Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication

Top Research Topics at Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication?

Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication aims to foster the development of research in Geotechnical engineering, Soil water, Structural engineering, Civil engineering and Liquefaction. Issues in Geotechnical engineering were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Waste management and Finite element method.

• Geotechnical engineering (95.72%)
• Soil water (8.03%)
• Structural engineering (7.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Geohazard at volcanic soil slope in cold regions and its influencing factors (14 citations)
• Artificial ground freezing application in shield tunneling (13 citations)
• A new method to improve the effectiveness of vacuum preloading on the consolidation of dredged fill in Wenzhou (12 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication:

The published articles aim to foster the development of research in Geotechnical engineering, Degree of saturation, X-ray, Ground freezing and Shield tunneling. While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Geotechnical engineering, it also covers topics in Clay soil, Cyclic loading and Forensic engineering. The published papers explore topics in Degree of saturation which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Partially saturated, Deformation (engineering), Sand specimen, Partial saturation and Void ratio.

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

• Composite material
• Structural engineering
• Geotechnical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Geotechnical engineering, Bentonite, Waste management, Soil water and Municipal solid waste are tackled in Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication. The research topics discussed in it include Geotechnical engineering as well as Field (physics). The work on Bentonite addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Petroleum engineering.

The Soil water study featured falls within the wider field of Soil science. The journal concentrates on Metallurgy topics that focus on Slag and Steelmaking. The journal features Bottom ash research that overlaps with concepts in Subgrade.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Beneficial use of Savannah River dredged material in large-scale geotechnical applications (0 citations)
• Coupled hydro-mechanical influence on hydraulic conductivity of well-graded sandy gravel (0 citations)
• Coupling simulation of microbial growth and MICP phenomena based on reaction-diffusion system (0 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 Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication (based on the number of publications) are:

• Takeshi Katsumi (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Junichi Koseki (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Tatsuya Ishikawa (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Taro Uchimura (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Satoshi Nishimura (9 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 Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kyoto University (57 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Tokyo (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Kyushu University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Hokkaido University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Tongji University (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 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, 7.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.33% of all publications and 57.33% 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.