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Science and Technology for the Built Environment
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Science and Technology for the Built Environment

2374-4731

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uhvc21/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 280 20 46 9
Environmental Sciences 626 7 10 7
Engineering and Technology 689 41 71 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 85
Documents by Best Scientists*: 128
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 74
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.451
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Science and Technology for the Built Environment?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Mechanics, HVAC, Thermal, Mechanical engineering and Air conditioning. The studies in Mechanics featured incorporate elements of Heat exchanger and Thermodynamics. The majority of Thermodynamics studies presented zero in on Heat transfer coefficient.

Science and Technology for the Built Environment dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of HVAC and Automotive engineering. Automotive engineering study tackled is connected to the field of Thermal comfort. The in-depth study on Thermal comfort also explores topics in the intersecting field of Ventilation (architecture).

Many of the studies tackled connect Heat transfer with a similar field of study like Refrigerant.

  • Mechanics (12.22%)
  • HVAC (10.71%)
  • Thermal (9.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A review of fault detection and diagnostics methods for building systems (150 citations)
  • Smart grid energy flexible buildings through the use of heat pumps and building thermal mass as energy storage in the Belgian context (76 citations)
  • Indoor environmental quality, occupant perception, prevalence of sick building syndrome symptoms, and sick leave in a Green Mark Platinum-rated versus a non-Green Mark-rated building: A case study (41 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Science and Technology for the Built Environment:

The most cited publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as HVAC, Environmental engineering, Thermal comfort, Control engineering and Mechanical engineering. The most cited articles with studies in HVAC featured incorporate elements of Model predictive control and Optimal control. The works on Mechanical engineering tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Heat transfer and Magnetic circuit.

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

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Thermodynamics
  • Electrical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Automotive engineering, Mechanics, Thermal, Ventilation (architecture) and HVAC. The journal facilitates discussions on Automotive engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Energy consumption and Air conditioning. Topics in Mechanics explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Heat exchanger, Transient (oscillation) and ASHRAE 90.1.

Issues in Thermal were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Mechanical engineering, Thermal manikin, Computer simulation and Heat pump. The research on Ventilation (architecture) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Airflow, Variable air volume, Efficient energy use and Apartment. Science and Technology for the Built Environment addresses concerns in the field of HVAC by exploring it in line with topics in Thermal comfort which intersect with Architectural engineering subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Simulation of humidity and temperature distribution in green roof with pozzolana as drainage layer: Influence of outdoor seasonal weather conditions and internal ceiling temperature (5 citations)
  • Exploring smart thermostat users’ schedule override behaviors and the energy consequences (4 citations)
  • Determination of optimum insulation thickness by life cycle cost analysis for residential buildings in Turkey (4 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 Science and Technology for the Built Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Reinhard Radermacher (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lorenzo Cremaschi (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William O'Brien (12 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Vikrant Aute (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • James E. Braun (12 papers) published 1 paper 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Science and Technology for the Built Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Maryland, College Park (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Texas A&M University (23 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (22 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, 1.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.04% of all publications and 47.83% 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

  • Strategies to minimize SARS-CoV-2 transmission in classroom settings: combined impacts of ventilation and mask effective filtration efficiency

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • Associations of bedroom temperature and ventilation with sleep quality

    Jing Xiong;Jing Xiong;Li Lan;Zhiwei Lian;Richard De dear

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environments: A comprehensive review

    Jialei Shen;Meng Kong;Meng Kong;Bing Dong;Michael J. Birnkrant

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Energy Savings and Ventilation Performance from CO2-Based Demand Controlled Ventilation: Simulation Results from ASHRAE RP-1747 (ASHRAE RP-1747)

    Zheng D. O'Neill;Yanfei Li;Hwakong C. Cheng;Xiaohui Zhou

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Review of studies on thermal comfort in Indian residential buildings

    Sunil Kumar Sansaniwal;Jyotirmay Mathur;Vishal Garg;Rajat Gupta

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • A methodology to integrate maintenance management systems and BIM to improve building management

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Evaluation of in-duct UV-C lamp array on air disinfection: A numerical analysis

    Fatih Atci;Yunus Emre Cetin;Mete Avci;Orhan Aydin

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Fault detection and diagnosis for the screw chillers using multi-region XGBoost model

    Shuai Zhang;Xu Zhu;Burkay Anduv;Xinqiao Jin

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Exploring smart thermostat users’ schedule override behaviors and the energy consequences

    Brent Huchuk;William O’brien;Scott Sanner

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Toward a standardized framework for thermal resilience modelling and its practical application to futureproofing

    (2022)
    23 Citations

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