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Computational Mechanics
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Computational Mechanics

0178-7675

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/466

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 41 116 268 36
Mathematics 221 18 24 12
Engineering and Technology 293 80 145 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 237
Documents by Best Scientists*: 417
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 127
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.256
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Computational Mechanics?

The scientific interests tackled in Computational Mechanics are Finite element method, Mathematical analysis, Numerical analysis, Mechanics and Applied mathematics. The research on Finite element method featured in Computational Mechanics combines topics in other fields like Discretization and Nonlinear system. Mathematical analysis research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Boundary element method, Singular boundary method, Geometry and Boundary (topology).

The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Singular boundary method as it also encompasses Boundary knot method. Specifically, studies on Method of fundamental solutions are prevalent in the Boundary knot method works discussed. The in-depth study on Numerical analysis also explores topics in the intersecting field of Algorithm.

Mechanics study tackled is connected to the field of Classical mechanics. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Applied mathematics as it also encompasses Mathematical optimization. Research on Structural engineering presented in Computational Mechanics focuses, in particular, on Fracture mechanics and Constitutive equation.

  • Finite element method (39.21%)
  • Mathematical analysis (35.34%)
  • Numerical analysis (16.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A new Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) approach in computational mechanics (1910 citations)
  • Generalizing the finite element method: Diffuse approximation and diffuse elements (1620 citations)
  • Isogeometric fluid-structure interaction: theory, algorithms, and computations (681 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Computational Mechanics:

The journal papers investigate areas of study like Finite element method, Mathematical analysis, Numerical analysis, Applied mathematics and Structural engineering. The most cited articles explore topics in Finite element method which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Mechanics and Nonlinear system. The published articles explore issues in Mathematical analysis which can be linked to other research areas like Boundary element method, Geometry and Boundary (topology).

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Computational Mechanics is organized to address concerns in the fields of Finite element method, Mathematical analysis, Applied mathematics, Mechanics and Discretization. The close relationship between Algorithm and Artificial neural network and Computational mechanics is one of the points of interest dissected in Finite element method research. The study of Mathematical analysis encompasses disciplines such as Finite strain theory, as well as fields such as Constitutive equation, all of which overlap with one another.

The Applied mathematics works featured in it incorporate elements from Polygon mesh, Quadrature (mathematics), Collocation method, Multiphysics and Nonlinear system. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Mechanics, it also covered topics in Isotropy, Stress (mechanics), Anisotropy and Plasticity. It explores issues in Discretization which can be linked to other research areas like Flow (mathematics), Boundary (topology), Isogeometric analysis and Computational science.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Machine learning for metal additive manufacturing: predicting temperature and melt pool fluid dynamics using physics-informed neural networks (13 citations)
  • Gas turbine computational flow and structure analysis with isogeometric discretization and a complex-geometry mesh generation method (10 citations)
  • Adaptive mesh refinement and coarsening for diffusion-reaction epidemiological models. (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.

The top authors publishing in Computational Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tayfun E. Tezduyar (87 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peter Wriggers (66 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kenji Takizawa (61 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wing Kam Liu (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Satya N. Atluri (49 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 Computational Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rice University (88 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Leibniz University of Hanover (88 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Northwestern University (78 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • National University of Singapore (64 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia (60 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 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, 7.18% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.83% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • The reproduction number of COVID-19 and its correlation with public health interventions

    Kevin Linka;Mathias Peirlinck;Ellen Kuhl

    (2020)
    236 Citations
  • A physics-informed neural network technique based on a modified loss function for computational 2D and 3D solid mechanics

    (2022)
    127 Citations
  • A general phase-field model for fatigue failure in brittle and ductile solids

    Karlo Seleš;Fadi Aldakheel;Zdenko Tonković;Jurica Sorić

    (2021)
    124 Citations
  • Hierarchical deep-learning neural networks: finite elements and beyond

    (2020)
    112 Citations
  • A phase-field model of thermo-elastic coupled brittle fracture with explicit time integration

    Tao Wang;Xuan Ye;Zhanli Liu;Xiaoming Liu

    (2020)
    89 Citations
  • Diffusion-reaction compartmental models formulated in a continuum mechanics framework: application to COVID-19, mathematical analysis, and numerical study.

    Alex Viguerie;Alessandro Veneziani;Guillermo Lorenzo;Davide Baroli

    (2020)
    87 Citations
  • Heart valve isogeometric sequentially-coupled FSI analysis with the space–time topology change method

    Takuya Terahara;Kenji Takizawa;Tayfun E. Tezduyar;Tayfun E. Tezduyar;Yuri Bazilevs

    (2020)
    82 Citations

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