Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Top Research Topics at Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics?

Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics was organized to reinforce research efforts on Structural engineering, Earthquake engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Stiffness and Vibration. In the journal, Displacement (vector) and Nonlinear system are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Structural engineering research. Earthquake engineering research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Control theory, Acceleration, Structural system and Damper.

The Geotechnical engineering works featured in it incorporate elements from Shear (geology) and Masonry.

• Structural engineering (54.11%)
• Earthquake engineering (25.29%)
• Geotechnical engineering (15.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Incremental dynamic analysis (2345 citations)
• Improved numerical dissipation for time integration algorithms in structural dynamics (1721 citations)
• A modal pushover analysis procedure for estimating seismic demands for buildings (891 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Structural engineering, Earthquake engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Stiffness and Vibration. The journal articles hold forums on Structural engineering that merge themes from other disciplines such as Displacement (vector) and Acceleration. The most cited articles explore topics in Earthquake engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Frame (networking), Ground motion, Incremental Dynamic Analysis, Nonlinear system and Range (statistics).

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

• Structural engineering
• Statistics
• Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics primarily focuses on research topics in Structural engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Nonlinear system, Ground motion and Earthquake shaking table. Structural engineering studies presented in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics focus on topics such as Reinforced concrete, Bridge (interpersonal), Earthquake engineering, Finite element method and Seismic analysis. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics focuses on Geotechnical engineering as well as the interrelated topic of Soil structure interaction.

The featured Ground motion research is covered under the field of Seismology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Seismic performance of dual systems coupling moment‐resisting and buckling‐restrained braced frames (8 citations)
• Shake table testing of a rocking podium: Results of a blind prediction contest (7 citations)
• Seismic fragility assessment of masonry building aggregates: A case study in the old city Centre of Seixal, Portugal (6 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 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Anil K. Chopra (104 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Masayoshi Nakashima (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John P. Wolf (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Keh-Chyuan Tsai (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter Fajfar (39 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of California, Berkeley (302 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• National Taiwan University (117 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Kyoto University (101 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (100 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of California, San Diego (91 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 2.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 32.37% 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.