Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Top Research Topics at Journal of Earthquake Engineering?

The journal investigates areas of study like Structural engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Seismology, Earthquake engineering and Seismic analysis. It holds forums on Structural engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Frame (networking) and Nonlinear system. The study on Nonlinear system presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Displacement (vector).

The journal addresses concerns in Geotechnical engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Shear (geology) and Masonry. The study on Seismology presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Magnitude (mathematics).

• Structural engineering (54.14%)
• Geotechnical engineering (17.93%)
• Seismology (15.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• An improved method of matching response spectra of recorded earthquake ground motion using wavelets (397 citations)
• SEISMIC SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION: BENEFICIAL OR DETRIMENTAL? (367 citations)
• THE USE OF REAL EARTHQUAKE ACCELEROGRAMS AS INPUT TO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS (361 citations)

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

The published articles focus on Structural engineering, Earthquake engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Seismology and Seismic analysis. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Structural engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Displacement (vector) and Nonlinear system. The most cited papers address concerns in the field of Earthquake engineering by exploring it in line with topics in Acceleration which intersect with Peak ground acceleration subjects.

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

• Structural engineering
• Composite material
• Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Journal of Earthquake Engineering are Structural engineering, Reinforced concrete, Seismology, Geotechnical engineering and Ground motion. The studies in Structural engineering featured incorporate elements of Frame (networking) and Nonlinear system. The research on Reinforced concrete featured in it combines topics in other fields like Seismic damage, Shear wall and Cyclic loading.

Journal of Earthquake Engineering emphasizes research on Geotechnical engineering, which includes concerns such as Liquefaction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Performance-Based Seismic Design of Nonstructural Building Elements (19 citations)
• Refinement and Validation of the Simple Lateral Mechanism Analysis (SLaMA) Procedure for RC Frames (16 citations)
• Simulation of Cumulative Absolute Velocity Consistent Endurance Time Excitations (13 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 Journal of Earthquake Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• Amr S. Elnashai (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Timothy Sullivan (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Gian Michele Calvi (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Stefano Pampanin (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Rui Pinho (14 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 Journal of Earthquake Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Pavia (75 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Tongji University (50 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Canterbury (49 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Naples Federico II (46 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 3.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.26% of all publications and 49.77% 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.