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Progress in Aerospace Sciences
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Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 135 29 33 19
Engineering and Technology 629 13 16 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 55
Documents by Best Scientists*: 62
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 150
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.27
Impact Factor: 16.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Progress in Aerospace Sciences?

Progress in Aerospace Sciences mainly tackles studies in Aerospace engineering, Aerodynamics, Mechanics, Turbulence and Systems engineering. Computational fluid dynamics, Supersonic speed, Hypersonic speed, Propulsion and Drag studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Aerospace engineering presented. The research on Aerodynamics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Mechanical engineering, Wind tunnel and Wing.

Progress in Aerospace Sciences features Mechanics research that overlaps with concepts in Classical mechanics. The Turbulence research dealing mostly with K-epsilon turbulence model is the focus of Progress in Aerospace Sciences. The Systems engineering study featured in it draws connections with the study of Aerospace.

The research on Boundary layer discussed in Progress in Aerospace Sciences draws on the closely related field of Laminar flow.

  • Aerospace engineering (24.97%)
  • Aerodynamics (21.12%)
  • Mechanics (17.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Surrogate-based Analysis and Optimization (1710 citations)
  • Recent advances in surrogate-based optimization (1414 citations)
  • Wind turbine wake aerodynamics (916 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Progress in Aerospace Sciences:

The most cited papers primarily focus on research topics in Aerospace engineering, Aerodynamics, Mechanics, Turbulence and Boundary layer. The journal papers deal with Aerodynamics in conjunction with Flow control (fluid) and similar fields in Control theory. The most cited papers tackle studies in Classical mechanics and the interrelated subject of Vortex, Nonlinear system and Instability to gain insights into Mechanics.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Systems engineering, Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Space exploration and Control engineering. While Systems engineering is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Airframe, Noise reduction, Stability (learning theory), Point (geometry) and Conceptual design. Aerodynamics research discussed in the journal aim to provide more information in the subject of Aerospace engineering.

While work presented in Progress in Aerospace Sciences provided substantial information on Aeroelasticity, it also covered topics in Computer simulation, Fluid mechanics, Industrial engineering and System identification. The work on Space exploration tackled in it brings together disciplines like Latent Dirichlet allocation, Analytics, Data science and Commercial off-the-shelf. It focuses on Control engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Control system, Power (physics), Constrained optimization, Sensitivity (control systems) and Inertia.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Data-driven modeling for unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity (5 citations)
  • Review of advanced guidance and control algorithms for space/aerospace vehicles (5 citations)
  • Designing airspace for urban air mobility: A review of concepts and approaches (3 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 Progress in Aerospace Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wei Shyy (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ken Badcock (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roberto Sabatini (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max F. Platzer (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul G. Tucker (7 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 Progress in Aerospace Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cranfield University (28 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Delft University of Technology (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Langley Research Center (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Royal Aircraft Establishment (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • German Aerospace Center (19 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.57% 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 23.81% of all publications and 47.62% 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

  • Research progress on active thermal protection for hypersonic vehicles

    Silong Zhang;Xin Li;Jingying Zuo;Jiang Qin

    (2020)
    333 Citations
  • Machine Learning in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization

    Unknown

    (2022)
    333 Citations
  • Data-driven modeling for unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity

    Jiaqing Kou;Jiaqing Kou;Weiwei Zhang

    (2021)
    199 Citations
  • Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review

    Unknown

    (2023)
    197 Citations
  • Turbulent boundary layer trailing-edge noise: Theory, computation, experiment, and application

    Seongkyu Lee;Lorna Ayton;Franck Bertagnolio;Stephane Moreau

    (2021)
    165 Citations
  • A review of turbulent skin-friction drag reduction by near-wall transverse forcing

    Pierre Ricco;Martin Skote;Michael A. Leschziner

    (2021)
    141 Citations
  • Unconventional aircraft for civil aviation: A review of concepts and design methodologies

    Unknown

    (2022)
    141 Citations
  • Recent developments in the aeroelasticity of morphing aircraft

    Rafic M. Ajaj;Muhammed S. Parancheerivilakkathil;Mohammadreza Amoozgar;Michael I. Friswell

    (2021)
    110 Citations
  • A review of avian-inspired morphing for UAV flight control

    (2022)
    109 Citations

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