Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Top Research Topics at Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures?

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures aims to foster the development of research in Composite material, Structural engineering, Finite element method, Composite number and Vibration. Fiber, Carbon nanotube, Piezoelectricity, Epoxy and Material properties are among the areas of Composite material tackled. Many of the studies tackled connect Piezoelectricity with a similar field of study like Actuator.

While Structural engineering is the focus of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, it also provided insights into the studies of Mechanics, Boundary value problem and Nonlinear system. It focuses on Mechanics research which is adjacent to topics in Classical mechanics. The work on Boundary value problem addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Geometry.

It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Vibration and Mathematical analysis.

• Composite material (41.52%)
• Structural engineering (25.33%)
• Finite element method (20.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A novel five-variable refined plate theory for vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates (220 citations)
• Analysis of Composite Plates Using a Layerwise Theory and Multiquadrics Discretization (179 citations)
• Self-Healing of Poly(Ethylene-co-Methacrylic Acid) Copolymers Following Projectile Puncture (161 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Composite material, Structural engineering, Vibration, Finite element method and Mathematical analysis. The journal publications feature Composite material research that overlaps with concepts in Thermal. The study of Structural engineering in the most cited papers encompasses disciplines such as Nonlinear system, as well as fields such as Discretization, all of which overlap with one another.

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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

• Erasmo Carrera (53 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• J. N. Reddy (29 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Ashraf M. Zenkour (25 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Farzad Ebrahimi (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alfonso Pagani (18 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

• Polytechnic University of Turin (76 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Texas A&M University (51 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Harbin Institute of Technology (35 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Islamic Azad University (35 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Amirkabir University of Technology (33 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 8.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.83% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.90% of all publications and 57.37% 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.