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Thin-Walled Structures
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Thin-Walled Structures

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 11 242 619 57
Engineering and Technology 49 243 857 58

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 686
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1600
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 24
SCIMAGO H-index: 134
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.625
Impact Factor: 6.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Thin-walled Structures?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Structural engineering, Finite element method, Buckling, Composite material and Mechanics. Parametric statistics and Shell (structure) are some topics wherein Structural engineering research discussed in it have an impact. Some problems in Finite element method that were presented in Thin-walled Structures overlapped with concepts under Flange, Numerical analysis, Mathematical analysis, Welding and Vibration.

The journal focused on Mathematical analysis research but expanded to cover Geometry. Buckling research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Compression (physics), Boundary value problem and Nonlinear system. As a part of it, discussions in Composite material involve topics like Composite number, Ultimate tensile strength, Aluminium, Deformation (engineering) and Energy absorption.

  • Structural engineering (63.33%)
  • Finite element method (37.93%)
  • Buckling (34.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Performance of concrete-filled thin-walled steel tubes under pure torsion (452 citations)
  • Collapsible impact energy absorbers: an overview (449 citations)
  • Relative merits of single-cell, multi-cell and foam-filled thin-walled structures in energy absorption (326 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Thin-walled Structures:

The published papers aim to foster the development of research in Structural engineering, Buckling, Finite element method, Composite material and Boundary value problem. While the journal papers focused on Structural engineering, they were also able to explore topics like Ultimate tensile strength and Shell (structure). While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Finite element method, it also covers topics in Flange, Parametric statistics, Beam (structure), Nonlinear system and Mechanics.

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

  • Composite material
  • Structural engineering
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Thin-walled Structures investigates studies in Composite material, Buckling, Structural engineering, Composite number and Vibration. The journal facilitates discussions on Buckling that incorporate concepts from other fields like Range (statistics), Parametric statistics and Section (archaeology). The work on Structural engineering tackled in Thin-walled Structures brings together disciplines like Compression (physics) and Computer simulation.

Thin-walled Structures focuses on Composite number but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Development (differential geometry), Volume (thermodynamics) and Nonlinear system. The presented research on Vibration deals specifically with Anisotropy but it also addresses topics in Mathematical analysis. The concepts on Shear (sheet metal) presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Aspect ratio (image), Finite element method, Boundary (topology), Shear strength and Shear wall.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Anisotropic hyperelastic/plastic behavior on stress-constrained thin structures by iterating on the elastic Cauchy–Green tensor (0 citations)
  • Experimental and numerical investigation on cold-formed steel built-up section pin-ended columns (0 citations)
  • Size-dependent vibration of single-crystalline rectangular nanoplates with cubic anisotropy considering surface stress and nonlocal elasticity effects (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 Thin-walled Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ben Young (105 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dinar Camotim (93 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xiao Ling Zhao (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mahen Mahendran (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lin-Hai Han (60 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 Thin-walled Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Sydney (168 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (149 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tongji University (140 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (131 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 30 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Hong Kong (122 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 2022 edition, 11.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.50% 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 25.00% of all publications and 37.50% 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

  • Lightweight hybrid materials and structures for energy absorption: A state-of-the-art review and outlook

    Unknown

    (2022)
    448 Citations
  • Thin-walled corrugated structures: A review of crashworthiness designs and energy absorption characteristics

    Ngoc San Ha;Guoxing Lu

    (2020)
    331 Citations
  • Design, manufacturing and applications of auxetic tubular structures: A review

    Chen Luo;Chuan Zhen Han;Xiang Yu Zhang;Xue Gang Zhang

    (2021)
    287 Citations
  • Free vibration analysis of functionally graded doubly curved nanoshells using nonlocal first-order shear deformation theory with variable nonlocal parameters

    (2022)
    255 Citations
  • Vibration and buckling optimization of functionally graded porous microplates using BCMO-ANN algorithm

    Unknown

    (2023)
    217 Citations
  • Influence of the visco-Pasternak foundation parameters on the buckling behavior of a sandwich functional graded ceramic–metal plate in a hygrothermal environment

    Mohamad W. Zaitoun;Abdelbaki Chikh;Abdelouahed Tounsi;Mohammed A. Al-Osta

    (2022)
    171 Citations
  • Low-velocity impact resistance of composite sandwich panels with various types of auxetic and non-auxetic core structures

    Fatih Usta;Halit S. Türkmen;Fabrizio Scarpa

    (2021)
    155 Citations
  • Frequency characteristics of FG-GPLRC viscoelastic thick annular plate with the aid of GDQM

    Mehran Safarpour;Aria Ghabussi;Farzad Ebrahimi;Mostafa Habibi

    (2020)
    154 Citations
  • Extremely large oscillation and nonlinear frequency of a multi-scale hybrid disk resting on nonlinear elastic foundation

    Ali Shariati;Aria Ghabussi;Mostafa Habibi;Hamed Safarpour

    (2020)
    154 Citations

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