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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing
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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 854 9 28 10
Computer Science 881 5 7 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 22
Documents by Best Scientists*: 40
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Knowledge management, Human factors and ergonomics, Human–computer interaction, Operations management and Marketing. The study on Knowledge management presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Process (engineering). The journal focused on Human–computer interaction research but expanded to cover Task (project management).

Quality (business) is a primary topic of Operations management research in the journal.

  • Knowledge management (13.92%)
  • Human factors and ergonomics (11.25%)
  • Human–computer interaction (10.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Capabilities, processes, and performance of knowledge management: A structural approach (139 citations)
  • Design of Automation for Telerobots and the Effect on Performance, Operator Situation Awareness, and Subjective Workload (125 citations)
  • Mental models, team mental models, and performance: Process, development, and future directions (121 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries:

The journal publications primarily tackle Knowledge management, Quality (business), Human–computer interaction, Marketing and Process (engineering). While Knowledge management is the focus of the published articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Small and medium-sized enterprises and Engineering design process. The works on Quality (business) tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Industrial engineering, Manufacturing engineering, Human factors and ergonomics, Productivity and Process management.

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

  • Law
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Management

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries investigates studies in Risk analysis (engineering), Human factors and ergonomics, Sociotechnical system, Physical medicine and rehabilitation and Human–computer interaction. The research on Human factors and ergonomics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Context (language use), Health care, Public relations, Artificial general intelligence and Process (engineering). Research in Sociotechnical system tackled falls within the umbrella of Knowledge management.

The featured Physical medicine and rehabilitation studies mainly concentrate on Early phase but also cover areas of interest in Task (project management). The Human–computer interaction works featured in it incorporate elements from Workspace and Diversity (politics). The study of Operations management encompasses disciplines such as Vibration, as well as fields such as Simulation, all of which overlap with one another.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Modeling complex socio‐technical systems using the FRAM: A literature review (14 citations)
  • Impact of COVID-19 on health and safety in the construction sector (6 citations)
  • How human factors affect operators' task evolution in Logistics 4.0 (4 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 Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Waldemar Karwowski (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ash Genaidy (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vincent G. Duffy (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard Shell (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gavriel Salvendy (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 Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Purdue University (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cincinnati (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Louisville (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (20 papers) published 1 paper 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, 1.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 44.44% 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

  • Methodological issues in systems Human Factors and Ergonomics: Perspectives on the research–practice gap, reliability and validity, and prediction

    Paul M. Salmon;Gemma J. M. Read;Guy H. Walker;Nicholas J. Stevens

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Putting the humanity into inhuman systems: How human factors and ergonomics can be used to manage the risks associated with artificial general intelligence

    Paul M. Salmon;Tony Carden;Peter A. Hancock

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Physical and mental well‐being of cobot workers: A scoping review using the Software‐Hardware‐Environment‐Liveware‐Liveware‐Organization model

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Turing in the driver's seat: Can people distinguish between automated and manually driven vehicles?

    Neville A. Stanton;Alexander Eriksson;Victoria A. Banks;Peter A. Hancock

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Managing the risks of artificial general intelligence: A human factors and ergonomics perspective

    (2023)
    26 Citations
  • The adaptive capacity of public space under COVID-19: Exploring urban design interventions through a sociotechnical systems approach

    Nicholas J. Stevens;Silvia G. Tavares;Paul M. Salmon

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Are arch‐conforming insoles a good fit for diabetic foot? Insole customized design by using finite element analysis

    Jianwei Niu;Jing Liu;Yanling Zheng;Linghua Ran

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics and the management of existential threats: A work domain analysis of a COVID-19 return from lockdown restrictions system

    Paul M. Salmon;Nicholas Stevens;Scott McLean;Adam Hulme

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Sociotechnical view of electric bike issues in China: Structured review and analysis of electric bike collisions using Rasmussen's risk management framework

    Linyang Wang;Jianping Wu;Mingyu Liu;Kezhen Hu

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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