International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics?

The foci of International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics are Simulation, Human factors and ergonomics, Physical therapy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation and Relevance (information retrieval). While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Simulation, it also covered topics in Work (physics) and Task (project management). The study on Task (project management) presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Workload.

The research on Human factors and ergonomics featured in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics combines topics in other fields like Occupational safety and health, Suicide prevention, Transport engineering and Operations management. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics connects research in Occupational safety and health with the related topic of Injury prevention. The journal links adjacent topics like Physical therapy with Low back pain.

Specifically, studies on Electromyography are prevalent in the Physical medicine and rehabilitation works discussed. The research on Relevance (information retrieval) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Process (engineering) and Human–computer interaction.

• Simulation (17.27%)
• Human factors and ergonomics (16.34%)
• Physical therapy (11.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Kansei Engineering: A new ergonomic consumer-oriented technology for product development (1025 citations)
• Computer interface evaluation using eye movements: methods and constructs (739 citations)
• A review of enterprise agility: Concepts, frameworks, and attributes (421 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Human factors and ergonomics, Physical therapy, Relevance (information retrieval), Simulation and Physical medicine and rehabilitation. While Human factors and ergonomics is the key highlight in the journal publications, thet also covered some subjects on Occupational safety and health and Injury prevention and Suicide prevention. The works on Relevance (information retrieval) tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Engineering drawing, Kansei engineering, Human–computer interaction, Task (project management) and Artificial intelligence.

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

• Internal medicine
• Artificial intelligence
• Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Human factors and ergonomics, Applied psychology, Physical therapy and Sitting. The Physical medicine and rehabilitation works featured in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics incorporate elements from Work (physics), Trunk and Backpack. The concepts on Human factors and ergonomics presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Psychosocial, Workload, Task (project management), Job satisfaction and Occupational safety and health.

It facilitates discussions on Task (project management) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Human–computer interaction and Artificial intelligence. Topics in Applied psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Test (assessment), Perception, Affect (psychology), Situation awareness and Structural equation modeling. Most of the works presented in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics deals with Physical therapy but it intersects with the subject of Work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• In-field instrumented ergonomic risk assessment: Inertial measurement units versus Kinect V2 (5 citations)
• Associations between physical or psychosocial risk factors and work-related musculoskeletal disorders in construction workers based on literature in the last 20 years: A systematic review (5 citations)
• A study on assigning performance shaping factors of the SPAR-H method for adequacy human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants (5 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 Industrial Ergonomics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Shrawan Kumar (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sung H. Han (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Anil Mital (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Subhash Rakheja (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Alan H. S. Chan (24 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 Industrial Ergonomics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Pohang University of Science and Technology (74 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (67 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Alberta (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• National Institute of Occupational Health (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Michigan (50 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, 7.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.77% of all publications and 74.56% 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.