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Ocean Engineering
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Ocean Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 48 304 1123 58
Earth Science 146 80 175 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1000
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2332
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 26
SCIMAGO H-index: 151
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.394
Impact Factor: 5.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ocean Engineering?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Mechanics, Marine engineering, Structural engineering, Geotechnical engineering and Hull. Flow (psychology), Free surface, Turbulence, Vortex and Computer simulation are all areas of Mechanics tackled in Ocean Engineering. Ocean Engineering addresses concerns in Marine engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Turbine, Computational fluid dynamics and Submarine pipeline.

Turbine research is the primary subject tackled in it with a focus on Offshore wind power. Finite element method is part of Structural engineering studies tackled in the journal. Research on Geotechnical engineering addressed in Ocean Engineering frequently intersections with the field of Seabed.

  • Mechanics (26.70%)
  • Marine engineering (17.08%)
  • Structural engineering (14.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Leader-follower formation control of underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (399 citations)
  • A Survey of Techniques and Challenges in Underwater Localization (340 citations)
  • A summary of recent research on the nitinol alloys and their potential application in ocean engineering (287 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ocean Engineering:

The published articles investigate studies in Mechanics, Marine engineering, Structural engineering, Computer simulation and Control theory. Aside from discussions in Mechanics, the most cited publications also deal with the subject of Geotechnical engineering which intersects with Seabed disciplines. The works on Marine engineering tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Turbine and Computational fluid dynamics.

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

  • Composite material
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Ocean Engineering investigates areas of study like Mechanics, Marine engineering, Structural engineering, Control theory and Computational fluid dynamics. Flow (psychology), Vortex, Reynolds number, Turbulence and Wake are some of the study areas of Mechanics discussed. The journal is focused mainly on Reynolds number, particularly Vortex shedding.

The studies in Marine engineering featured incorporate elements of Offshore wind power, Turbine and Submarine pipeline. Structural engineering research is concerned with Finite element method in particular. It aims to address concerns in Control theory, specifically in the areas of Control theory, Trajectory and Nonlinear system.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An accurate FSI-SPH modeling of challenging fluid-structure interaction problems in two and three dimensions (15 citations)
  • A study on the FIV hydrodynamic force coefficients of two staggered flexible cylinders via an inverse method (15 citations)
  • Multi-resolution ISPH-SPH for accurate and efficient simulation of hydroelastic fluid-structure interactions in ocean engineering (14 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 Ocean Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • C. Guedes Soares (228 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dong-Sheng Jeng (67 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Atilla Incecik (60 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Patricio A. A. Laura (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mehmet Atlar (47 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 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 Ocean Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (612 papers) published 97 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (465 papers) published 79 papers at the last edition, 21 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Engineering University (369 papers) published 99 papers at the last edition, 36 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ocean University of China (218 papers) published 56 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Strathclyde (217 papers) published 52 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 5.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 39.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.92% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.73% of all publications and 36.90% 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

  • Review of the current status, technology and future trends of offshore wind farms

    H. Díaz;C. Guedes Soares

    (2020)
    608 Citations
  • Reliability analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine using Bayesian Networks

    He Li;He Li;C. Guedes Soares;Hong-Zhong Huang

    (2020)
    208 Citations
  • A framework to identify factors influencing navigational risk for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships

    Cunlong Fan;Cunlong Fan;Krzysztof Wróbel;Jakub Montewka;Mateusz Gil

    (2020)
    191 Citations
  • Ship weather routing: A taxonomy and survey

    Thalis P.V. Zis;Harilaos N. Psaraftis;Li Ding

    (2020)
    187 Citations
  • An accurate FSI-SPH modeling of challenging fluid-structure interaction problems in two and three dimensions

    Peng-Nan Sun;Peng-Nan Sun;David Le Touzé;Guillaume Oger;A-Man Zhang

    (2021)
    176 Citations
  • Data mining approach to shipping route characterization and anomaly detection based on AIS data

    H. Rong;A.P. Teixeira;C. Guedes Soares

    (2020)
    163 Citations
  • Numerical modeling of the subaerial landslide source of the 22 December 2018 Anak Krakatoa volcanic tsunami, Indonesia

    Mohammad Heidarzadeh;Takeo Ishibe;Osamu Sandanbata;Abdul Muhari

    (2020)
    151 Citations
  • A failure analysis of floating offshore wind turbines using AHP-FMEA methodology

    He Li;He Li;H. Díaz;C. Guedes Soares

    (2021)
    142 Citations
  • A review of energy extraction from wind and ocean: Technologies, merits, efficiencies, and cost

    (2023)
    134 Citations
  • Wave height predictions in complex sea flows through soft-computing models: Case study of Persian Gulf

    (2022)
    125 Citations

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