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Journal of Building Performance Simulation
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Journal of Building Performance Simulation

1940-1493

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbps20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 521 38 72 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 53
Documents by Best Scientists*: 88
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 55
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.697
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Building Performance Simulation?

Journal of Building Performance Simulation aims to foster the development of research in Simulation, Energy (signal processing), Architectural engineering, Building energy simulation and Thermal. While work presented in Journal of Building Performance Simulation provided substantial information on Simulation, it also covered topics in Stochastic modelling, Reliability engineering, Computational fluid dynamics and Occupancy. The Computational fluid dynamics research discussed is included in the broader subject of Mechanics.

The majority of Energy (signal processing) studies presented zero in on Building energy. The journal connects the study in Thermal with the closely related area of Thermal comfort.

  • Simulation (18.22%)
  • Energy (signal processing) (10.81%)
  • Architectural engineering (9.75%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Co-Simulation of Building Energy and Control Systems with the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed (303 citations)
  • Modelica Buildings Library (238 citations)
  • Application of computational fluid dynamics in building performance simulation for the outdoor environment: an overview (191 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Building Performance Simulation:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Simulation, Energy (signal processing), Building energy, Occupancy and Reliability engineering. While the journal papers focused on Simulation, they were also able to explore topics like Ventilation (architecture), Thermal comfort, Stochastic modelling and MATLAB. The journal publications explore issues in Energy (signal processing) which can be linked to other research areas like Environmental economics, Workflow and Civil engineering.

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

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Thermal, Data-driven, Building energy, Automotive engineering and Building energy simulation. In it, Energy performance, Mechanical engineering, Characterization (materials science), Atmospheric sciences and Composite material are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Thermal research. The research on Building energy featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Control engineering, Random forest, Artificial neural network and Support vector machine.

Journal of Building Performance Simulation focuses on Control engineering but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Normalization (statistics) which is concerned with Energy (signal processing). It aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating disciplines like Energy (signal processing) and Building simulation. The journal explores issues in Building energy simulation which can be linked to other research areas like Reliability engineering, Thermal mass, Functional data analysis and Heat transfer model.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Simulation-aided development of automated solar shading control strategies using performance mapping and statistical classification (2 citations)
  • Occupant-Centric key performance indicators to inform building design and operations (2 citations)
  • Modelling of surface and inner wall temperatures in the analysis of courtyard thermal performances in Mediterranean climates (2 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 Building Performance Simulation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ian Beausoleil-Morrison (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lieve Helsen (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • William O'Brien (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ardeshir Mahdavi (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan Hensen (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 Building Performance Simulation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carleton University (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Eindhoven University of Technology (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Colorado Boulder (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 2.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 44.12% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.65% of all publications and 35.29% 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

  • Building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST) for simulation-based benchmarking of control strategies in buildings

    David Blum;Javier Arroyo;Javier Arroyo;Sen Huang;Ján Drgoňa

    (2021)
    150 Citations
  • Identification of multi-zone grey-box building models for use in model predictive control

    Javier Arroyo;Fred Spiessens;Lieve Helsen

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Estimating ASHRAE Guideline 36 energy savings for multi-zone variable air volume systems using Spawn of EnergyPlus

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Control-oriented archetypes: a pathway for the systematic application of advanced controls in buildings

    (2022)
    40 Citations
  • Building energy optimization using surrogate model and active sampling

    Keivan Bamdad;Michael E. Cholette;John Bell

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Human-centric green building design: the energy saving potential of occupants’ behaviour enhancement in the office environment

    Benedetta Pioppi;Cristina Piselli;Chiara Crisanti;Anna Laura Pisello

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Occupant-Centric key performance indicators to inform building design and operations

    Han Li;Zhe Wang;Tianzhen Hong

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • A stepwise approach for assessing the appropriate occupant behaviour modelling in building performance simulation

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Prediction of building indoor temperature response in variable air volume systems

    Ali Ghofrani;Seyyed Danial Nazemi;Mohsen A. Jafari

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Validation of spectral simulation tools in the context of ipRGC-influenced light responses of building occupants

    (2022)
    27 Citations

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