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Journal of Navigation
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Journal of Navigation

0373-4633

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-navigation

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 848 13 18 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 51
Documents by Best Scientists*: 54
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.452
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Navigation?

Journal of Navigation investigates areas of study like Global Positioning System, Remote sensing, Aeronautics, Radar and Cartography. In Journal of Navigation, Real-time computing and Geodesy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Global Positioning System research. It features Cartography research that overlaps with concepts in Art history.

GNSS applications works presented in it have a specific focus on Satellite system.

  • Global Positioning System (9.45%)
  • Remote sensing (7.57%)
  • Aeronautics (6.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A statistical study of ship domains (284 citations)
  • Improving Adaptive Kalman Estimation in GPS/INS Integration (231 citations)
  • Positional Accuracy of Assisted GPS Data from High-Sensitivity GPS-enabled Mobile Phones (226 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Navigation:

The published articles facilitate discussions on Global Positioning System, Simulation, GNSS applications, Inertial navigation system and Control theory. The journal publications address concerns in Global Positioning System which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Remote sensing, Real-time computing, Navigational aid and Geodesy. The published papers explore research in Simulation alongside concepts in Collision avoidance and other areas of study in Domain (software engineering), Operations research and Fuzzy logic.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Navigation mainly tackles studies in GNSS applications, Algorithm, Artificial intelligence, Satellite system and Computer vision. Journal of Navigation addresses concerns in GNSS applications which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Inertial measurement unit, Filter (signal processing) and Navigation system. The work on Algorithm tackled in Journal of Navigation brings together disciplines like Kinematics, Ambiguity resolution, Position (vector), Test data and Global Positioning System.

The journal holds forums on Global Positioning System that merges themes from other disciplines such as Stochastic modelling and Geodesy. Journal of Navigation focuses on Satellite system but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Pseudorange, Real-time computing and Precise Point Positioning. While Journal of Navigation focused on Real-time computing, it was also able to explore topics like Noise (signal processing) and Reliability (computer networking).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Vessel Trajectory Prediction Using Historical Automatic Identification System Data (8 citations)
  • Investigating the correlation between students’ perception of authenticity in assessment and their academic achievement in the associated assessment tasks (4 citations)
  • Decision Tree and Logistic Regression Analysis to Explore Factors Contributing to Harbour Tugboat Accidents (4 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 Navigation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Charles H. Cotter (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Washington Y. Ochieng (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Terry Moore (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jinling Wang (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Brooker (25 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 Navigation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of New South Wales (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Nottingham (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beihang University (45 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dalian Maritime University (40 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • National University of Defense Technology (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 2021 edition, 35.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.15% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.48% of all publications and 44.26% 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

  • High Definition Map for Automated Driving: Overview and Analysis

    Rong Liu;Jinling Wang;Bingqi Zhang

    (2020)
    225 Citations
  • A Computation Effective Range-Based 3D Mapping Aided GNSS with NLOS Correction Method

    Hoi Fung Ng;Guohao Zhang;Li Ta Hsu

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Assessment of the Influence of Offshore Wind Farms on Ship Traffic Flow Based on AIS Data

    Qing Yu;Kezhong Liu;A.P. Teixeira;C. Guedes Soares

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Sea Captains’ Views on Automated Ship Route Optimization in Ice-covered Waters

    Ville V. Lehtola;Jakub Montewka;Johanna Salokannel

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • A review of ship collision risk assessment, hotspot detection and path planning for maritime traffic control in restricted waters

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • A Mutual Information-Based Bayesian Network Model for Consequence Estimation of Navigational Accidents in the Yangtze River

    Bing Wu;Tsz Leung Yip;Xinping Yan;Zhe Mao

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • An improved PDR system with accurate heading and step length estimation using handheld smartphone

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Research on navigation risk of the Arctic Northeast Passage based on POLARIS

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Micro Aerial Vehicle Navigation with Visual-Inertial Integration Aided by Structured Light

    Yunshu Wang;Jianye Liu;Jinling Wang;Qinghua Zeng

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Literature review on maritime cybersecurity: state-of-the-art

    (2023)
    10 Citations

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