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Extreme Mechanics Letters
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Extreme Mechanics Letters

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 55 118 199 32
Materials Science 223 175 261 34
Engineering and Technology 259 83 117 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 379
Documents by Best Scientists*: 471
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 30
SCIMAGO H-index: 78
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.244
Impact Factor: 4.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Extreme Mechanics Letters?

The journal primarily tackles Composite material, Mechanics, Finite element method, Metamaterial and Deformation (engineering). The journal concentrated on Composite material research, specifically Elastomer, Fracture (geology), Polymer, Toughness and Stiffness. Extreme Mechanics Letters focuses on Elastomer research which is adjacent to topics in Dielectric.

Most of the works presented in Extreme Mechanics Letters deals with Fracture (geology) but it intersects with the subject of Fracture mechanics. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Mechanics as it also encompasses Stress (mechanics). Most of the Finite element method studies addressed also intersect with Mechanical engineering.

Many of the studies tackled connect Metamaterial with a similar field of study like Acoustics.

  • Composite material (32.70%)
  • Mechanics (13.97%)
  • Finite element method (11.96%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials—Graphene and beyond (504 citations)
  • Recent progress in flexible and stretchable piezoelectric devices for mechanical energy harvesting, sensing and actuation (244 citations)
  • Bistable Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterials Inspired by Ancient Geometric Motifs (154 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Extreme Mechanics Letters:

The most cited papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Composite material, Metamaterial, Nanotechnology, Finite element method and Structural engineering. The published papers explore research in Chemical physics and overlapping concepts in Deformation (engineering) to expand the discourse in Nanotechnology. The published papers address concerns in Finite element method which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Mechanical engineering and Nonlinear system.

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 Extreme Mechanics Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zhigang Suo (30 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Daining Fang (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chung-Yuen Hui (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • John A. Rogers (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yonggang Huang (12 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 Extreme Mechanics Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsinghua University (60 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (52 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (44 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Institute of Technology (40 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (39 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 3.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.28% of all publications and 31.18% 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

  • Mechanics of dielectric elastomer structures: A review

    Tongqing Lu;Cheng Ma;Tiejun Wang

    (2020)
    191 Citations
  • Physical intelligence as a new paradigm

    Metin Sitti;Metin Sitti;Metin Sitti

    (2021)
    152 Citations
  • The effect of water content on the elastic modulus and fracture energy of hydrogel

    Ziqian Li;Zishun Liu;Teng Yong Ng;Pradeep Sharma

    (2020)
    123 Citations
  • An experimental and numerical investigation of compressive response of designed Schwarz Primitive triply periodic minimal surface with non-uniform shell thickness

    Heran Jia;Hongshuai Lei;Panding Wang;Jinxin Meng

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • An emerging class of hyperbolic lattice exhibiting tunable elastic properties and impact absorption through chiral twisting

    Liang Meng;Jianxiong Shi;Chen Yang;Tong Gao

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • Triboelectric mechanical sensors—Progress and prospects

    Qiang Gao;Tinghai Cheng;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Machine learning-based design and optimization of curved beams for multistable structures and metamaterials

    Fan Liu;Xihang Jiang;Xintao Wang;Lifeng Wang

    (2020)
    86 Citations

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