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Computers and Chemical Engineering
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Computers and Chemical Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 111 192 627 42

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 369
Documents by Best Scientists*: 899
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 22
SCIMAGO H-index: 164
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.872
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Computers & Chemical Engineering?

Computers & Chemical Engineering explores disciplines such as Mathematical optimization, Control theory, Process engineering, Process (engineering) and Nonlinear system. It explores topics in Mathematical optimization which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Algorithm and Nonlinear programming. Topics in Control theory were tackled in line with various other fields like Control engineering, Process control, Process (computing) and Model predictive control.

In addition to Process engineering research, the journal aims to explore topics under Distillation and Waste management. The Distillation study tackling the subject of Fractionating column is the focus of Computers & Chemical Engineering. The study on Process (engineering) presented in Computers & Chemical Engineering intersects with the topics under Systems engineering.

  • Mathematical optimization (27.65%)
  • Control theory (13.89%)
  • Process engineering (10.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Review of Process Fault Detection and Diagnosis Part I : Quantitative Model-Based Methods (2129 citations)
  • A plant-wide industrial process control problem (2050 citations)
  • Model predictive control: past, present and future (1837 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Computers & Chemical Engineering:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Mathematical optimization, Process (engineering), Control theory, Nonlinear system and Algorithm. Mathematical optimization study tackled in the published articles is connected to the field of Nonlinear programming. In addition to Process (engineering) research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Process engineering, Systems engineering and Artificial intelligence.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics
  • Operating system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Computers & Chemical Engineering was organized to reinforce research efforts on Process engineering, Mathematical optimization, Power (physics), Methanol and Nuclear engineering. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Process engineering, it also covered topics in Scientific method, Productivity and Intracellular reactive oxygen species. In addition to Mathematical optimization research, Computers & Chemical Engineering aims to explore topics under Production (economics) and Consolidation (soil).

The research on Power (physics) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Membrane reactor and Modeling and simulation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Modeling and simulation of a steam-selective membrane reactor for power-to-methanol (0 citations)
  • ElChemo: A Cross-Domain Interoperability between Chemical and Electrical Systems in a Plant (0 citations)
  • Sensitivity analysis and optimization to reduce dry weight and footprint of FPSO processing plants in a high CO2 oil field (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 Computers & Chemical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ignacio E. Grossmann (245 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos (112 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lorenz T. Biegler (107 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rafiqul Gani (101 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christodoulos A. Floudas (77 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 Computers & Chemical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carnegie Mellon University (429 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Imperial College London (294 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Purdue University (175 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (137 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (133 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, 8.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.18% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 54.55% 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

  • Process systems engineering – The generation next?

    Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos;Ana Barbosa-Póvoa;Jay H. Lee;Ruth Misener

    (2021)
    225 Citations
  • Green hydrogen for industrial sector decarbonization: Costs and impacts on hydrogen economy in qatar

    Monzure-Khoda Kazi;Fadwa T. Eljack;Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi;Mohamed Haouari

    (2021)
    161 Citations
  • A review on superstructure optimization approaches in process system engineering

    Luca Mencarelli;Qi Chen;Alexandre Pagot;Ignacio E. Grossmann

    (2020)
    156 Citations
  • A review on robust M-estimators for regression analysis

    D. Q. F. de Menezes;Diego Martinez Prata;Argimiro R. Secchi;José Carlos Pinto

    (2021)
    150 Citations
  • Recent developments on sewage sludge pyrolysis and its kinetics: Resources recovery, thermogravimetric platforms, and innovative prospects

    Salman Raza Naqvi;Rumaisa Tariq;Muhammad Shahbaz;Muhammad Naqvi

    (2021)
    145 Citations
  • Quantum computing based hybrid solution strategies for large-scale discrete-continuous optimization problems

    Akshay Ajagekar;Travis Humble;Fengqi You

    (2020)
    141 Citations
  • A deep reinforcement learning approach for chemical production scheduling

    Christian D. Hubbs;Can Li;Nikolaos V. Sahinidis;Ignacio E. Grossmann

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • A tutorial review of neural network modeling approaches for model predictive control

    (2022)
    126 Citations
  • An analysis of process fault diagnosis methods from safety perspectives

    Rajeevan Arunthavanathan;Faisal Khan;Salim Ahmed;Syed Imtiaz

    (2021)
    114 Citations
  • Circular Economy - A challenge and an opportunity for Process Systems Engineering

    Styliani Avraamidou;Stefanos G. Baratsas;Yuhe Tian;Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

    (2020)
    107 Citations

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