International Journal of Crashworthiness

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Crashworthiness?

International Journal of Crashworthiness focuses on Structural engineering, Crashworthiness, Finite element method, Simulation and Automotive engineering. International Journal of Crashworthiness is mostly focused on Structural engineering, specifically Energy absorption. The Energy absorption research presented falls under the domain of Composite material.

Issues in Crashworthiness were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Mechanical engineering, Computer simulation, LS-DYNA, Crash test and Rollover. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Finite element method and Stiffness. The research on Simulation tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Pedestrian, Hybrid III, Head (vessel) and Airbag.

Truck is a key component of Automotive engineering research discussed in it.

• Structural engineering (44.76%)
• Crashworthiness (30.06%)
• Finite element method (27.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A comprehensive failure model for crashworthiness simulation of aluminium extrusions (417 citations)
• The creation of three-dimensional finite element models for simulating head impact biomechanics (341 citations)
• Influence of FE model variability in predicting brain motion and intracranial pressure changes in head impact simulations (183 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Crashworthiness:

The published articles aim to foster the development of research in Structural engineering, Crashworthiness, Finite element method, Mathematical model and Simulation. The published articles deal with Structural engineering in conjunction with Aluminium and similar fields in Deformation (engineering). The journal publications deal with Crashworthiness in conjunction with Nonlinear system and similar fields in Beam (structure).

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 journal investigates studies in Crashworthiness, Composite material, Energy absorption, Structural engineering and Finite element method. It holds forums on Crashworthiness that merges themes from other disciplines such as Structure (category theory), Honeycomb, Tube (container), Automotive engineering and Impact loading. It focuses on Automotive engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Test (assessment), Collision avoidance and Pedestrian.

Topics in Energy absorption were tackled in line with various other fields like Mechanical engineering, Energy (signal processing), Automotive industry and Thin walled. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Structural engineering and Oblique case are the foci of International Journal of Crashworthiness. Finite element method research featured in International Journal of Crashworthiness incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Conical surface, Multi-objective optimization, Simulation, Mechanics and Honeycomb structure.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Assessing risk factors associated with urban transit bus involved accident severity: a case study of a Middle East country (9 citations)
• Experiment and modified model for CFRP/steel hybrid tubes under the quasi-static transverse loading (7 citations)
• A numerical study on energy absorption capability of lateral corrugated composite tube under axial crushing (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in International Journal of Crashworthiness (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rémy Willinger (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jeffrey Richard Crandall (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
• William Altenhof (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Koji Mizuno (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Hamid M. Lankarani (18 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal of Crashworthiness (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hunan University (34 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Virginia (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Chalmers University of Technology (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Central South University (21 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Windsor (20 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, 6.74% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.87% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.64% of all publications and 61.45% 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.