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Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
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Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

1942-4302

Published by: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

http://mechanismsrobotics.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/journal.aspx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 138 57 138 18
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 249 28 72 15
Engineering and Technology 1010 20 31 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 130
Documents by Best Scientists*: 232
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.756
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics?

The scientific interests tackled in Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics are Kinematics, Robot, Control theory, Control engineering and Mechanism (engineering). Research in Topology and the interrelating topic of Linkage (mechanical) were among the subjects of interest in the Kinematics studies discussed in it. The studies on Robot discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Mechanical engineering and Simulation.

The study on Mechanical engineering presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Structural engineering. The journal is mostly focused on Structural engineering, specifically Hinge. The Control theory works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Degrees of freedom and Stiffness.

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics facilitates discussions on Stiffness that incorporate concepts from other fields like Compliant mechanism and Finite element method. The research on Compliant mechanism discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Deflection (engineering). Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics focused on Artificial intelligence research but expanded to cover Computer vision.

  • Kinematics (36.68%)
  • Robot (26.56%)
  • Control theory (24.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Analytic Formulation for Kinematics, Statics, and Shape Restoration of Multibackbone Continuum Robots Via Elliptic Integrals (173 citations)
  • A Pseudorigid-Body 3R Model for Determining Large Deflection of Cantilever Beams Subject to Tip Loads (147 citations)
  • A Comprehensive Elliptic Integral Solution to the Large Deflection Problems of Thin Beams in Compliant Mechanisms (119 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics:

The main points discussed in the journal papers deal with Kinematics, Robot, Control theory, Control engineering and Structural engineering. The journal papers explore issues in Kinematics which can be linked to other research areas like Singularity, Mechanism (engineering) and Topology. In addition to Robot research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Mechanical engineering, Planar and Simulation.

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

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Robot, Kinematics, Artificial intelligence, Computer vision and Topology. While the journal focused on Robot, it was also able to explore topics like Simple (abstract algebra), Mechanics and Actuator, Control theory. While Actuator is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Bounded function and Workspace.

The concepts on Control theory presented in Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics can also apply to other research fields, including Revolute joint, Series (mathematics), Dual (category theory) and Inertia. Topics in Kinematics were tackled in line with various other fields like Variable (mathematics) and Simulation. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics discusses concepts in Topology (chemistry) under Topology and how they intertwine with disciplines like Structure synthesis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Simple Physical Model for Control of an Propellerless Aquatic Robot (1 citations)
  • Erratum: “Torsional Stiffness Improvement of a Soft Pneumatic Finger Using Embedded Skeleton,” [ASME J. Mech. Rob. 12(1), p. 011016; DOI: 10.1115/1.4045227] (0 citations)
  • Design of a Parallel Gripper Based on Topology Synthesis and Evolutionary Optimization (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 Mechanisms and Robotics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Clément Gosselin (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jian S. Dai (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Larry L. Howell (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Xianwen Kong (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hai-Jun Su (18 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 Mechanisms and Robotics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Laval University (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • King's College London (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tianjin University (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.63% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.41% of all publications and 48.15% 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

  • Surgical Applications of Compliant Mechanisms - A Review

    Theodosia Lourdes Thomas;Venkatasubramanian Kalpathy Venkiteswaran;G. K. Ananthasuresh;Sarthak Misra;Sarthak Misra

    (2021)
    98 Citations
  • Wrench-Feasible Workspace of Mobile Cable-Driven Parallel Robots

    Tahir Rasheed;Philip Long;Stéphane Caro

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • A Novel Variable Stiffness Compliant Robotic Gripper Based on Layer Jamming

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • An Origami-Based Medical Support System to Mitigate Flexible Shaft Buckling

    Brandon Sargent;Jared Butler;Kendall Seymour;David Bailey

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Origaker: A Novel Multi-Mimicry Quadruped Robot Based on A Metamorphic Mechanism

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • Supernumerary Robotic Limbs to Assist Human Walking With Load Carriage

    Ming Hao;Jiwen Zhang;Ken Chen;Harry Asada

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • A Mechanically Intelligent Crawling Robot Driven by Shape Memory Alloy and Compliant Bistable Mechanism

    Lingda Meng;Lingda Meng;Rongjie Kang;Dongming Gan;Guimin Chen

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Origami-Layer-Jamming Deployable Surgical Retractor With Variable Stiffness and Tactile Sensing

    Hritwick Banerjee;Tai Kai Li;Godwin Ponraj;Senthil Kumar Kirthika

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Rigidly Foldable Thick Origami Using Designed-Offset Linkages

    (2020)
    35 Citations

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