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Journal of Turbulence
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Journal of Turbulence

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 276 28 35 9
Engineering and Technology 1316 8 13 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 38
Documents by Best Scientists*: 43
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.506
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Turbulence?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Turbulence, Mechanics, Classical mechanics, Reynolds number and Direct numerical simulation. Large eddy simulation is a key component of Turbulence research discussed in it. The featured Large eddy simulation research is covered under the field of Meteorology.

Research on Mechanics presented in Journal of Turbulence focuses, in particular, on Flow (psychology), Vorticity, Open-channel flow, K-epsilon turbulence model and Turbulence kinetic energy. Classical mechanics research featured in Journal of Turbulence incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Mathematical analysis, Particle image velocimetry, Jet (fluid), Reynolds stress and Wake. It investigates Reynolds number research which frequently intersects with Plane (geometry).

Journal of Turbulence explores topics in Statistical physics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations, Scale (ratio), Scalar (mathematics), Dissipation and Isotropy. The studies in Boundary layer featured incorporate elements of Pressure gradient and Optics. The research on Vortex discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Vortex shedding.

  • Turbulence (93.22%)
  • Mechanics (66.70%)
  • Classical mechanics (31.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • On coherent-vortex identification in turbulence (585 citations)
  • A public turbulence database cluster and applications to study Lagrangian evolution of velocity increments in turbulence (351 citations)
  • A numerical study of the effects of atmospheric and wake turbulence on wind turbine dynamics (347 citations)

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

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Turbulence, Mechanics, Classical mechanics, Reynolds number and Large eddy simulation. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Turbulence that incorporate concepts from other fields like Vortex and Statistical physics. The most cited papers address concerns in the field of Mechanics by exploring it in line with topics in Optics which intersect with Boundary (topology) subjects.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Turbulence are Turbulence, Mechanics, Materials science, Flow (mathematics) and Direct numerical simulation. The featured works in Reynolds number, which all belong in the domain if Turbulence, also overlaps with concepts under Surface finish. Journal of Turbulence explores research in Flow field and overlapping concepts in Obstacle and Wake to expand the discourse in Flow (mathematics).

The work on Direct numerical simulation tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Shock wave, Shear stress, Open-channel flow and Impulse response. The subject of Tornado, which is connected to the field of Convection, serves as the foundation of the Vortex research featured in Journal of Turbulence. Vorticity, Boundary (topology) and Scaling are some topics wherein Large eddy simulation research discussed in the journal have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The geostrophic regime of rapidly rotating turbulent convection (4 citations)
  • Cyclone–anticyclone asymmetry in rotating thin fluid layers (2 citations)
  • Aero-optical suppression for supersonic turbulent boundary layer (2 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 Turbulence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Charles Meneveau (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ugo Piomelli (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Bernardus J. Geurts (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philipp Schlatter (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arne V. Johansson (11 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 Turbulence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • École centrale de Lyon (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • KAIST (15 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 2.94% of all publications and 67.65% 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 perspective on machine learning in turbulent flows

    Sandeep Pandey;Jörg Schumacher;Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

    (2020)
    110 Citations
  • Controlling Rayleigh-B'enard convection via Reinforcement Learning

    Gerben Beintema;Alessandro Corbetta;Luca Biferale;Federico Toschi

    (2020)
    73 Citations
  • Controlling Rayleigh–Bénard convection via reinforcement learning

    Gerben Beintema;Alessandro Corbetta;Luca Biferale;Federico Toschi

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Neural network models for the anisotropic Reynolds stress tensor in turbulent channel flow

    Rui Fang;David Sondak;Pavlos Protopapas;Sauro Succi

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Spatio-temporal deep learning models of 3D turbulence with physics informed diagnostics

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Monte Carlo science

    Javier Jiménez

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • The effect of Prandtl number on decaying stratified turbulence

    (2023)
    19 Citations
  • Questions on the effects of roughness and its analysis in non-equilibrium flows

    (2022)
    17 Citations

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