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International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering
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International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

1053-5381

Published by: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers

https://onepetro.org/ijope

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 735 5 4 1
Engineering and Technology 1035 14 19 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 38
Documents by Best Scientists*: 40
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.302
Impact Factor: 0.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering?

The journal investigates areas of study like Mechanics, Structural engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Marine engineering and Nonlinear system. The studies in Mechanics featured incorporate elements of Cylinder and Classical mechanics. The journal is mostly focused on Structural engineering, specifically Finite element method.

The study on Geotechnical engineering featured in it expounds on the topic of Pile in particular. International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Marine engineering and Submarine pipeline.

  • Mechanics (23.69%)
  • Structural engineering (18.73%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (18.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Optimum Control of Oscillation of Wave-Energy Converters (156 citations)
  • Joint Distribution For Wind And Waves In the Northern North Sea (106 citations)
  • Research on hydroelastic responses of VLFS : Recent progress and future work (80 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Geotechnical engineering, Marine engineering, Structural engineering, Mechanics and Nonlinear system. While Geotechnical engineering is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Pipeline transport and Seabed. While the primary focus in the most cited publications is Mechanics, they also dissect topics surrounding Breaking wave and Wave shoaling as a whole.

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

  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Structural engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Mechanics, Cylinder, Marine engineering, Structural engineering and Solver. The journal focuses on Mechanics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Vertical cylinder and Numerical analysis. The research on Cylinder featured in it combines topics in other fields like Turbulence, Coupling and Nonlinear system.

The close relationship between Potential flow and Navier stokes is one of the points of interest dissected in Nonlinear system research. It explores issues in Marine engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Traveling wave, Periscope, Grid deformation and Drag. The concepts on Structural engineering presented in International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering can also apply to other research fields, including Ultimate tensile strength, Submarine pipeline and Mooring.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Physical Model of Wave Attenuation in Pancake Ice (2 citations)
  • Breaking Pattern of Semi-infinite Ice Sheets During Bending Failures Against Sloping Structures (1 citations)
  • Numerical Study of Interaction of Focused Waves with a Fixed Cylinder by a Hybrid Model Coupling SPH and QALE-FEM (1 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 Offshore and Polar Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • C.H. Kim (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Moo-Hyun Kim (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masashi Kashiwagi (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yonghwan Kim (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yasuhide Sakamoto (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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 Offshore and Polar Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Texas A&M University (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kyushu University (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (49 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Osaka University (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (40 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 4.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 53.66% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.07% of all publications and 21.95% 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 Blind Comparative Study of Focused Wave Interactions with Floating Structures (CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 3)

    Edward Ransley;Shiqiang Yan;Scott Brown;Martyn Hann

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Fundamental Investigation on the Applicability of a Higher-Order Consistent ISPH Method

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Investigation of Two-layer Liquid Sloshing by Using the Consistent Particle Method

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • A Comparative Study on the Nonlinear Interaction Between a Focusing Wave and Cylinder Using State-of-the-art Solvers: Part A

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • A Physical Model of Wave Attenuation in Pancake Ice

    Alberto Alberello;Azam Dolatshah;Luke G Bennetts;Miguel Onorato

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Quantifying the Predictive Capability of OpenFOAM 5.0: Focused Wave Impacts with Floating Bodies

    Scott Andrew Brown;Edward Jack Ransley;Pierre-Henri Musiedlak;Deborah Greaves

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Comparative Analysis of Three Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Methods in Modeling Free-surface Flows

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Numerical Investigation of the Local Scour Around Subsea Pipelines in Combined Steady and Oscillatory Flow

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • Oil Spill Spreading Simulation Based on an Enhanced Multi-phase Consistent Particle Method

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Active Single-Blade Installation Using Tugger Line Tension Control and Optimal Control Allocation

    Zhengru Ren;Roger Skjetne;Zhiyu Jiang;Zhen Gao

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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