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International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
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International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 78 130 265 26
Mathematics 214 35 60 12
Engineering and Technology 290 125 205 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 327
Documents by Best Scientists*: 493
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 26
SCIMAGO H-index: 201
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.075
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering?

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering mainly tackles studies in Finite element method, Mathematical analysis, Applied mathematics, Mathematical optimization and Geometry. The studies in Finite element method featured incorporate elements of Algorithm and Mechanics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Algorithm, apply to Mesh generation as well.

The journal connects research in Mechanics with the related topic of Classical mechanics. The studies on Mathematical analysis discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Boundary element method, Boundary knot method and Boundary (topology). The work on Boundary knot method addressed in it expands to the thematically related Singular boundary method.

The journal focuses on Applied mathematics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Numerical analysis, Calculus and Nonlinear system. The journal emphasizes research on Mixed finite element method, which includes concerns such as Finite element limit analysis. Studies on Structural engineering discussed in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering link to the field of Stress (mechanics).

  • Finite element method (43.08%)
  • Mathematical analysis (33.99%)
  • Applied mathematics (16.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Element‐free Galerkin methods (4484 citations)
  • A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing (4383 citations)
  • Gmsh: A 3-D finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities (4008 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Finite element method, Mathematical analysis, Applied mathematics, Mathematical optimization and Geometry. The published articles explore issues in Finite element method which can be linked to other research areas like Discretization and Algorithm. The journal articles with studies in Mathematical analysis featured incorporate elements of Boundary element method, Boundary knot method, Displacement (vector) and Galerkin method.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Finite element method, Mathematical analysis, Applied mathematics, Topology optimization and Mechanics. Finite element method research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Discretization, Algorithm and Composite material. Mathematical analysis research is concerned with Boundary value problem in particular.

The journal connects the study in Applied mathematics with the closely related area of Nonlinear system. In the journal, Stress (mechanics), Mathematical optimization and Topology are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Topology optimization research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Three‐dimensional manufacturing tolerant topology optimization with hundreds of millions of local stress constraints (12 citations)
  • A simple Galerkin meshless method, the Fragile Points method using point stiffness matrices, for 2D linear elastic problems in complex domains with crack and rupture propagation (9 citations)
  • An embedded boundary approach for resolving the contribution of cable subsystems to fully coupled fluid-structure interaction (9 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 International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ted Belytschko (123 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • O. C. Zienkiewicz (104 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charbel Farhat (75 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jacob Fish (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Michael Ortiz (51 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 International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Swansea University (225 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Northwestern University (185 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia (166 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (164 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (155 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 more 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, 1.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.76% of all publications and 57.38% 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

  • A mechanics‐informed artificial neural network approach in data‐driven constitutive modeling

    (2022)
    176 Citations
  • Data‐driven physics‐based digital twins via a library of component‐based reduced‐order models

    M.G. Kapteyn;D.J. Knezevic;D.B.P. Huynh;M. Tran

    (2020)
    144 Citations
  • Global cracking elements: A novel tool for Galerkin‐based approaches simulating quasi‐brittle fracture

    Yiming Zhang;Herbert A. Mang;Herbert A. Mang

    (2020)
    140 Citations
  • Finite volume discretization for poroelastic media with fractures modeled by contact mechanics

    Runar Lie Berge;Inga Berre;Eirik Keilegavlen;Jan Martin Nordbotten

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • An autoencoder‑based reduced‑order model for eigenvalue problems with application to neutron diffusion

    Toby R. F. Phillips;Claire E. Heaney;Paul N. Smith;Christopher C. Pain

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Mesh sampling and weighting for the hyperreduction of nonlinear Petrov–Galerkin reduced-order models with local reduced-order bases

    Sebastian Grimberg;Charbel Farhat;Radek Tezaur;Charbel Bou-Mosleh

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Local versus global stress constraint strategies in topology optimization: A comparative study

    Gustavo Assis da Silva;Niels Aage;André Teófilo Beck;Ole Sigmund

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • A spherical-harmonic-based approach to discrete element modeling of 3D irregular particles

    Xiang Wang;Xiang Wang;Zhen Yu Yin;Hao Xiong;Dong Su

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Three‐dimensional manufacturing tolerant topology optimization with hundreds of millions of local stress constraints

    Gustavo Assis da Silva;Niels Aage;André Teófilo Beck;Ole Sigmund

    (2021)
    51 Citations

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