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Developments in the Built Environment
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Developments in the Built Environment

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 436 64 96 18
Environmental Sciences 714 10 8 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 148
Documents by Best Scientists*: 176
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 36
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.516
Impact Factor: 8.2

Top Publications

  • Machine learning in construction: From shallow to deep learning

    Yayin Xu;Ying Zhou;Przemyslaw Sekula;Przemyslaw Sekula;Lieyun Ding

    (2021)
    281 Citations
  • Building Information Modelling, Artificial Intelligence and Construction Tech

    Rafael Sacks;Rafael Sacks;Mark Girolami;Ioannis Brilakis

    (2020)
    231 Citations
  • Review of State of the Art of Dowel Laminated Timber Members and Densified Wood Materials as Sustainable Engineered Wood Products for Construction and Building Applications

    Adeayo Sotayo;Daniel Bradley;Michael Bather;Pooya Sareh

    (2020)
    142 Citations
  • A state-of-art review on development and progress of backfill grouting materials for shield tunneling

    Unknown

    (2023)
    131 Citations
  • Recent advancements and future trends in 3D concrete printing using waste materials

    Unknown

    (2023)
    114 Citations
  • Automated damage diagnosis of concrete jack arch beam using optimized deep stacked autoencoders and multi-sensor fusion

    (2023)
    93 Citations
  • A method for automated bolt-loosening monitoring and assessment using impedance technique and deep learning

    Unknown

    (2023)
    75 Citations
  • Masonry patterns' influence on the damage assessment of URM walls: Current and future trends

    (2023)
    66 Citations
  • Advanced Engineering Informatics - Philosophical and methodological foundations with examples from civil and construction engineering

    Timo Hartmann;Amy Trappey

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Achieving net-zero carbon emissions in construction supply chains – A multidimensional analysis of residential building systems

    Ida Karlsson;Johan Rootzén;Filip Johnsson;Martin Erlandsson

    (2021)
    55 Citations

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