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Journal of Biomechanics
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Journal of Biomechanics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 188 53 81 14
Engineering and Technology 309 117 254 24
Medicine 1054 113 208 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 388
Documents by Best Scientists*: 609
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 233
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.8
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Biomechanics?

Anatomy, Biomedical engineering, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Biomechanics and Kinematics are among the topics commonly tackled in Journal of Biomechanics. Anatomy and Orthodontics are closely related fields of research discussed in Journal of Biomechanics. The work on Biomedical engineering addressed in Journal of Biomechanics expands to the thematically related Finite element method.

Journal of Biomechanics facilitates discussions on Physical medicine and rehabilitation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ankle and Physical therapy. Many of the studies tackled connect Kinematics with a similar field of study like Simulation.

  • Anatomy (16.41%)
  • Biomedical engineering (14.00%)
  • Physical medicine and rehabilitation (11.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate systems of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion-Part II: shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand (3115 citations)
  • Adjustments to Zatsiorsky-Seluyanov's segment inertia parameters. (2116 citations)
  • ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate system of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion—part I: ankle, hip, and spine (1993 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Biomechanics:

The main points discussed in the most cited papers deal with Anatomy, Biomechanics, Biomedical engineering, Structural engineering and Kinematics. While Anatomy is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Orthodontics, Femur and Knee Joint. The works on Biomechanics tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Physical therapy and Physical medicine and rehabilitation.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Kinematics, Biomechanics, Biomedical engineering and Orthodontics are the subjects of interest in the journal. The work on Physical medicine and rehabilitation tackled in Journal of Biomechanics brings together disciplines like Ankle and Ground reaction force. The Ankle study featured in Journal of Biomechanics draws connections with the study of Work (physics).

Journal of Biomechanics explores issues in Kinematics which can be linked to other research areas like Gait analysis, Artificial intelligence, Range of motion, Trunk and Motion capture. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Artificial intelligence, apply to Computer vision as well. It explores research in Biomedical engineering and the adjacent study of Stiffness.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Inter-session repeatability of markerless motion capture gait kinematics. (7 citations)
  • The influence of soft tissue artifacts on multi-segment foot kinematics. (7 citations)
  • Mechanobiology of shear-induced platelet aggregation leading to occlusive arterial thrombosis: A multiscale in silico analysis (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.

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

  • Walter Herzog (169 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kai Nan An (100 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Rik Huiskes (94 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marco Viceconti (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Georg Bergmann (86 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • University of Calgary (288 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (266 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (230 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (204 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • VU University Amsterdam (202 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 8 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, 3.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.27% of all publications and 63.65% 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

  • ISB recommendations on the reporting of intersegmental forces and moments during human motion analysis.

    Timothy R Derrick;Antonie J van den Bogert;Andrea Cereatti;Raphael Dumas

    (2020)
    170 Citations
  • No consensus on causality of spine postures or physical exposure and low back pain: A systematic review of systematic reviews.

    (2020)
    137 Citations
  • Biomechanical evaluation of a new passive back support exoskeleton.

    Axel S. Koopman;Matthias Näf;Saskia J. Baltrusch;Idsart Kingma

    (2020)
    133 Citations
  • Simulating ventricular systolic motion in a four-chamber heart model with spatially varying robin boundary conditions to model the effect of the pericardium.

    Marina Strocchi;Matthias A.F. Gsell;Christoph M. Augustin;Orod Razeghi

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Effects of a passive back exoskeleton on the mechanical loading of the low-back during symmetric lifting

    Axel S Koopman;Idsart Kingma;Michiel P de Looze;Jaap H van Dieën

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Can we just forget about pennation angle?

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Intervertebral range of motion characteristics of normal cervical spinal segments (C0-T1) during in vivo neck motions.

    Chaochao Zhou;Haiming Wang;Cong Wang;Tsung-Yuan Tsai

    (2020)
    42 Citations

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