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Shock Waves
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Shock Waves

0938-1287

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/193

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 256 32 44 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 48
Documents by Best Scientists*: 61
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.52
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Shock Waves?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Mechanics, Shock wave, Detonation, Mach number and Shock (mechanics). The in-depth study on Mechanics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Classical mechanics. The research on Shock wave tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Acoustics and Reflection (physics), Optics.

Schlieren is a major topic of Optics research. Shock Waves facilitates discussions on Detonation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Combustion, Ignition system, Thermodynamics and Computer simulation. The study of Mach number encompasses disciplines such as Nozzle, as well as fields such as Jet (fluid), all of which overlap with one another.

Mach reflection is a key component of Mach wave research discussed in the journal. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Oblique shock and the similar topic of Bow shock (aerodynamics). The journal connects the study in Shock (fluid dynamics) with the closely related area of Flow (psychology).

  • Mechanics (61.43%)
  • Shock wave (41.83%)
  • Detonation (22.75%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Restoration of the contact surface in the HLL-Riemann solver (1496 citations)
  • Fundamentals of rotating detonations (213 citations)
  • Experimental research on the rotating detonation in gaseous fuels–oxygen mixtures (201 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Shock Waves:

The published articles explore disciplines such as Mechanics, Shock wave, Detonation, Classical mechanics and Shock tube. The journal articles with studies in Mechanics featured incorporate elements of Optics and Shock (mechanics). While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Shock wave, it also covers topics in Acoustics, Reflection (physics) and Vortex.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Shock Waves are Mechanics, Shock wave, Detonation, Blast wave and Shock (mechanics). Mechanics research discussed connects with the study of Nozzle. It centers on topics in Shock wave, with a focus on Shock tube.

The studies in Detonation featured incorporate elements of Particle, Volume (thermodynamics), Radius, Diffraction and Injector. The journal deals with Blast wave in conjunction with other fields like

  • Overpressure, which have a strong connection to Impulse (physics), Reflection (physics) and Mach reflection,
  • Pressure sensor and related Acoustics,
  • Energy (signal processing), which have a strong connection to Analytical chemistry, Kinetic energy and Dimensionless quantity.. The studies on Shock (mechanics) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Hypersonic speed, Equivalence (measure theory), Geometry, ANFO and Speed of sound.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Explosion mitigation by metal grid with water curtain (4 citations)
  • The TNT and ANFO equivalences of the Beirut explosion (3 citations)
  • An experimental study on the control of plug nozzle jets (2 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 Shock Waves (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kazuyoshi Takayama (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gabi Ben-Dor (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John H.S. Lee (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beric W. Skews (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lazhar Houas (23 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 Shock Waves (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tohoku University (112 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (63 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (59 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • McGill University (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less 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, 16.36% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.57% of all publications and 45.65% 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

  • Preliminary yield estimation of the 2020 Beirut explosion using video footage from social media

    S. E. Rigby;T. J. Lodge;S. Alotaibi;A. D. Barr

    (2020)
    124 Citations
  • Time-resolved imaging of the cellular structure of methane and natural gas detonations

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • Modeling mesoscale energy localization in shocked HMX, Part II: training machine-learned surrogate models for void shape and void–void interaction effects

    S. Roy;N. K. Rai;O. Sen;D. B. Hardin

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • StanShock: a gas-dynamic model for shock tube simulations with non-ideal effects and chemical kinetics

    K. Grogan;M. Ihme

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Experimental investigation of transonic and supersonic flow over a sphere for Reynolds numbers of 103-105 by free-flight tests with schlieren visualization

    T. Nagata;A. Noguchi;T. Nonomura;K. Ohtani

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Pseudo-turbulence in inviscid simulations of shock interacting with a bed of randomly distributed particles

    Y. Mehta;T. L. Jackson;S. Balachandar

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • A model for the trajectory of the transverse detonation resulting from re-initiation of a diffracted detonation

    X. Q. Yuan;X. C. Mi;H. D. Ng;J. Zhou

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Structure–property linkage in shocked multi-material flows using a level-set-based Eulerian image-to-computation framework

    S. Roy;N. K. Rai;O. Sen;H. S. Udaykumar

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Dynamic mode decomposition analysis of rotating detonation waves

    Myles D. Bohon;Alessandro Orchini;Richard Bluemner;Christian Oliver Paschereit

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Effects of unequal blockage ratio and obstacle spacing on wave speed and overpressure during flame propagation in stoichiometric H 2 /O 2

    C. Brunoro Ahumada;Q. Wang;E. L. Petersen

    (2020)
    13 Citations

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