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Frattura ed Integrita Strutturale
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Frattura ed Integrita Strutturale

1971-8993

Published by: Italian Group of Fracture

https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 286 14 32 9
Materials Science 700 7 22 6
Engineering and Technology 1164 9 10 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 30
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 30
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.398
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fracture and Structural Integrity?

The scientific interests tackled in Fracture and Structural Integrity are Structural engineering, Composite material, Finite element method, Fracture mechanics and Crack closure. It explores topics in Structural engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Stress (mechanics) and Mechanics. It explores research in Amplitude and overlapping concepts in Shear stress to expand the discourse in Stress (mechanics).

Most of the Composite material studies addressed also intersect with Metallurgy. Fracture and Structural Integrity covers various topics on Metallurgy such as Microstructure and Alloy. It focuses on Finite element method research which is adjacent to topics in Work (thermodynamics).

In particular, the Crack closure works presented emphasize discussions on Crack growth resistance curve. The research on Stress intensity factor tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stress field and Compact tension specimen. The study on Fatigue limit presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Torsion (mechanics).

  • Structural engineering (57.81%)
  • Composite material (29.55%)
  • Finite element method (17.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Coating by the Cold Spray Process: a state of the art (63 citations)
  • The strong formulation finite element method: stability and accuracy (45 citations)
  • Cold spray technology: future of coating deposition processes (40 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fracture and Structural Integrity:

The main points discussed in the journal articles deal with Structural engineering, Composite material, Finite element method, Metallurgy and Fracture mechanics. The published articles facilitate discussions on Structural engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Stress (mechanics), Mechanics and Probabilistic logic. The featured Finite element method studies in the journal articles mainly concentrate on Welding but also cover areas of interest in Boundary element method and Boundary value problem.

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 Fracture and Structural Integrity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Filippo Berto (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrea Carpinteri (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marco Antonio Meggiolaro (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sabrina Vantadori (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Luca Susmel (13 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 Fracture and Structural Integrity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cassino (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Polytechnic University of Turin (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Padua (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Parma (13 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 2018 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Structural and seismic vulnerability assessment of the Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral in Catanzaro (Italy): classical and advanced approaches for the analysis of local and global failure mechanisms

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • Effect of surface treatment on the fatigue strength of additive manufactured Ti6Al4V alloy

    Carlos Navarro Pintado;Jesús Vázquez;Jaime Domínguez;Antonio Periñán

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Understanding powder bed fusion additive manufacturing phenomena via numerical simulation

    Paolo Ferro;Filippo Berto;Luca Romanin

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Review of Current Developments on High Strength Pipeline Steels for HIC Inducing Service

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Damage identification in steel plate using FRF and inverse analysis

    Samir Khatir;Magd Abdel Wahab;Samir Tiachacht;Cuong Le Thanh

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Mechanical properties of the most common European woods: a literature review

    Beatrice Bartolucci;Andrea De Rosa;Chiara Bertolin;Filippo Berto

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Residual Force Method for damage identification in a laminated composite plate with different boundary conditions

    Amar Behtani;Samir Tiachacht;Tawfiq Khatir;Samir Khatir

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Longitudinal fracture analysis of inhomogeneous beams with continuously varying sizes of the cross-section along the beam length

    Victor Rizov;Holm Altenbach

    (2020)
    14 Citations

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