Coastal Engineering

Top Research Topics at Coastal Engineering?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Geotechnical engineering, Mechanics, Breaking wave, Sediment transport and Hydrology. In addition to Geotechnical engineering research, the journal aims to explore topics under Flume, Wave height and Shear stress. The Mechanics works featured in it incorporate elements from Wave propagation, Wind wave and Dissipation.

The research on Wave propagation discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Surface wave. Wind wave research discussed connects with the study of Meteorology. The studies in Breaking wave featured incorporate elements of Wave shoaling and Surf zone.

Sediment transport research presented in Coastal Engineering encompasses a variety of subjects, including Shore and Swash. The study of Shore, which falls within the realm of Oceanography, was the main focus of the presentations. The majority of Hydrology studies presented zero in on Erosion.

• Geotechnical engineering (25.55%)
• Mechanics (22.52%)
• Breaking wave (11.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Development and validation of a three-dimensional morphological model (1185 citations)
• Modelling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands (794 citations)
• Empirical parameterization of setup, swash, and runup (746 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Coastal Engineering:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Mechanics, Geotechnical engineering, Breaking wave, Meteorology and Sediment transport. Issues in Mechanics were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Wave shoaling and Classical mechanics. While Breaking wave is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Wave height, Surf zone and Dissipation.

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

• Statistics
• Ecology
• Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Coastal Engineering focuses largely on the fields of Mechanics, Storm, Flow (psychology), Breaking wave and Wave height. Topics in Mechanics were tackled in line with various other fields like Wave model and Nonlinear system. Storm research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Meteorology.

Breaking wave study tackled is connected to the field of Crest. The subject of Dissipation, which is connected to the field of Wavelength, serves as the foundation of the Wave height research featured in Coastal Engineering. Coastal Engineering focuses on Swash but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Sediment transport and Bathymetry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Numerical simulation of impulse wave generation by idealized landslides with OpenFOAM (10 citations)
• Satellite optical imagery in Coastal Engineering (7 citations)
• Wave and structure interaction using multi-domain couplings for Navier-Stokes solvers in OpenFOAM®. Part I: Implementation and validation (7 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Coastal Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• Tom E. Baldock (62 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Inigo J. Losada (52 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Peter Nielsen (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Miguel A. Losada (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Philip L.-F. Liu (43 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Coastal Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• Delft University of Technology (205 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Cantabria (107 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Plymouth (101 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Queensland (95 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Delaware (90 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 5.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.17% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.03% of all publications and 37.66% 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.