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Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE

0733-9399

Published by: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jenmdt

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 225 41 56 12
Engineering and Technology 308 118 197 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 195
Documents by Best Scientists*: 282
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 149
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.89
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Engineering Mechanics-asce?

Journal of Engineering Mechanics-asce is organized to address concerns in the fields of Structural engineering, Mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Finite element method and Composite material. The Structural engineering works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Vibration and Nonlinear system. The Nonlinear system study which was featured in it aims to expound on the research in Control theory.

While Mechanics is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Geotechnical engineering, Closure (topology) and Stress (mechanics), Classical mechanics. Mathematical analysis research discussed connects with the study of Geometry.

  • Structural engineering (36.65%)
  • Mechanics (20.87%)
  • Mathematical analysis (14.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Method of Computation for Structural Dynamics (3676 citations)
  • Exact and Invariant Second-Moment Code Format (2173 citations)
  • Plastic-Damage Model for Cyclic Loading of Concrete Structures (1908 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Engineering Mechanics-asce:

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Structural engineering, Mechanics, Finite element method, Vibration and Mathematical analysis. The works on Structural engineering tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Mathematical model, Stress (mechanics) and Nonlinear system. While the most cited publications focused on Mechanics, they were also able to explore topics like Geotechnical engineering and Boundary value problem.

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Structural engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Natural rubber, Algebra, Projective geometry, Combined use and Historical structure. Some problems in Natural rubber that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Applied mathematics, Order (group theory) and Standard linear solid model. The Algebra works, particularly on Surface of revolution are tackled in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Modified Fractional-Order Derivative Zener Model for Rubber-Like Devices for Structural Control (0 citations)
  • Modeling Combined Fabric Evolution in an Anisometric Granular Material Driven by Particle-Scale X-Ray Measurements (0 citations)
  • Graphical Methodology for Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions by Combined Use of Funicular and Projective Geometry (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.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Engineering Mechanics-asce (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zdenek P. Bazant (94 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zdeněk P. Bažant (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ahsan Kareem (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chien Ming Wang (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masanobu Shinozuka (50 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 Engineering Mechanics-asce (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Northwestern University (256 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (204 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (147 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Columbia University (123 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (99 papers) absent 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 33.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 66.67% 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

  • Experimental and Theoretical Study of High-Energy Dissipation-Viscoelastic Dampers Based on Acrylate-Rubber Matrix

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Micromechanical Investigation of Particle-Size Effect of Granular Materials in Biaxial Test with the Role of Particle Breakage

    Pei Wang;Zhen-Yu Yin;Zi-Yi Wang

    (2022)
    79 Citations
  • Physics-Informed Multifidelity Residual Neural Networks for Hydromechanical Modeling of Granular Soils and Foundation Considering Internal Erosion

    (2022)
    73 Citations
  • Analytical Solution for Lined Circular Tunnels in Deep Viscoelastic Burgers Rock Considering the Longitudinal Discontinuous Excavation and Sequential Installation of Liners

    Zhaofei Chu;Zhijun Wu;Quansheng Liu;Baoguo Liu

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Constructing a Site-Specific Multivariate Probability Distribution Using Sparse, Incomplete, and Spatially Variable (MUSIC-X) Data

    Jianye Ching;Kok-Kwang Phoon

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • State-of-the-Art Review on the Progressive Failure Characteristics of Geomaterials in Peridynamic Theory

    Xiao-Ping Zhou;Yun-Teng Wang

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Modal Identification of High-Speed Railway Bridges through Free-Vibration Detection

    Xiao-Mei Yang;Ting-Hua Yi;Chun-Xu Qu;Hong-Nan Li

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Constructing Quasi-Site-Specific Multivariate Probability Distribution Using Hierarchical Bayesian Model

    Jianye Ching;Stephen Wu;Kok-Kwang Phoon

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Physics-informed neural network solution of thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) processes in porous media

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • Consistency in Solving the Inverse Problem of the Voce-Chaboche Constitutive Model for Plastic Straining

    Albano de Castro e Sousa;Yusuke Suzuki;Dimitrios Lignos

    (2020)
    50 Citations

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