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Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
H-index 45

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

0956-5515

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10845

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 167 76 102 30
Engineering and Technology 228 81 117 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 263
Documents by Best Scientists*: 315
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.763
Impact Factor: 7.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Mathematical optimization, Production (economics), Artificial intelligence, Process (engineering) and Artificial neural network. Mathematical optimization research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Algorithm and Job shop scheduling, Flow shop scheduling. The journal covers Job shop scheduling research under the subject of Scheduling (computing).

The research on Production (economics) featured in Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing combines topics in other fields like Quality (business), Industrial engineering, Reliability engineering, Manufacturing engineering and Operations research. The work on Artificial intelligence tackled in it brings together disciplines like Machine learning, Data mining, Computer vision and Pattern recognition. The journal investigates Data mining research which frequently intersects with Fuzzy logic.

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing connects research in Process (engineering) with the related topic of Systems engineering. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing explores topics in Artificial neural network which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Control engineering and Process (computing). The study on Process (computing) presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Engineering drawing.

  • Mathematical optimization (20.93%)
  • Production (economics) (15.89%)
  • Artificial intelligence (15.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: Key to future manufacturing (758 citations)
  • Product family design and platform-based product development: a state-of-the-art review (627 citations)
  • Collaborative networks: A new scientific discipline (571 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing:

The journal papers investigate areas of study like Mathematical optimization, Production (economics), Artificial intelligence, Artificial neural network and Process (engineering). The journal papers explore research in Job shop scheduling and overlapping concepts in Scheduling (production processes) and Heuristics to expand the discourse in Mathematical optimization. While Artificial neural network is the key highlight in the journal articles, thet also covered some subjects on Data mining and Fuzzy logic.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Operating system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing focuses largely on the fields of Artificial intelligence, Process (computing), Production (economics), Process (engineering) and Algorithm. Machine learning, Computer vision and Pattern recognition are some topics wherein Artificial intelligence research discussed in the journal have an impact. The research on Process (computing) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Artificial neural network and Laser power scaling.

The Artificial neural network study featured in Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing draws parallels with the field of Machining. Production (economics) research presented in Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing encompasses a variety of subjects, including Quality (business), Production line and Reliability engineering. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Process (engineering) and the similar topic of Industry 4.0.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Visual sensor intelligent module based image transmission in industrial manufacturing for monitoring and manipulation problems (147 citations)
  • Industry 4.0: contributions of holonic manufacturing control architectures and future challenges (29 citations)
  • Bearing fault diagnosis base on multi-scale CNN and LSTM model (23 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 Intelligent Manufacturing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mitsuo Gen (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chen-Fu Chien (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Q. Huang (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Chih-Hsing Chu (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pingyu Jiang (13 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 Intelligent Manufacturing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (46 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Tsing Hua University (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (44 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (36 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (35 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 2021 edition, 5.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.15% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.12% of all publications and 64.50% 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

  • A state-of-the-art survey of Digital Twin: techniques, engineering product lifecycle management and business innovation perspectives

    Kendrik Yan Hong Lim;Pai Zheng;Pai Zheng;Chun Hsien Chen

    (2020)
    657 Citations
  • Artificial intelligence systems for tool condition monitoring in machining: analysis and critical review

    Unknown

    (2022)
    398 Citations
  • Intelligent rotating machinery fault diagnosis based on deep learning using data augmentation

    Xiang Li;Xiang Li;Wei Zhang;Qian Ding;Jian-Qiao Sun

    (2020)
    368 Citations
  • Blockchain-based business process management (BPM) framework for service composition in industry 4.0

    Wattana Viriyasitavat;Li Da Xu;Zhuming Bi;Assadaporn Sapsomboon

    (2020)
    291 Citations
  • Modelling and prediction of surface roughness in wire arc additive manufacturing using machine learning

    Chunyang Xia;Chunyang Xia;Zengxi Pan;Joseph Polden;Huijun Li

    (2021)
    217 Citations
  • Machine learning integrated design for additive manufacturing

    Jingchao Jiang;Yi Xiong;Zhiyuan Zhang;David W. Rosen;David W. Rosen

    (2020)
    205 Citations
  • Prediction of laser cutting parameters for polymethylmethacrylate sheets using random vector functional link network integrated with equilibrium optimizer

    Ammar H. Elsheikh;Taher A. Shehabeldeen;Taher A. Shehabeldeen;Jianxin Zhou;Ezzat Showaib

    (2020)
    146 Citations
  • A data-driven cyber-physical approach for personalised smart, connected product co-development in a cloud-based environment

    Pai Zheng;Pai Zheng;Xun Xu;Chun-Hsien Chen

    (2020)
    141 Citations
  • Enhancing wisdom manufacturing as industrial metaverse for industry and society 5.0

    (2022)
    140 Citations

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