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Frontiers in Built Environment
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Frontiers in Built Environment

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 310 104 173 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 201
Documents by Best Scientists*: 255
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.594
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Built Environment?

The journal explores disciplines such as Structural engineering, Finite element method, Stiffness, Masonry and Nonlinear system. Frontiers in Built Environment dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Structural engineering and Vibration.

  • Structural engineering (26.89%)
  • Finite element method (7.54%)
  • Stiffness (6.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The 2015 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake: Insights from Earthquake Damage Survey (130 citations)
  • Grand Challenges in Transportation and Transit Systems (126 citations)
  • Critical Earthquake Response of Elastic–Plastic Structures Under Near-Fault Ground Motions (Part 1: Fling-Step Input) (44 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Built Environment:

The published articles investigate studies in Structural engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Forensic engineering, Response analysis and Structural health monitoring. The most cited papers dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Structural engineering and Track (rail transport). The published articles with studies in Geotechnical engineering featured incorporate elements of Aftershock, Seismology, Residual and Moment magnitude scale.

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

  • Structural engineering
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Frontiers in Built Environment was organized to reinforce research efforts on Structural engineering, Context (language use), Finite element method, Precast concrete and Nonlinear system. Frontiers in Built Environment tackles research works in Structural engineering as well as Dissipation. It explores issues in Precast concrete which can be linked to other research areas like Column (database) and Dowel.

It held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Damper and Impulse (physics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Development of Sustainable Alkali-Activated Mortars Using Fe-Rich Fayalitic Slag as the Sole Solid Precursor (4 citations)
  • Early Indicators of Human Activity During COVID-19 Period Using Digital Trace Data of Population Activities (4 citations)
  • Getting It Right on the Policy Prioritization for Rail Decarbonization: Evidence From Whole-Life CO2e Emissions of Railway Systems (3 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.

The top authors publishing in Frontiers in Built Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Izuru Takewaki (53 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kotaro Kojima (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kohei Fujita (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Sakdirat Kaewunruen (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Katsuichiro Goda (11 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 Frontiers in Built Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kyoto University (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Birmingham (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Technical University of Athens (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • ETH Zurich (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (16 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, 72.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 60.00% 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

  • Walkability and Its Relationships With Health, Sustainability, and Livability: Elements of Physical Environment and Evaluation Frameworks

    Abdulla Baobeid;Muammer Koç;Sami G. Al-Ghamdi

    (2021)
    217 Citations
  • Research Needs, Challenges, and Strategic Approaches for Natural Hazards and Disaster Reconnaissance

    Joseph Wartman;Jeffrey W. Berman;Ann Bostrom;Scott Miles

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Embodied GHG Emissions of Wooden Buildings—Challenges of Biogenic Carbon Accounting in Current LCA Methods

    Camilla Marlene Ernst Andersen;Freja Nygaard Rasmussen;Guillaume Habert;Harpa Birgisdottir

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Lessons Learned on the Tensile and Bond Behavior of Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Composites

    Gianmarco de Felice;Gianmarco de Felice;Tommaso D'Antino;Stefano De Santis;Pietro Meriggi

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • A literature review: Generative adversarial networks for civil structural health monitoring

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • Discrete and Continuous Approaches for the Failure Analysis of Masonry Structures Subjected to Settlements

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • D1244: Design and Construction of the First Adaptive High-Rise Experimental Building

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Blockchain in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Construction Industry: State of the Art, Evolution, Challenges and Opportunities

    (2022)
    45 Citations
  • A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment

    Gregory G. Deierlein;Frank McKenna;Adam Zsarnóczay;Tracy Kijewski-Correa

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Thunderstorm Downbursts and Wind Loading of Structures: Progress and Prospect

    Giovanni Solari

    (2020)
    43 Citations

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