Ergonomics

Top Research Topics at Ergonomics?

Ergonomics generally zeroes in on subjects such as Simulation, Human factors and ergonomics, Physical therapy, Task (project management) and Physical medicine and rehabilitation. Topics in Simulation explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Audiology, Biomechanics, Workload, Statistics and Work (physics). Ergonomics focuses on Human factors and ergonomics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Injury prevention, Occupational safety and health, Applied psychology and Transport engineering.

Most of the works presented in it deals with Occupational safety and health but it intersects with the subject of Suicide prevention. The research on Task (project management) discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Artificial intelligence. The Physical medicine and rehabilitation study tackling the subject of Electromyography is the focus of the journal.

• Simulation (20.82%)
• Human factors and ergonomics (16.92%)
• Physical therapy (11.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Revised NIOSH equation for the design and evaluation of manual lifting tasks (1477 citations)
• Errors and violations on the roads: a real distinction? (1201 citations)
• Trust, control strategies and allocation of function in human-machine systems. (933 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ergonomics:

The published articles focus on Simulation, Human factors and ergonomics, Physical therapy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation and Work (physics). The research on Simulation presented in the published papers often intersects with areas of study such as

• Task (project management) which is related to area like Cognition,
• Audiology that intertwine with fields like Vigilance (psychology).. While Human factors and ergonomics is the key highlight in the journal articles, thet also covered some subjects on Injury prevention and Suicide prevention and Transport engineering.

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 Ergonomics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Neville A. Stanton (101 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Michael J. Griffin (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paul M. Salmon (50 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• William S. Marras (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Colin G. Drury (40 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 Ergonomics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Loughborough University (135 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Nottingham (113 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• University of Southampton (107 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Waterloo (94 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Michigan (94 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less 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, 5.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.74% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.93% of all publications and 70.83% 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.