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Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
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Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 98 96 255 28
Engineering and Technology 124 162 446 40

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 307
Documents by Best Scientists*: 683
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 139
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.324
Impact Factor: 4.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering?

The foci of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering are Structural engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Seismology, Finite element method and Liquefaction. The work on Structural engineering tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Vibration and Nonlinear system. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering addresses concerns in Geotechnical engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Shear (geology) and Soil water.

The study on Seismology presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Amplitude. The Liquefaction study tackling the subject of Soil liquefaction is the focus of it. Many of the studies tackled connect Seismic hazard with a similar field of study like Seismic risk.

  • Structural engineering (32.10%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (31.91%)
  • Seismology (15.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Aseismic base isolation: review and bibliography (451 citations)
  • Semi-empirical procedures for evaluating liquefaction potential during earthquakes (451 citations)
  • Processing of strong-motion accelerograms: needs, options and consequences (448 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering:

The published papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Geotechnical engineering, Structural engineering, Seismology, Finite element method and Earthquake engineering. While Geotechnical engineering is the focus of the most cited articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Shear (geology) and Soil water. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Structural engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Vibration and Nonlinear system.

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

  • Composite material
  • Structural engineering
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Finite element method, Settlement (structural), Earthquake shaking table, Pile and Geotechnical engineering. It explores issues in Finite element method which can be linked to other research areas like Time domain, Seismic wave, Free field and Mathematical analysis. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering facilitates discussions on Settlement (structural) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Flexural strength, Scale (ratio), Bending moment, Deformation (mechanics) and Scaling.

The journal explores topics in Earthquake shaking table which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Stiffness, Lateral stiffness, Head (vessel) and Pile cap. Most of the Geotechnical engineering studies addressed also intersect with Human settlement. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering served as a forum through which researchers explored works on Group (periodic table) in conjunction with disciplines such as Structural engineering and Intensity (heat transfer).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Seismic response of helical pile groups from shake table experiments (1 citations)
  • Effect of model scale on helical piles response established from shake table tests (1 citations)
  • A time-domain approach for the simulation of three-dimensional seismic wave propagation using the scaled boundary finite element method (0 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 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mihailo D. Trifunac (146 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Maria I. Todorovska (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vincent W. Lee (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xiuli Du (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kyriazis Pitilakis (32 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 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tongji University (214 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 32 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Southern California (196 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Patras (105 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (85 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 62.50% 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

  • Prediction of ground vibration induced by blasting operations through the use of the Bayesian Network and random forest models

    Jian Zhou;Panagiotis G. Asteris;Danial Jahed Armaghani;Binh Thai Pham

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • Resilience assessment of tunnels: Framework and application for tunnels in alluvial deposits exposed to seismic hazard

    Unknown

    (2022)
    161 Citations
  • Optimal design and seismic performance of tuned fluid inerter applied to structures with friction pendulum isolators

    Dario De Domenico;Giuseppe Ricciardi;Ruifu Zhang

    (2020)
    126 Citations
  • Evaluation of soil liquefaction using AI technology incorporating a coupled ENN / t-SNE model

    Pierre Guy Atangana Njock;Shui-Long Shen;Annan Zhou;Hai-Min Lyu

    (2020)
    104 Citations
  • Evaluation of optimal ground motion intensity measures and seismic fragility analysis of a multi-pylon cable-stayed bridge with super-high piers in Mountainous Areas

    Biao Wei;Zhangliang Hu;Xuhui He;Lizhong Jiang

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • Selection of optimal intensity measures for fragility assessment of circular tunnels in soft soil deposits

    Zhong-Kai Huang;Kyriazis Pitilakis;Sotirios Argyroudis;Grigorios Tsinidis

    (2021)
    90 Citations
  • The advancement of seismic isolation and energy dissipation mechanisms based on friction

    Chunwei Zhang;Amir Ali

    (2021)
    88 Citations

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