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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

0899-1561

Published by: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jmcee7

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 201 164 353 31
Materials Science 312 109 238 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 356
Documents by Best Scientists*: 638
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 149
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.861
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Composite material, Geotechnical engineering, Asphalt, Cement and Compressive strength. The Composite material study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Structural engineering. The main emphasis of it is the research on Structural engineering, emphasizing the topic of Finite element method.

It connects the study in Geotechnical engineering with the closely related area of Material properties. While work presented in Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering provided substantial information on Asphalt, it also covered topics in Rheology and Viscoelasticity. The research on Cement featured in it combines topics in other fields like Fly ash and Mortar.

The Fly ash study featured falls within the larger field of Waste management. Compressive strength research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Flexural strength and Curing (chemistry). It focuses on Cracking as well as the interrelated topic of Fracture mechanics.

  • Composite material (56.20%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (20.36%)
  • Asphalt (19.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Compressive Behavior of Concrete Confined by Carbon Fiber Composite Jackets (544 citations)
  • Rubber-Tire Particles as Concrete Aggregate (497 citations)
  • Rubberized Portland Cement Concrete (481 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering:

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Composite material, Compressive strength, Geotechnical engineering, Asphalt and Cement. Composite material study tackled in the published articles is connected to the field of Structural engineering. The published articles focus on Geotechnical engineering but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Soil stabilization which is concerned with Lime.

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

  • Composite material
  • Structural engineering
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Composite material, Metallurgy, Asphalt, Asphalt pavement and Corrosion. The journal primarily discusses Composite material topics, particularly SISAL, Polypropylene, Cyclic loading, Fiber and Natural rubber. While the journal focused on Asphalt, it was also able to explore topics like Skid (automobile) and Permeability (earth sciences).

Asphalt pavement research featured in Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Geotechnical engineering and Rut. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering explores issues in Geotechnical engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Wearing course, Course (architecture), Dynamic modulus and Drainage. The close relationship between Cement and Nanoparticle is one of the points of interest dissected in Slag research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Mechanical Property Evaluation for Steel Slag in Asphalt Mixture with Different Skeleton Structures Using Modified Marshall Mix Design Methodology (0 citations)
  • Determination of Minimum Dynamic Modulus (E*) of High Modulus Asphalt Concrete Applied to Semirigid Base Asphalt Pavement (0 citations)
  • Effect of Long-Term Binder Draindown on Performance of Open Graded Asphalt Friction Courses with BOF Steel Slag Aggregates (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 Materials in Civil Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Arul Arulrajah (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Louay N. Mohammad (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Baoshan Huang (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhanping You (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Suksun Horpibulsuk (34 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 Materials in Civil Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Southeast University (146 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 21 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tongji University (135 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 29 less than at the previous edition,
  • Texas A&M University (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chang'an University (78 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
  • Louisiana State University (73 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than 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 2022 edition, 57.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% 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 16.67% of all publications and 33.33% 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

  • Direct Tensile Properties and Stress–Strain Model of UHP-ECC

    Ke Quan Yu;Zhou Dao Lu;Jian Guo Dai;Surendra P. Shah

    (2020)
    116 Citations
  • Cement, Lime, and Fly Ashes in Stabilizing Expansive Soils: Performance Evaluation and Comparison

    Masrur Mahedi;Bora Cetin;David J. White

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Development of Lightweight Rubberized Geopolymer Concrete by Using Polystyrene and Recycled Crumb-Rubber Aggregates

    Farhad Aslani;Ayoub Deghani;Zohaib Asif

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Effects of Modern Concrete Materials on Thermal Conductivity

    Yogiraj Sargam;Kejin Wang;James E. Alleman

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Characterization of Crude Bacterial Urease for CaCO3 Precipitation and Cementation of Silty Sand

    Jia He;Yufeng Gao;Zhangxiang Gu;Jian Chu

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Effect of Temperature on Thermal Properties of Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete

    Venkatesh Kodur;Srishti Banerji;Roya Solhmirzaei

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • CO2 Treatment of Hydrated Cement Powder: Characterization and Application Consideration

    Hamideh Mehdizadeh;Tung-Chai Ling;Xiongfei Cheng;Shu-Yuan Pan

    (2021)
    57 Citations

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