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Journal of Bionic Engineering
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Journal of Bionic Engineering

1672-6529

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/42235

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 192 26 48 14
Materials Science 363 66 99 20
Engineering and Technology 565 37 48 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 184
Documents by Best Scientists*: 262
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 69
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.904
Impact Factor: 5.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Bionic Engineering?

The topics of Composite material, Robot, Control theory, Simulation and Artificial intelligence are the focal point of discussions in the journal. The journal primarily discusses Composite material topics, particularly Composite number, Contact angle, Scanning electron microscope, Microstructure and Ultimate tensile strength. The journal focuses on Contact angle but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Wetting which is concerned with Nanotechnology.

Topics in Robot explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Control engineering, Mechanism (engineering) and Actuator. While the journal focused on Control theory, it was also able to explore topics like Kinematics and Flapping. Some problems in Flapping that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Mechanics and Thrust.

The journal focused on Artificial intelligence research but expanded to cover Computer vision. Specifically, studies on Wing are prevalent in the Aerospace engineering works discussed. The journal tackles topics on Wing, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Structural engineering.

  • Composite material (19.73%)
  • Robot (13.67%)
  • Control theory (12.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization for Feature Selection (205 citations)
  • Biological Inspiration: From Carangiform Fish to Multi-Joint Robotic Fish (199 citations)
  • Wetting Characteristics of Insect Wing Surfaces (165 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Bionic Engineering:

The published articles focus on Composite material, Robot, Simulation, Structural engineering and Control theory. The published papers with studies in Robot featured incorporate elements of Marine engineering, Climb, Mechanism (engineering) and Underwater. The works on Simulation tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Gait (human), Kinematics and Motion control.

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

  • Composite material
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Bionic Engineering primarily focuses on research topics in Composite material, Chemical engineering, Robot, Coating and Contact angle. Journal of Bionic Engineering facilitates discussions on Composite material that incorporate concepts from other fields like Icing and Photothermal therapy. In addition to Chemical engineering research, Journal of Bionic Engineering aims to explore topics under Adhesion, Thermal and Polymer.

Robot research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Bionics, Gait (human), Human–computer interaction and Climbing. In Journal of Bionic Engineering, Control theory and Swing are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Gait (human) research. The subject of Flapping, which is connected to the field of Mechanics, serves as the foundation of the Control theory research featured in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Passive Anti-icing Strategy Based on a Superhydrophobic Mesh with Extremely Low Ice Adhesion Strength (45 citations)
  • The Colony Predation Algorithm (7 citations)
  • Bio-inspired Fog Harvesting Materials: Basic Research and Bionic Potential Applications (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 Bionic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Luquan Ren (66 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhiwu Han (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hoon Cheol Park (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhendong Dai (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yuying Yan (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 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 Journal of Bionic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jilin University (130 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Ministry of Education (85 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beihang University (52 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (48 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (45 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 15.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.78% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.29% of all publications and 36.23% 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

  • The Colony Predation Algorithm

    Jiaze Tu;Huiling Chen;Mingjing Wang;Amir H. Gandomi

    (2021)
    532 Citations
  • A Global Best-guided Firefly Algorithm for Engineering Problems

    (2023)
    121 Citations
  • An Improved Harris Hawks Optimization Algorithm with Multi-strategy for Community Detection in Social Network

    (2022)
    120 Citations
  • CQFFA: A Chaotic Quasi-oppositional Farmland Fertility Algorithm for Solving Engineering Optimization Problems

    Unknown

    (2022)
    107 Citations
  • Geyser Inspired Algorithm: A New Geological-inspired Meta-heuristic for Real-parameter and Constrained Engineering Optimization

    (2023)
    103 Citations
  • Review and Classification of Bio-inspired Algorithms and Their Applications

    Xumei Fan;William Sayers;Shujun Zhang;Zhiwu Han

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Boosting Whale Optimizer with Quasi-Oppositional Learning and Gaussian Barebone for Feature Selection and COVID-19 Image Segmentation

    (2022)
    95 Citations
  • Improved Reptile Search Algorithm by Salp Swarm Algorithm for Medical Image Segmentation

    Unknown

    (2023)
    90 Citations
  • An Improved Tunicate Swarm Algorithm with Best-random Mutation Strategy for Global Optimization Problems

    (2022)
    88 Citations
  • Advances in Manta Ray Foraging Optimization: A Comprehensive Survey

    (2024)
    69 Citations

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