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Journal of Sound and Vibration
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Journal of Sound and Vibration

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 19 250 654 49
Engineering and Technology 133 136 254 39

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 484
Documents by Best Scientists*: 930
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 24
SCIMAGO H-index: 222
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.534
Impact Factor: 4.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Sound and Vibration?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Vibration, Mathematical analysis, Mechanics, Structural engineering and Acoustics. It addresses concerns in Vibration which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Control theory, Nonlinear system, Beam (structure), Boundary value problem and Finite element method. Many of the studies tackled connect Control theory with a similar field of study like Vibration control.

The work on Mathematical analysis tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Normal mode, Geometry and Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. In Journal of Sound and Vibration, Amplitude and Classical mechanics are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Mechanics research. The main emphasis of Journal of Sound and Vibration is the subject of Classical mechanics, focusing on Equations of motion.

Journal of Sound and Vibration connects research in Structural engineering with the related topic of Modal. While the journal focused on Acoustics, it was also able to explore topics like Duct (flow) and Optics.

  • Vibration (33.40%)
  • Mathematical analysis (19.70%)
  • Mechanics (19.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Damage detection from changes in curvature mode shapes (1551 citations)
  • Damping of structural vibrations with piezoelectric materials and passive electrical networks (1340 citations)
  • Model Updating In Structural Dynamics: A Survey (1239 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Sound and Vibration:

The journal articles explore disciplines such as Vibration, Structural engineering, Mechanics, Mathematical analysis and Control theory. Beam (structure), Boundary value problem and Finite element method are some topics wherein Vibration research discussed in the published articles has an impact. The works on Mathematical analysis tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Geometry and Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

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 Sound and Vibration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Patricio A. A. Laura (249 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Thompson (102 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael J. Griffin (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rajendra Singh (90 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen J. Elliott (90 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 Sound and Vibration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Southampton (1066 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Virginia Tech (310 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (274 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Purdue University (231 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (226 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% 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 100.00% 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

  • Review on the new development of vibration-based damage identification for civil engineering structures: 2010-2019

    Rongrong Hou;Yong Xia

    (2021)
    600 Citations
  • The acoustic black hole: A review of theory and applications

    Adrien Pelat;François Gautier;Stephen C. Conlon;Fabio Semperlotti

    (2020)
    371 Citations
  • Multistable vibration energy harvesters: Principle, progress, and perspectives

    Unknown

    (2022)
    313 Citations
  • A dual-functional metamaterial for integrated vibration isolation and energy harvesting

    Ze-Qi Lu;Long Zhao;Hu Ding;Li-Qun Chen

    (2021)
    212 Citations
  • A dynamic modelling method of a rotor-roller bearing-housing system with a localized fault including the additional excitation zone

    Jing Liu

    (2020)
    207 Citations
  • Design of a quasi-zero stiffness isolation system for supporting different loads

    Kan Ye;J.C. Ji;Terry Brown

    (2020)
    200 Citations
  • nNonlinear compensation method for quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolation

    Unknown

    (2021)
    194 Citations
  • Large stroke quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolator using three-link mechanism

    Ge Yan;Hong-Xiang Zou;Sen Wang;Lin-Chuan Zhao

    (2020)
    177 Citations

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