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Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
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Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

0935-1175

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/161

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 130 49 128 19
Engineering and Technology 495 22 40 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 92
Documents by Best Scientists*: 176
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.575
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics?

The journal investigates areas of study like Structural material, Mechanics, Classical mechanics, Mathematical analysis and Thermodynamics. The research on Structural material tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stress (mechanics), Finite element method, Constitutive equation and Plasticity. The work on Mechanics addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Dissipation.

The Classical mechanics study featured in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics draws parallels with the field of Isotropy. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Mathematical analysis, apply to Nonlinear system as well. The Thermodynamics works, particularly on Non-equilibrium thermodynamics are tackled in the journal.

  • Structural material (28.62%)
  • Mechanics (25.94%)
  • Classical mechanics (22.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Ferroelectric and ferroelastic piezoceramics – modeling of electromechanical hysteresis phenomena (332 citations)
  • The relaxation of a double-well energy (305 citations)
  • Heat pulse experiments revisited (279 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics:

The most cited publications focus largely on the fields of Classical mechanics, Mechanics, Structural material, Mathematical analysis and Constitutive equation. The journal publications explore research in Statistical physics and overlapping concepts in Entropy (classical thermodynamics) to expand the discourse in Classical mechanics. The study of Mechanics in the published papers encompasses disciplines such as Plasticity, as well as fields such as Dissipative system, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Structural material, Mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Boundary value problem and Constitutive equation. The featured Structural material studies mainly concentrate on Finite element method but also cover areas of interest in Shell (structure) and Applied mathematics. It facilitates discussions on Mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Homogenization (chemistry), Relaxation (physics), Deformation (meteorology), Dissipation and Thermal conduction.

Topics in Mathematical analysis explored in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics were investigated in conjunction with research in Isotropy, Bending, Elasticity (physics) and Nonlinear system. Some problems in Boundary value problem that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Beam (structure) and Displacement (vector). The work on Constitutive equation tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Classical mechanics and Tensor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Numerical insights on the structural assessment of historical masonry stellar vaults: the case of Santa Maria del Monte in Cagliari (23 citations)
  • Static finite element analysis of thin laminated strain gradient nanoplates in hygro-thermal environment (11 citations)
  • Nonlinear stress-driven nonlocal formulation of Timoshenko beams made of FGMs (10 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 Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kolumban Hutter (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfgang H. Müller (31 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Gilberto M. Kremer (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Victor A. Eremeyev (19 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tommaso Ruggeri (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Technical University of Berlin (81 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (39 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Bologna (34 papers) published 3 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, 7.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.14% of all publications and 41.78% 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

  • Computational analysis of an infinite magneto-thermoelastic solid periodically dispersed with varying heat flow based on non-local Moore–Gibson–Thompson approach

    Ahmed E. Abouelregal;Hamid Mohammad-Sedighi;Ali H. Shirazi;Mohammad Malikan

    (2021)
    72 Citations
  • Micromechanics-based elasto-plastic–damage energy formulation for strain gradient solids with granular microstructure

    Luca Placidi;Emilio Barchiesi;Emilio Barchiesi;Anil Misra;Dmitry Timofeev

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • Lattice shells composed of two families of curved Kirchhoff rods: an archetypal example, topology optimization of a cycloidal metamaterial

    Ivan Giorgio

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Thermal buckling of functionally graded piezomagnetic micro- and nanobeams presenting the flexomagnetic effect

    Mohammad Malikan;Tomasz Wiczenbach;Victor A. Eremeyev;Victor A. Eremeyev

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • A Biot–Cosserat two-dimensional elastic nonlinear model for a micromorphic medium

    Ivan Giorgio;Michele De Angelo;Emilio Turco;Anil Misra

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Chiral metamaterial predicted by granular micromechanics: verified with 1D example synthesized using additive manufacturing

    Anil Misra;Nima Nejadsadeghi;Michele De Angelo;Luca Placidi

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Hygrothermal modeling of the buckling behavior of sandwich plates with nanocomposite face sheets resting on a Pasternak foundation

    Faraz Kiarasi;Masoud Babaei;Rossana Dimitri;Francesco Tornabene

    (2021)
    34 Citations

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