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International Journal of Damage Mechanics
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International Journal of Damage Mechanics

1056-7895

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ijd

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 233 24 29 12
Engineering and Technology 492 26 53 17
Materials Science 551 14 16 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 77
Documents by Best Scientists*: 96
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.066
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Damage Mechanics?

The foci of the journal are Composite material, Structural engineering, Finite element method, Mechanics and Constitutive equation. International Journal of Damage Mechanics encompasses presentations on Composite material, specifically Composite number, Micromechanics, Ultimate tensile strength, Fracture (geology) and Creep. The study on Micromechanics presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Homogenization (chemistry).

In it, Stress (mechanics) and Plasticity are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Structural engineering research. Some problems in Mechanics that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Isotropy, Continuum damage mechanics and Anisotropy. Many of the studies tackled connect Isotropy with a similar field of study like Classical mechanics.

The work on Constitutive equation addressed in it expands to the thematically related Geotechnical engineering. The Crack closure research presented places emphasis on topics like Crack growth resistance curve and Crack tip opening displacement.

  • Composite material (49.04%)
  • Structural engineering (37.37%)
  • Finite element method (14.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Continuum Models of Ductile Fracture: A Review (292 citations)
  • Gradient Damage Models and Their Use to Approximate Brittle Fracture (290 citations)
  • Development of Continuum Damage Mechanics for Elastic Solids Sustaining Anisotropic and Unilateral Damage (207 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Damage Mechanics:

The journal papers focus on Composite material, Structural engineering, Damage mechanics, Constitutive equation and Finite element method. The journal articles address concerns in Structural engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Mechanics, Stress (mechanics) and Plasticity. While the primary focus in the journal publications is Damage mechanics, they also dissect topics surrounding Continuum damage mechanics and Stiffness as a whole.

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

  • Composite material
  • Structural engineering
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in International Journal of Damage Mechanics are Composite material, Structural engineering, Fracture (geology), Creep and Geotechnical engineering. The presented Composite material research focuses mostly on Finite element method and, on occasion, topics in Coupling. Structural engineering studies presented include Fatigue testing and Reinforced concrete.

It facilitates discussions on Fracture (geology) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Characteristic length and Continuum damage mechanics. While Creep is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Stress (mechanics) and Computer simulation. The journal explores issues in Geotechnical engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Acoustic emission and Deformation (meteorology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Damage evolution characteristics of saw-tooth joint under shear creep condition: (16 citations)
  • Influence of biochar from animal and plant origin on the compressive strength characteristics of degraded landfill surface soils (8 citations)
  • Mechanical properties and damage constitutive model for uniaxial compression of salt rock at different loading rates (7 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 Damage Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jiann-Wen Woody Ju (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • George Z. Voyiadjis (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Bohong Gu (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Baozhong Sun (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • J. Woody Ju (18 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 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 International Journal of Damage Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Los Angeles (54 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tongji University (31 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Louisiana State University (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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, 5.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.56% 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

  • Creep properties and damage constitutive model of salt rock under uniaxial compression

    Junbao Wang;Qiang Zhang;Zhanping Song;Yuwei Zhang

    (2020)
    100 Citations
  • A novel multi-scale model for predicting the thermal damage of hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete:

    Yao Zhang;Yao Zhang;J Woody Ju;J Woody Ju;Hehua Zhu;Zhiguo Yan

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Mechanical properties and damage constitutive model for uniaxial compression of salt rock at different loading rates

    Junbao Wang;Qiang Zhang;Zhanping Song;Yuwei Zhang

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • A strain-based fatigue damage model for naturally fractured marble subjected to freeze-thaw and uniaxial cyclic loads:

    Y Wang;B Zhang;B Li;CH Li

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • A review of continuum damage and plasticity in concrete: Part I – Theoretical framework

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Assessment of the fracture process zone in rocks using digital image correlation technique: The role of mode-mixity, size, geometry and material

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • A review of continuum damage and plasticity in concrete: Part II – Numerical framework

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Micro-CT-based micromechanics and numerical homogenization for effective elastic property of ultra-high performance concrete:

    Qi Luo;Qi Luo;Dongxu Liu;Pizhong Qiao;Pizhong Qiao;Zhidong Zhou

    (2020)
    34 Citations

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