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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

0733-9429

Published by: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jhend8

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 302 37 95 12
Engineering and Technology 561 39 95 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 101
Documents by Best Scientists*: 195
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 147
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.706
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Hydraulic Engineering?

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering is organized to address concerns in the fields of Geotechnical engineering, Mechanics, Hydrology, Hydraulics and Open-channel flow. The studies on Geotechnical engineering discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Sediment transport, Shear stress, Closure (topology), Structural engineering and Flow (psychology). Bedform and Bed load are all topics related to Sediment transport research discussed.

It covers various topics on Mechanics such as Turbulence, Flow (mathematics), Froude number, Pipe flow and Computer simulation. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Hydrology and the similar topic of Sediment. Research in the field of Geomorphology was used to conduct the presented Sediment study.

  • Geotechnical engineering (31.24%)
  • Mechanics (25.60%)
  • Hydrology (23.75%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Sediment transport; Part I, Bed load transport (1246 citations)
  • Sediment Transport, Part II: Suspended Load Transport (1193 citations)
  • Despiking Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Data (1073 citations)

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

The most cited papers aim to foster the development of research in Geotechnical engineering, Mechanics, Open-channel flow, Hydrology and Turbulence. The most cited articles explore topics in Geotechnical engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Hydraulics, Sediment transport, Bedform, Shear stress and Flow (psychology). The journal papers link adjacent topics like Mechanics with Mathematical model.

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 Hydraulic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Willi H. Hager (128 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nallamuthu Rajaratnam (109 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pierre Y. Julien (92 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Ettema (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gary Parker (58 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 Hydraulic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Colorado State University (272 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Iowa (221 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (185 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alberta (169 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (168 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, 50.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% 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 0.00% 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

  • Local Scour and Sediment Deposition at Bridge Piers during Floods

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Temporal Evolution of Clear-Water Local Scour at Aligned and Skewed Complex Bridge Piers

    Yifan Yang;Bruce W. Melville;Graham H. Macky;Asaad Y. Shamseldin

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Multistage Frequency-Domain Transient-Based Method for the Analysis of Viscoelastic Parameters of Plastic Pipes

    B. Pan;H. F. Duan;S. Meniconi;K. Urbanowicz

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Effect of 30-Degree Sloping Smooth and Stepped Chute Approach Flow on the Performance of a Classical Stilling Basin

    Ivan Stojnic;Michael Pfister;Jorge Matos;Anton J. Schleiss

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Novel Riprap Structure for Improved Bridge Pier Scour Protection

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Expulsion of Entrapped Air in a Rapidly Filling Horizontal Pipe

    Ling Zhou;Yun Cao;Bryan Karney;Anton Bergant

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Hybrid Modeling for Design of a Novel Bridge Pier Collar for Reducing Scour

    Christopher Valela;Ioan Nistor;Colin D. Rennie;Javier L. Lara

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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