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International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
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International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

0951-192X

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcim20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 290 11 18 9
Engineering and Technology 650 35 58 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 86
Documents by Best Scientists*: 110
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 74
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.911
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing?

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing explores disciplines such as Systems engineering, Manufacturing engineering, Process (engineering), Mathematical optimization and Computer-integrated manufacturing. The Systems engineering works featured in International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing incorporate elements from Industrial engineering, New product development, Product design, Product engineering and Software engineering. It focused on Manufacturing engineering research but expanded to cover Production (economics).

The Mathematical optimization study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Job shop scheduling. In particular, the Job shop scheduling works presented emphasize discussions on Flow shop scheduling. Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Process development execution system and Manufacturing execution system are all aspects of Computer-integrated manufacturing discussed in it.

  • Systems engineering (17.68%)
  • Manufacturing engineering (15.17%)
  • Process (engineering) (11.65%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Computer-aided process planning-A critical review of recent developments and future trends (249 citations)
  • Analysis of periodic and event-driven rescheduling policies in dynamic shops (211 citations)
  • Human–robot interaction review and challenges on task planning and programming (198 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing:

The journal papers primarily tackle Systems engineering, Manufacturing engineering, Process (engineering), Computer-integrated manufacturing and Mathematical optimization. The most cited publications mainly concentrate on Systems engineering but also investigate its connection with concepts in disciplines such as

  • Product lifecycle together with Product engineering,
  • Product design that intertwine with fields like New product development.. Production (economics) and Radio-frequency identification are some topics wherein Manufacturing engineering research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Operating system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Manufacturing engineering, Smart manufacturing, Artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0 and Distributed computing. It focuses on Manufacturing engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Feature recognition, Manufacturing and Machining. Research on Smart manufacturing addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Telecommunications.

While the primary focus in it is Artificial intelligence, it also dissects topics surrounding Pattern recognition and CAD as a whole. It focuses on Industry 4.0 research which is adjacent to topics in Systems engineering. The journal explores issues in Distributed computing which can be linked to other research areas like Cloud manufacturing and Scheduling (production processes).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Digital twin-driven joint optimisation of packing and storage assignment in large-scale automated high-rise warehouse product-service system (37 citations)
  • A review of multiple degrees of freedom for additive manufacturing machines (12 citations)
  • Digital twin for geometric feature online inspection system of car body-in-white (8 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 of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George Chryssolouris (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Q. Huang (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dimitris Mourtzis (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Lihui Wang (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen T. Newman (16 papers) published 1 paper 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 of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Loughborough University (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Hong Kong (42 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Patras (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (37 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Bath (37 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 7.07% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.61% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.39% of all publications and 56.52% 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

  • Digital twin-driven supervised machine learning for the development of artificial intelligence applications in manufacturing

    Kosmas Alexopoulos;Nikolaos Nikolakis;George Chryssolouris

    (2020)
    267 Citations
  • Digital twin-enabled reconfigurable modeling for smart manufacturing systems

    Chenyuan Zhang;Wenjun Xu;Jiayi Liu;Zhihao Liu

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Data analytics in quality 4.0: literature review and future research directions

    (2022)
    52 Citations
  • An augmented reality software suite enabling seamless human robot interaction

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Scheduling of human-robot collaboration in assembly of printed circuit boards: a constraint programming approach

    Mahdi Mokhtarzadeh;Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam;Behdin Vahedi-Nouri;Azadeh Farsi

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • CAD-integrated design for manufacturing and assembly in mechanical design

    Federico Campi;Claudio Favi;Michele Germani;Marco Mandolini

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • A hybrid teaching factory model towards personalized education 4.0

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • Interoperability of CAD geometry and product manufacturing information for computer integrated manufacturing

    Satchit Ramnath;Payam Haghighi;Adarsh Venkiteswaran;Jami J. Shah

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • An integrated multi-stage vehicle routing and mixed-model job-shop-type robotic disassembly sequence scheduling problem for e-waste management system

    Shiva Malekkhouyan;Amir Aghsami;Amir Aghsami;Masoud Rabbani

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • A manufacturing innovation overview: concepts, models and metrics

    Aristidis Mamasioulas;Dimitris Mourtzis;George Chryssolouris

    (2020)
    31 Citations

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