composite material and Microstructure. The concepts on Chemical engineering presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Portland cement, Structure property, Phase (matter) and Aluminosilicate. Cement and Concrete Research explores research in Cementitious alongside concepts in Kinetics and other areas of study in Phosphoric acid, Chloride, Precipitation (chemistry), Inorganic chemistry and Corrosion.
The research on Cement tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Fly ash and Viscosity. Composite material works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Compressive strength. In addition to Microstructure research, it aims to explore topics under Mixing (physics), Iron oxide and Ye'elimite.
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 and Concrete Research (based on the number of publications) are:
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 and Concrete Research (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 30.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 44.44% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
V. Mechtcherine;F.P. Bos;A. Perrot;W.R. Leal da Silva
(2020)Ahmed Z. Khalifa;Özlem Cizer;Yiannis Pontikes;Andrew Heath
(2020)Meenakshi Sharma;Shashank Bishnoi;Fernando Martirena;Karen Scrivener
(2021)Bo-Tao Huang;Jiaqi Wu;Jing Yu;Jian-Guo Dai
(2021)Yu Chen;Stefan Chaves Figueiredo;Stefan Chaves Figueiredo;Zhenming Li;Ze Chang
(2020)Franco Zunino;Karen Scrivener
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(2020)R.A. Buswell;W.R. Leal da Silva;F.P. Bos;H.R. Schipper
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