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Geotextiles and Geomembranes
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Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 127 37 115 25
Engineering and Technology 268 50 140 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 74
Documents by Best Scientists*: 171
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 117
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.038
Impact Factor: 6.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Geotextiles and Geomembranes?

Geotextiles and Geomembranes generally zeroes in on subjects such as Geotechnical engineering, Geotextile, Composite material, Geosynthetics and Structural engineering. Geotextiles and Geomembranes facilitates discussions on Geotechnical engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Soil water and Reinforcement, Geogrid. The in-depth study on Reinforcement also explores topics in the intersecting field of Stiffness.

The journal holds forums on Geotextile that merges themes from other disciplines such as Permeability (earth sciences), Civil engineering, Strength of materials, Drainage and Levee. Many of the studies tackled connect Levee with a similar field of study like Consolidation (soil). The Composite material study featured in Geotextiles and Geomembranes draws parallels with the field of Geosynthetic clay liner.

Research in Geosynthetic clay liner discussed is concerned with the study of Hydraulic conductivity as a whole. In the Structural engineering research discussed, Bearing capacity, Finite element method, Mechanically stabilized earth, Foundation (engineering) and Retaining wall are all tackled. Some problems in Geomembrane that were presented in Geotextiles and Geomembranes overlapped with concepts under High-density polyethylene and Composite number.

  • Geotechnical engineering (70.38%)
  • Geotextile (29.85%)
  • Composite material (23.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Strength and mechanical behavior of short polypropylene fiber reinforced and cement stabilized clayey soil (482 citations)
  • Evaluating the hydraulic conductivity of GCLs permeated with non-standard liquids (356 citations)
  • A study on shear strength of sands reinforced with randomly distributed discrete fibers (269 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Geotextiles and Geomembranes:

The most cited articles primarily focus on research topics in Geotechnical engineering, Composite material, Structural engineering, Reinforcement and Geogrid. The Geotechnical engineering study tackled in the published papers is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Stiffness. The Composite material research tackled in the published articles is interrelated with Soil water which concerns subjects like Water content.

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

  • Composite material
  • Structural engineering
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Geotextiles and Geomembranes is to expand the discussion of research in Geotechnical engineering, Composite material, Reinforcement, Geogrid and Stiffness. The journal focuses on Geotechnical engineering research which is adjacent to topics in Soil water. Geotextiles and Geomembranes focuses on Composite material but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Bentonite, Geotextile and Geosynthetic clay liner.

Aside from discussions in Reinforcement, it also deals with the subject of Ultimate tensile strength which intersects with Geosynthetics and Creep disciplines. The Geogrid research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Displacement (fluid) and the closely related topic of Earthquake shaking table and Mechanically stabilized earth. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Stiffness, it also covered topics in Tension (physics), Numerical analysis and Deformation (mechanics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Experimental study on vacuum preloading consolidation of landfill sludge conditioned by Fenton's reagent under varying filter pore size (19 citations)
  • Performance issues of barrier systems for landfills: A review (7 citations)
  • Field study and numerical modelling for a road embankment built on soft soil improved with concrete injected columns and geosynthetics reinforced platform (6 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 Geotextiles and Geomembranes (based on the number of publications) are:

  • R. Kerry Rowe (70 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Robert M. Koerner (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Abdelmalek Bouazza (39 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jie Han (37 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dennes T. Bergado (34 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Geotextiles and Geomembranes (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Queen's University (98 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Drexel University (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Monash University (41 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tongji University (41 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hohai University (37 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 6.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.30% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.73% of all publications and 42.42% 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

  • Geosynthetic reinforcement stiffness for analytical and numerical modelling of reinforced soil structures

    Richard J. Bathurst;Fahimeh M. Naftchali

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Geosynthetic clay liners: Perceptions and misconceptions

    R. Kerry Rowe

    (2020)
    95 Citations
  • Apparent clogging effect in vacuum-induced consolidation of dredged soil with prefabricated vertical drains

    Peng Wang;Yanbing Han;Yang Zhou;Yang Zhou;Jun Wang

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Mechanical property and deformation behavior of geogrid reinforced calcareous sand

    (2022)
    54 Citations
  • Effects of pressurizing timing on air booster vacuum consolidation of dredged slurry

    Rila Anda;Hongtao Fu;Jun Wang;Huayang Lei

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Response of pavement foundations incorporating both geocells and expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam

    S.M.A. Ghotbi Siabil;S.N. Moghaddas Tafreshi;A.R. Dawson

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Comparison and evaluation of analytical models for the design of geosynthetic-reinforced and pile-supported embankments

    Tuan A. Pham;Daniel Dias;Daniel Dias

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Centrifuge model studies on desiccation cracking behaviour of fiber-reinforced expansive clay

    (2022)
    44 Citations

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