Engineering Geology

Top Research Topics at Engineering Geology?

The journal facilitates discussions on Geotechnical engineering, Landslide, Mineralogy, Seismology and Soil water. Engineering Geology focused on Geotechnical engineering research but expanded to cover Shear (geology). Landslide research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Hydrology and Debris.

Groundwater is a major topic of Hydrology research. Specifically, studies on Aquifer are prevalent in the Groundwater works discussed. The journal is focused mainly on Debris, particularly Debris flow.

The research on Mineralogy discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Porosity. It concentrates on Seismology topics that focus on Induced seismicity and Fault (geology). Engineering Geology tackles topics on Soil water, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Soil science.

• Geotechnical engineering (38.09%)
• Landslide (14.51%)
• Mineralogy (9.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Remediation technologies for metal-contaminated soils and groundwater: an evaluation (1115 citations)
• Guidelines for landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk zoning for land-use planning (885 citations)
• Review of a new shear-strength criterion for rock joints (859 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Engineering Geology:

The published papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Geotechnical engineering, Landslide, Mineralogy, Hydrology and Slope stability. In addition to Geotechnical engineering research, the journal publications aim to explore topics under Compressive strength and Soil water, Soil mechanics. While Landslide is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Debris and Site analysis.

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

• Composite material
• World War II
• Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Geotechnical engineering, Landslide, Composite material, Soil science and Water content. The research on Geotechnical engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stress (mechanics) and Deformation (mechanics). Some problems in Landslide that were presented in Engineering Geology overlapped with concepts under Debris, Displacement (vector) and Precipitation.

The study on Composite material presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Bentonite. Hydraulic conductivity is the primary subject of Soil science works presented in Engineering Geology. While it focused on Water content, it was also able to explore topics like Soil water and Loess.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Experimental investigation on mechanical behavior and particle crushing of calcareous sand retrieved from South China Sea (21 citations)
• Geohazards and human settlements: Lessons learned from multiple relocation events in Badong, China – Engineering geologist's perspective (18 citations)
• Interactions of landslide deposit with terrace sediments: Perspectives from velocity of deposit movement and apparent friction angle (16 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 Engineering Geology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Yu-Jun Cui (64 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Bin Shi (41 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Huiming Tang (39 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Qiang Xu (37 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Li Min Zhang (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Engineering Geology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (248 papers) published 30 papers at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
• Tongji University (153 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (117 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Chengdu University of Technology (104 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Chang'an University (79 papers) published 21 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, 7.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.41% of all publications and 39.56% 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.