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Journal Analysis

TABLE C-1 List of Journals Examined for Publications and Citations According to Area of Mechanical Engineering

 

2006 Impact Factora

Journal Country

GENERAL

 

 

ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics

0.943

US

ACOUSTICS AND DYNAMICS

 

 

ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics

0.565

US

Journal of Sound and Vibration

0.884

US

ASA Journal of the Acoustical Society

1.433

US

Journal of Fluids and Structures

0.674

UK

BIOENGINEERING

 

 

Journal of Biomechanics

2.542

UK

ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

1.309

US

Biorheology

2.651

Netherlands

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

2.276

Netherlands

Biomaterials

5.196

UK

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research (A-2.497; B-1.778)

3.652

US

IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering

2.302

US

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

2.784

UK

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS

 

 

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

2.015

Netherlands

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

0.800

UK

Computers and Structures

0.846

UK

Computers and Fluids

1.468

UK

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

1.497

UK

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

0.870

UK

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

0.518

UK

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Journal Analysis ." National Research Council. 2007. Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12055.
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DESIGN/CAD

 

 

ASME Journal of Mechanical Design

1.252

US

ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

0.531

US

Research in Engineering Design

0.667

Germany

Design Studies

N/A

UK

Engineering Optimization

0.557

UK

Journal of Engineering Design

0.955

UK

Computer Aided Design

1.446

UK

DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS

 

 

Automatica

2.273

US

ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control

0.658

US

Control Engineering Practice

0.797

UK

IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

0.979

US

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

1.211

US

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

2.772

US

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

0.652

US

ENERGY SYSTEMS

 

 

Solar Energy

1.431

US

ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

0.421

US

Journal of Power Sources

3.521

Netherlands

ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology

0.370

US

Nuclear Engineering and Design

0.461

Switzerland

Nuclear Technology

0.537

US

Nuclear Science and Engineering

0.578

US

MANUFACTURING/CAM

 

 

ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

0.536

US

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

1.443

US

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

1.184

UK

Journal of Manufacturing Systems (SME)

0.150

US

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

0.816

US

MECHANICS OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS

 

 

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

3.609

US

Mechanics of Materials

2.106

Netherlands

Advanced Materials

7.896

US

ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

 

US

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MEMS/Nano

 

 

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

2.321

UK

IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

2.659

US

THERMAL SYSTEMS AND HEAT TRANSFER

 

 

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

1.482

UK

Journal of Heat Transfer-Transaction of ASME

0.886

US

Combustion and Flame

1.828

US

Journal of Electronic Packaging

0.487

US

Physics of Fluids

1.697

US

ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering

0.678

US

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

2.022

Germany

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

0.708

UK

Numerical Heat Transfer Part A (0.936) and B(0.913) (impact factor averaged)

0.925

US

Experimental Heat Transfer

0.361

US

TRIBOLOGY

 

 

Journal of Tribology-Transactions of ASME

0.810

US

Tribology Transactions

0.507

US

Wear

1.180

UK

Tribology International

1.132

UK

Tribology Letters

1.090

US

a SOURCE: 2006 Journal Citation Reports®. Reprinted with permission from Thomson Scientific.

bIEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation split into two new titles in 2004: IEEE Transactions on Robotics and IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.

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TABLE C-2 U.S. Journal Article Contributionsa

 

1999

2003

2005

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

GENERAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics

157

66

42

127

65

51

129

74

57

ACOUSTICS AND DYNAMICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics

79

29

37

71

34

48

70

40

57

Journal of Sound and Vibration

522

113

22

756

136

18

663

177

27

ASA Journal of the Acoustical Society

670

340

51

556

310

56

688

359

52

Journal of Fluids and Structures

55

14

25

118

36

31

107

28

26

Area Average

 

 

34

 

 

38

 

 

41

BIOENGINEERING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Biomechanics

171

65

38

217

96

44

269

125

46

ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

89

70

79

112

71

63

144

101

70

Biorheology

24

7

29

22

10

45

22

10

45

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

79

62

78

134

89

66

166

115

69

Biomaterials

261

76

29

260

55

21

260

51

20

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

353

151

43

511

207

41

502

184

37

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

172

89

52

137

61

45

244

124

51

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

129

85

66

155

87

56

195

101

52

Area Average

 

 

52

 

 

48

 

 

49

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Journal Analysis ." National Research Council. 2007. Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12055.
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1999

2003

2005

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

297

100

34

233

66

28

241

78

32

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

8

4

50

3

2

67

8

3

38

Computers and Structures

193

32

17

235

48

20

208

42

20

Computers and Fluids

39

17

44

44

14

32

55

15

27

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

275

86

31

296

103

35

266

82

31

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

178

42

24

192

44

23

238

53

22

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

83

17

20

81

16

20

64

16

25

Area Average

 

 

31

 

 

32

 

 

28

DESIGN/CAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASME Journal of Mechanical Design

95

50

53

102

50

49

150

78

52

ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

44

25

57

45

20

44

Computer-Aided Design

66

28

42

106

30

28

112

32

29

Research in Engineering Design

17

11

65

20

6

30

15

7

47

Design Studies

31

6

19

30

7

23

27

6

22

Engineering Optimization

41

16

39

42

6

14

48

10

21

Area Average

 

 

44

 

 

34

 

 

36

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Journal Analysis ." National Research Council. 2007. Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12055.
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1999

2003

2005

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatica (IFAC Journal)

191

52

27

216

63

29

223

52

23

ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control

113

57

50

96

44

46

84

44

52

Control Engineering Practice

131

9

7

128

25

20

130

14

11

IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

44

19

43

54

24

44

82

30

37

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

74

36

49

95

40

42

116

56

48

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

364

143

39

307

136

44

264

96

36

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

106

52

49

97

43

44

163

72

44

Area Average

 

 

38

 

 

39

 

 

36

ENERGY SYSTEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solar Energy

107

7

7

98

13

13

153

16

10

ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

33

12

36

76

54

71

77

33

43

Journal of Power Sources

391

72

18

591

167

28

710

144

20

ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology

45

34

76

39

17

44

41

22

54

Nuclear Engineering and Design

208

37

18

173

14

8

191

23

12

Nuclear Technology

114

38

33

111

38

34

114

42

37

Nuclear Science and Engineering

80

37

46

80

29

36

87

41

47

Area Average

 

 

33

 

 

34

 

 

32

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Journal Analysis ." National Research Council. 2007. Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12055.
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1999

2003

2005

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

MANUFACTURING/CAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

106

70

66

99

70

71

103

63

61

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

80

50

63

56

38

68

79

46

58

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

117

32

27

161

40

25

174

36

21

Journal of Manufacturing Systems (SME)

22

12

55

25

15

60

19

11

58

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

74

37

50

84

53

63

101

59

58

Area Average

 

 

52

 

 

57

 

 

51

MECHANICS OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

91

43

47

99

67

68

113

64

57

Mechanics of Materials

55

27

49

78

44

56

83

35

42

Advanced Materials

297

84

28

473

162

34

584

215

37

ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

72

44

61

58

27

47

60

34

57

Area Average

 

 

46

 

 

51

 

 

48

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Journal Analysis ." National Research Council. 2007. Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12055.
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1999

2003

2005

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

MEMS-NANO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

71

11

15

154

32

21

353

106

30

IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

63

46

73

107

78

73

146

102

70

Area Average

 

 

44

 

 

47

 

 

50

THERMAL SYSTEMS AND HEAT TRANSFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Heat and MassTransfer

299

89

30

429

114

27

463

136

29

ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

155

88

57

149

85

57

176

104

59

Combustion and Flame

179

81

45

186

68

37

155

66

43

Journal of Electronic Packaging

46

35

76

89

38

43

73

27

37

Physics of Fluids

378

203

54

383

172

45

604

259

43

ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering

119

38

32

128

59

46

140

56

40

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

337

170

50

379

169

45

401

188

47

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

117

25

21

114

12

11

147

22

15

Numerical Heat Transfer PART A and B (Impact Factor averaged)

142

54

38

148

45

30

160

46

29

Experimental Heat Transfer

22

5

23

17

5

29

19

4

21

Area Average

 

 

43

 

 

37

 

 

36

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Journal Analysis ." National Research Council. 2007. Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12055.
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1999

2003

2005

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

Total articles

U.S. author address

% U.S.

TRIBOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASME Journal of Tribology

138

56

41

108

52

48

110

47

43

Tribology Transactions

120

57

48

78

37

47

71

26

37

Wear

388

74

19

315

54

17

392

62

16

Tribology International

80

8

10

123

20

16

122

31

25

Tribology Letters

57

34

60

87

26

30

131

57

44

Area Average

 

 

35

 

 

32

 

 

33

TOTAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

 

 

41

 

 

41

 

 

40

a See summary in Figure 3-3.

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TABLE C-3 U.S. Contributions to 50 Most-Cited Articles in Select Mechanical Engineering Journals

 

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

U.S. Author Address

U.S.%

U.S. Author Address

U.S.%

U.S. Author Address

U.S. %

U.S. Author Address

U.S. %

U.S. Author Address

U.S. %

U.S. Author Address

U.S. %

ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics

27

54

25

50

18

36

35

70

29

58

30

60

Journal of Sound and Vibration

24

48

18

36

10

20

10

20

14

28

22

44

Biomaterials

10

20

15

30

22

44

17

34

19

38

12

24

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

19

38

26

52

29

58

20

40

24

48

23

46

Computer Aided Design

27

54

34

68

23

46

23

46

14

28

17

34

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

27

54

23

46

19

38

17

34

24

48

20

34

Journal of Power Sources

11

22

7

14

10

20

9

18

18

36

11

22

ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

 

 

41

82

35

66

37

73

42

71

36

69

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

22

61

32

64

30

60

36

72

36

72

32

64

IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

6

60

16

80

25

83

22

73

39

78

35

70

ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering

32

64

25

50

21

42

20

40

25

50

23

46

Wear

13

26

17

34

7

14

6

12

11

22

17

34

Journal average

20

46

23

51

21

44

21

44

25

48

23

43

NOTE: IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation split into two new titles in 2004: IEEE Transactions on Robotics and IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering.

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