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Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
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Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

1081-2865

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mms

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 118 55 130 20
Materials Science 621 15 20 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 113
Documents by Best Scientists*: 206
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 57
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.615
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids?

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids mainly tackles studies in Mathematical analysis, Classical mechanics, Mechanics, Isotropy and Composite material. The studies on Mathematical analysis discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Elasticity (economics), Geometry and Nonlinear system. Classical mechanics research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Compressibility, Hyperelastic material, Constitutive equation and Anisotropy.

It focuses on Mechanics research which is adjacent to topics in Structural engineering.

  • Mathematical analysis (36.96%)
  • Classical mechanics (20.93%)
  • Mechanics (17.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Truss modular beams with deformation energy depending on higher displacement gradients (355 citations)
  • At the origins and in the vanguard of peridynamics, non-local and higher-gradient continuum mechanics: An underestimated and still topical contribution of Gabrio Piola (285 citations)
  • Generalization of Drucker's Yield Criterion to Orthotropy (201 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids:

The main points discussed in the journal publications deal with Mathematical analysis, Classical mechanics, Boundary value problem, Composite material and Isotropy. Aside from discussions in Mathematical analysis, the journal publications also deal with the subject of Geometry which intersects with Elasticity (physics) disciplines. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Classical mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Hyperelastic material, Nonlinear system, Compressibility, Constitutive equation and Dissipation.

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 Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Schiavone (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xu Wang (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Santwana Mukhopadhyay (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan S. Wineman (19 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 Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Alberta (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Texas A&M University (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • East China University of Science and Technology (28 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • In-depth gaze at the astonishing mechanical behavior of bone: A review for designing bio-inspired hierarchical metamaterials:

    Ivan Giorgio;Mario Spagnuolo;Ugo Andreaus;Daria Scerrato

    (2021)
    111 Citations
  • Large in-plane elastic deformations of bi-pantographic fabrics: asymptotic homogenization and experimental validation

    Emilio Barchiesi;Simon R Eugster;Francesco dell’Isola;François Hild

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • Granular micromechanics model for damage and plasticity of cementitious materials based upon thermomechanics

    Anil Misra;Payam Poorsolhjouy

    (2020)
    87 Citations
  • Who developed the so-called Timoshenko beam theory?:

    Isaac Elishakoff

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Hemivariational continuum approach for granular solids with damage-induced anisotropy evolution:

    Dmitry Timofeev;Emilio Barchiesi;Anil Misra;Luca Placidi

    (2021)
    78 Citations
  • A discrete formulation of Kirchhoff rods in large-motion dynamics:

    Ivan Giorgio

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Three-point bending test of pantographic blocks: numerical and experimental investigation:

    M Erden Yildizdag;M Erden Yildizdag;Emilio Barchiesi;Francesco dell’Isola

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Second-gradient continua: From Lagrangian to Eulerian and back

    (2022)
    54 Citations
  • Are higher-gradient models also capable of predicting mechanical behavior in the case of wide-knit pantographic structures?:

    Mario Spagnuolo;M Erden Yildizdag;Ugo Andreaus;Antonio M Cazzani

    (2021)
    52 Citations

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