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Mechanical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering

0025-6501

Published by: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/memagazineselect/pages/about

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 473 5 6 1

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 15
Documents by Best Scientists*: 18
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Mechanical Engineering?

Mechanical Engineering investigates studies in Mechanical engineering, Waste management, Computer software, Automotive engineering and Engineering drawing. Mechanical Engineering aims to bridge the gap between the study of Computer software and Computer Aided Design.

  • Mechanical engineering (7.62%)
  • Waste management (6.14%)
  • Computer software (5.72%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Describing Uncertainty in Single Sample Experiments (6336 citations)
  • The S-rotor and its applications (197 citations)
  • Advancing the Standard (193 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mechanical Engineering:

The published articles mainly tackle studies in Mechanical engineering, Automotive engineering, Engineering drawing, Systems engineering and Marine engineering. Aside from discussions in Mechanical engineering, the journal publications also deal with the subject of Finite element method which intersects with Sheet metal, Molding (process) and Rapid prototyping disciplines. The most cited papers hold forums on Engineering drawing that merge themes from other disciplines such as Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing engineering, Machine tool and Engineering design process.

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

  • World War II
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Electrical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Waste management, Robot, Pandemic, Engineering ethics and Remote learning. Topics in Waste management explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Atmosphere, Dumping, Steam turbine, Carbon and Carbon dioxide. The research on Robot featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Service (business), Human–computer interaction, Disease transmission, Real-time computing and Food products.

It integrates many fields, including Pandemic and related. The studies in Engineering ethics featured incorporate elements of Lifelong learning, Emerging technologies and Mindset. The journal aims to facilitate interdisciplinary discussions involving Remote learning as well as topics like Distance education, Public relations and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Adding Energy Storage to the Combined Cycle (1 citations)
  • Cleaning With UV LightUVD Robots System Roams Hospital Corridors to Eliminate Germs. (1 citations)
  • 新型コロナ禍の避難をめぐる新たな課題 : 「避難」には2種類の意味がある (自治体・企業の防災担当者のための防災ガイドブック 2021年度版) -- (特集 変わる避難のあり方と自治体の避難所運営) (0 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 Mechanical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Valenti (220 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jean Thilmany (187 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Steven Ashley (131 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan S. Brown (92 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dan Deitz (79 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 Mechanical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Connecticut (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kongju National University (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Minnesota (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vanderbilt University (4 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, 97.87% 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

  • Manufacturing and the Great Resignation

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Manufacturing and National Security

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Taking the Measure of Electric VehiclesEVs Have Some Advantages, to be Sure. But they are Subject to the Efficiency Limits of Thermodynamics.

    Efstathios E. Michaelides

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Hidden Infrastructure for the New Energy Economy

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • What is Mechanical Engineering?

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Collaborations that Forge the Future

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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Best Scientists Contributing to This Journal