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Mechanics of Materials
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Mechanics of Materials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 65 179 248 30
Materials Science 311 165 227 24
Engineering and Technology 431 87 123 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 416
Documents by Best Scientists*: 491
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 19
SCIMAGO H-index: 130
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.991
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Mechanics of Materials?

The aim of Mechanics of Materials is to expand the discussion of research in Composite material, Mechanics, Finite element method, Structural engineering and Constitutive equation. It concentrated on Composite material research, specifically Ultimate tensile strength, Stress (mechanics), Composite number, Deformation (engineering) and Strain rate. While Mechanics is the focus of Mechanics of Materials, it also provided insights into the studies of Plasticity, Geometry, Boundary value problem, Classical mechanics and Creep.

The research on Plasticity discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Hardening (metallurgy). It facilitates discussions on Finite element method that incorporate concepts from other fields like Numerical analysis and Homogenization (chemistry). Structural engineering studies presented in it focus on topics such as Fracture mechanics and Crack closure.

The research on Fracture mechanics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Fracture toughness and Fracture (geology). The presentations discussing Crack closure offer insights in topics such as Crack growth resistance curve and Crack tip opening displacement. Research on Constitutive equation addressed in Mechanics of Materials frequently intersections with the field of Viscoelasticity.

  • Composite material (50.55%)
  • Mechanics (20.06%)
  • Finite element method (15.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A new approach to the application of Mori-Tanaka's theory in composite materials (1991 citations)
  • A constitutive model for anisotropic damage in fiber-composites (827 citations)
  • Large inelastic deformation of glassy polymers. part I: rate dependent constitutive model (812 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mechanics of Materials:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Composite material, Mechanics, Constitutive equation, Structural engineering and Finite element method. The published papers encompass presentations on Composite material, specifically Composite number, Strain rate, Stress (mechanics), Plasticity and Deformation (engineering). The journal papers investigate Finite element method in the context of the closely related subject of areas like

  • Micromechanics together with Homogenization (chemistry),
  • Geometry which connect with Anisotropy..

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Composite material, Mechanics, Finite element method, Deformation (engineering) and Stress (mechanics). Ultimate tensile strength, Microstructure, Plasticity, Composite number and Modulus are some of the study areas of Composite material discussed. The presented research on Mechanics deals specifically with Constitutive equation but it also addresses topics in Viscoelasticity.

Mechanics of Materials focuses on Finite element method but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Isotropy, Boundary value problem, Stiffness and Homogenization (chemistry). The journal explores issues in Deformation (engineering) which can be linked to other research areas like Slip (materials science), Strain rate, Work (thermodynamics) and Digital image correlation. The work on Stress (mechanics) tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Shear (sheet metal) and Nucleation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Broadband dynamic elastic moduli of honeycomb lattice materials: A generalized analytical approach (8 citations)
  • Dynamic stability and vibration of two-phase local/nonlocal VFGP nanobeams incorporating surface effects and different boundary conditions (7 citations)
  • A general isogeometric polar approach for the optimisation of variable stiffness composites: Application to eigenvalue buckling problems (7 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 Mechanics of Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sia Nemat-Nasser (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daniel Rittel (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • George J. Weng (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guozheng Kang (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Hossein M. Shodja (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • University of California, San Diego (76 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Northwestern University (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (69 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (60 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (54 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, 10.13% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.55% of all publications and 60.21% 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

  • Strain rate shift for constitutive behaviour of sintered silver nanoparticles under nanoindentation

    (2021)
    125 Citations
  • A transversely isotropic magneto-electro-elastic Timoshenko beam model incorporating microstructure and foundation effects§

    G.Y. Zhang;Y.L. Qu;X.-L. Gao;F. Jin

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Couple stress-based nonlinear buckling analysis of hydrostatic pressurized functionally graded composite conical microshells

    Yuan Yuan;Ke Zhao;Yafei Zhao;Saeid Sahmani

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • New concept of carbon fiber reinforced composite 3D auxetic lattice structures based on stretching-dominated cells

    Ying Gao;Zhengong Zhou;Hong Hu;Jian Xiong

    (2021)
    78 Citations
  • Bending characteristics of all-composite hexagon honeycomb sandwich beams: experimental tests and a three-dimensional failure mechanism map

    Xingyu Wei;Qianqian Wu;Ying Gao;Jian Xiong

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Geometric design, deformation mode, and energy absorption of patterned thin-walled structures

    (2022)
    62 Citations
  • Stochastic multiscale modeling of heat conductivity of Polymeric clay nanocomposites

    Bokai Liu;Nam Vu-Bac;Xiaoying Zhuang;Timon Rabczuk

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • New large-strain FFT-based formulation and its application to model strain localization in nano-metallic laminates and other strongly anisotropic crystalline materials

    (2022)
    57 Citations

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