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Structural Safety
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Structural Safety

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 208 63 152 31

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 95
Documents by Best Scientists*: 171
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 120
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.767
Impact Factor: 6.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Structural Safety?

Structural Safety tackles a plethora of topics, such as Reliability (statistics), Structural engineering, Mathematical optimization, Probabilistic logic and Algorithm. In addition to Reliability (statistics) research, Structural Safety aims to explore topics under Random variable, Reliability engineering, Structural system, Limit state design and Monte Carlo method. Issues in Random variable were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Probability distribution, Probability density function and Applied mathematics.

Applied mathematics research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Statistics and Calculus. Importance sampling is a major topic of Monte Carlo method research presented in Structural Safety. Geotechnical engineering, Computer simulation, Corrosion and Nonlinear system are some topics wherein Structural engineering research discussed in it have an impact.

Mathematical optimization works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Optimization problem. It connects the study in Probabilistic logic with the closely related area of Statistical model. The study on Algorithm presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Sampling (statistics).

  • Reliability (statistics) (30.18%)
  • Structural engineering (24.11%)
  • Mathematical optimization (15.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Aleatory or epistemic? Does it matter? (1014 citations)
  • A fast and efficient response surface approach for structural reliability problems (903 citations)
  • AK-MCS: An active learning reliability method combining Kriging and Monte Carlo Simulation (705 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Structural Safety:

The published papers investigate areas of study like Reliability (statistics), Algorithm, Monte Carlo method, Structural engineering and Mathematical optimization. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Reliability (statistics) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Random variable, Reliability engineering, Structural system, Computation and Calculus. The featured Monte Carlo method studies in the published articles mainly concentrate on Limit state design but also cover areas of interest in Limit (mathematics).

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

  • Statistics
  • Structural engineering
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Structural Safety facilitates discussions on Reliability (statistics), Context (language use), Gaussian process, Tsunami hazard and Sea level rise. It aims to bridge the gap between the study of Reliability (statistics) and Sea state. Context (language use) research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Probabilistic methodology, Damages, Community resilience and Forensic engineering.

Topics in Gaussian process explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Curse of dimensionality, Identification (information), Importance sampling, Dimensionality reduction and Algorithm. Tsunami hazard research presented in Structural Safety encompasses a variety of subjects, including Probabilistic logic and Climatology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Robustness-oriented optimal design for reinforced concrete frames considering the large uncertainty of progressive collapse threats (1 citations)
  • Framework for probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment considering the effects of sea-level rise due to climate change (0 citations)
  • Active learning with generalized sliced inverse regression for high-dimensional reliability analysis (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 Structural Safety (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bruce R. Ellingwood (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dan M. Frangopol (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert E. Melchers (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ove Ditlevsen (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mark G. Stewart (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 Structural Safety (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Newcastle (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Technische Universität München (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tongji University (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Ontario (28 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, 14.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% 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 33.33% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • A review and assessment of importance sampling methods for reliability analysis

    Unknown

    (2022)
    299 Citations
  • Active learning for structural reliability: Survey, general framework and benchmark

    Unknown

    (2021)
    295 Citations
  • AKOIS: An adaptive Kriging oriented importance sampling method for structural system reliability analysis

    Xufang Zhang;Lei Wang;John Dalsgaard Sørensen

    (2020)
    153 Citations
  • Consistent seismic hazard and fragility analysis considering combined capacity-demand uncertainties via probability density evolution method

    Unknown

    (2023)
    141 Citations
  • Structural reliability analysis based on ensemble learning of surrogate models

    Kai Cheng;Zhenzhou Lu

    (2020)
    124 Citations
  • Engineering analysis with probability boxes: A review on computational methods

    Matthias G.R. Faes;Matthias G.R. Faes;Marco Daub;Marco Daub;Stefano Marelli;Edoardo Patelli;Edoardo Patelli

    (2021)
    122 Citations
  • Optimal policy for structure maintenance: A deep reinforcement learning framework

    Shiyin Wei;Yuequan Bao;Hui Li

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • AK-ARBIS: An improved AK-MCS based on the adaptive radial-based importance sampling for small failure probability

    Wanying Yun;Wanying Yun;Zhenzhou Lu;Xian Jiang;Leigang Zhang

    (2020)
    95 Citations
  • Probabilistic evaluation of seismic responses using deep learning method

    Taeyong Kim;Junho Song;Oh-Sung Kwon

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Reliability analysis of deteriorating structural systems

    Daniel Straub;Ronald Schneider;Elizabeth Bismut;Hyun-Joong Kim

    (2020)
    61 Citations

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