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Engineering Fracture Mechanics
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Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 30 179 437 41
Engineering and Technology 106 206 415 43
Materials Science 206 183 346 37

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 603
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1031
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 166
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.255
Impact Factor: 5.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Engineering Fracture Mechanics?

Structural engineering, Composite material, Fracture mechanics, Stress intensity factor and Fracture (geology) are among the topics commonly tackled in Engineering Fracture Mechanics. The journal facilitates discussions on Structural engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mechanics and Stress (mechanics). The journal covers various topics on Composite material such as Fracture toughness, Ultimate tensile strength, Toughness, Brittleness and Strain energy release rate.

While it focused on Fracture mechanics, it was also able to explore topics like Fissure, Metallurgy, Cracking and Plasticity. Topics in Stress intensity factor explored in Engineering Fracture Mechanics were investigated in conjunction with research in Plane stress, Mathematical analysis, Geometry, Edge (geometry) and Stress field. Fracture (geology) research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Bending and Tension (physics).

The journal links adjacent topics like Crack closure with Stress concentration. The Finite element method study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Numerical analysis.

  • Structural engineering (43.57%)
  • Composite material (41.35%)
  • Fracture mechanics (34.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fracture characteristics of three metals subjected to various strains, strain rates, temperatures and pressures (3545 citations)
  • A finite element calculation of stress intensity factors by a modified crack closure integral (1870 citations)
  • Fatigue crack closure under cyclic tension (1582 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Engineering Fracture Mechanics:

The most cited publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Structural engineering, Composite material, Fracture mechanics, Stress intensity factor and Crack closure. The journal papers hold forums on Structural engineering that merge themes from other disciplines such as Mechanics and Stress (mechanics). The published papers facilitate discussions on Fracture mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Brittleness, Geotechnical engineering and Fissure.

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 Engineering Fracture Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alberto Carpinteri (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yun Jae Kim (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Majid R. Ayatollahi (39 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert H. Dodds (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Filippo Berto (37 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 Engineering Fracture Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Delft University of Technology (139 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (114 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (114 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (113 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (98 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 2021 edition, 6.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.91% of all publications and 59.41% 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

  • A machine-learning fatigue life prediction approach of additively manufactured metals

    Hongyixi Bao;Shengchuan Wu;Shengchuan Wu;Zhengkai Wu;Guozheng Kang

    (2021)
    277 Citations
  • A review of phase-field models, fundamentals and their applications to composite laminates

    Tinh Quoc Bui;Tinh Quoc Bui;Xiaofei Hu

    (2021)
    240 Citations
  • Mesoscale modelling of concrete – A review of geometry generation, placing algorithms, constitutive relations and applications

    P.S.M. Thilakarathna;K.S. Kristombu Baduge;P. Mendis;V. Vimonsatit

    (2020)
    215 Citations
  • Effect of the manufacturing parameters on the tensile and fracture properties of FDM 3D-printed PLA specimens

    Unknown

    (2022)
    198 Citations
  • Hydraulic fracture vertical propagation behavior in transversely isotropic layered shale formation with transition zone using XFEM-based CZM method

    Peng Tan;Peng Tan;Yan Jin;Huiwen Pang

    (2021)
    161 Citations
  • Phase field modelling and computer implementation: A review

    (2022)
    147 Citations
  • Modelling fracture process zone width and length for quasi-brittle fracture of rock, concrete and ceramics

    Unknown

    (2022)
    139 Citations

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