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Marine Structures
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Marine Structures

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 246 53 122 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 115
Documents by Best Scientists*: 196
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.324
Impact Factor: 5.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Marine Structures?

Marine Structures covers a variety of subjects, including Structural engineering, Finite element method, Hull, Mechanics and Marine engineering. While Structural engineering is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Ultimate tensile strength and Welding. Marine Structures is concerned with the study of Ultimate tensile strength and Composite material in general.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Welding and the similar topic of Residual stress. While it focused on Finite element method, it was also able to explore topics like Parametric statistics, Stress (mechanics), Computer simulation, Numerical analysis and Stiffness. The studies on Hull discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Deck and Bending moment.

The research on Mechanics featured in Marine Structures combines topics in other fields like Vibration and Nonlinear system. Marine engineering research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Offshore wind power, Turbine and Submarine pipeline.

  • Structural engineering (52.39%)
  • Finite element method (24.98%)
  • Hull (14.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A REVIEW OF WAVE-ENERGY EXTRACTION (693 citations)
  • Forecasting wind with neural networks (233 citations)
  • Fatigue analysis of welded joints: state of development (195 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Marine Structures:

The journal articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Structural engineering, Finite element method, Hull, Computer simulation and Ultimate tensile strength. The published articles focus on Structural engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Submarine pipeline and Welding. The journal articles focus on Finite element method but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Stiffness which is concerned with Hydroelasticity.

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

  • Composite material
  • Structural engineering
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Structural engineering, Finite element method, Mechanics, Marine engineering and Offshore wind power. The studies in Structural engineering featured incorporate elements of Ultimate tensile strength and Parametric statistics. The featured Finite element method studies mainly concentrate on Welding but also cover areas of interest in Residual stress.

Marine Structures facilitates discussions on Mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Vibration, Cylinder (engine) and Amplitude. The Marine engineering works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Computational fluid dynamics, Sea state and Submarine pipeline. The journal focuses on Submarine pipeline but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Seabed and Nonlinear system.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dynamic response of stiffened plate under internal blast: Experimental and numerical investigation (14 citations)
  • Fluid forces acting on three and four long side-by-side flexible cylinders undergoing flow-induced vibration(FIV) (12 citations)
  • Active heave compensation of floating wind turbine installation using a catamaran construction vessel (12 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 Marine Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

  • C. Guedes Soares (68 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Torgeir Moan (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jørgen Amdahl (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Murilo Augusto Vaz (21 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jørgen Juncher Jensen (17 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 Marine Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (135 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (58 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (46 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (46 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technical University of Denmark (43 papers) published 3 papers 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 2021 edition, 5.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 21.47% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.69% of all publications and 31.64% 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

  • An overview of maintenance management strategies for corroded steel structures in extreme marine environments

    Muntazir Abbas;Mahmood Shafiee

    (2020)
    215 Citations
  • Nonlinear numerical analysis and progressive damage assessment of a cable-stayed bridge pier subjected to ship collision

    Gholamreza Gholipour;Chunwei Zhang;Asma Alsadat Mousavi

    (2020)
    150 Citations
  • Underactuated control and analysis of single blade installation using a jackup installation vessel and active tugger line force control

    (2023)
    80 Citations
  • Field experiments on laterally loaded piles for an offshore wind farm

    Dong-sheng Xu;Xue-yong Xu;Wei Li;Behzad Fatahi

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Experimental and numerical study of localized pitting effect on compressive behavior of tubular members

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Pitch motion reduction of semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine substructure using a tuned liquid multicolumn damper

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • Inhomogeneous wave load effects on a long, straight and side-anchored floating pontoon bridge

    Jian Dai;Bernt Johan Leira;Torgeir Moan;Marit Irene Kvittem

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Compressive strength of tubular members with localized pitting damage considering variation of corrosion features

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Methodology for global structural load effect analysis of the semi-submersible hull of floating wind turbines under still water, wind, and wave loads

    (2023)
    45 Citations
  • The influence of fluid structure interaction modelling on the dynamic response of ships subject to collision and grounding

    Sang Jin Kim;Mihkel Kõrgersaar;Mihkel Kõrgersaar;Nima Ahmadi;Ghalib Taimuri

    (2021)
    44 Citations

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