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| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | 75 | 47 | 65 | 28 |
| Electronics and Electrical Engineering | 161 | 38 | 57 | 22 |
Soft robotics focuses largely on the fields of Soft robotics, Robot, Actuator, Mechanical engineering and Artificial intelligence. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Soft robotics, it also covered topics in Field (computer science), Human–computer interaction, Structural engineering, Stiffness and Jamming. The main emphasis of Soft robotics is the research on Stiffness, emphasizing the topic of Variable stiffness.
The concepts on Robot presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Control engineering, Simulation, Control theory and Continuum (topology). Research on Control theory addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Kinematics. The research on Actuator featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Fluidics, Elastomer and Bending.
The Mechanical engineering research presented places emphasis on topics like Grippers and 3D printing. Robotics is a focus of the presented Artificial intelligence works and it dives deep in Robotics.
Soft robotics, Robot, Actuator, Mechanical engineering and Simulation are the main subjects of interest in the most cited articles. The most cited articles cover Soft robotics research under the subject of Artificial intelligence. Specifically, studies on Robotics are prevalent in the Robot works discussed in the most cited publications.
The main research concerns discussed in Soft robotics are Soft robotics, Robot, Actuator, Mechanical engineering and Artificial intelligence. The journal investigates Soft robotics in the context of the closely related subject of areas like
The research on Actuator tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Fluidics, Powered exoskeleton, Sit to stand and Torque. The journal focuses on Mechanical engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Pneumatic actuator, Stiffness and Bistability. The overlapping concepts between Computer vision and Sensory system and Tactile sensor are the key highlights of Artificial intelligence study.
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 Soft robotics (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Soft robotics (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 0.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.85% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.44% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.37% of all publications and 33.33% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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(2022)Mengjia Zhu;Thanh Nho Do;Elliot W. Hawkes;Yon Visell
(2020)Lisen Ge;Feifei Chen;Dong Wang;Yifan Zhang
(2020)Junius Santoso;Cagdas D Onal
(2021)Huichan Zhao;Huichan Zhao;Huichan Zhao;Aftab M Hussain;Aftab M Hussain;Ali Israr;Daniel M Vogt;Daniel M Vogt
(2020)Qinghua Guan;Jian Sun;Yanju Liu;Norman M Wereley
(2020)Yang Yang;Yazhan Zhang;Zicheng Kan;Jielin Zeng
(2020)Weiping Hu;Gursel Alici
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