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The full list of journals ranked by H index --- but not the list of highlycited papers :(

After some conversation with Roozbeh which are "irritatingly useful" :) I found that this site has done already all the calculations we need http://www.scimagojr.com/  except the list of highlycited papers which remains for me the most interesting aspect and which we seem to need to do manually as we did yesterday with IJSS and JMPS at Most cited papers and H-factor of some mechanics journals -- IJSS

Some results are attached as a big PDF file.


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A 25million US$ challenge for imechanica: VIRGIN EARTH CHALLENGE

 

Sir Richard Branson has recently announced


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Most cited papers and H-factor of some mechanics journals -- IJSS

IMPORTANT UPDATE JULY 18

The full list of journals ranked by H index

It is possible to rank journals equally as authors, using e.g. the Harzing Publish or Perish sofware based on Google Scholar. I did the excercise for IJSS. It turns out the H-index is 78 (slightly higher than even the best authors in solid mechanics, but not stellar).  In the most highlycited papers, we find good names, but not stellar papers.

The results may be affected by the limitations of the software.

UPDATE:  IT APPEARS THAT HARZING HAS TWO PAPERS ON THIS IDEA, SEE ATTACHED.


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Nasa engineers work overnigth in competition against other Nasa engineers !!

NASA Engineers Work on Alternative Moon Rocket


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Schwarzenegger, Obama, and Energy-related position at the White House

July 13, 2008, 7:31 pm

Schwarzenegger Says He Would Accept Obama Appointment

Melanie Trottman reports on the presidential race.

Guests on the Sunday newsmaker shows, including California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McCain adviser Carly Fiorina, spotlighted energy and the economy and paid tribute to former White House press secretary Tony Snow.


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Google launches HealthMap and PlosMedicine article -- When a mechanics web-based project?

These type of projects are interesting, when a mechanics-based one?

http://www.healthmap.org/en

An example of web-based projects

 


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Materials: Colourful clay - Nature Materials:

Materials: Colourful clay

 Nature

Materials: Colourful clay

Nature 454, 140 (2008). doi:10.1038/454140c


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Wikipedia on H-index ---- another excellent article, and also very interesting!

h-index
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  (Redirected from Hirsch number)

Jump to: navigation, search

This article is about the index of scientific research impact. For the economic measure, see Herfindahl index.


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ADVANCES IN CONTACT MECHANICS : A TRIBUTE TO JJ KALKER DELFT 22/24 OCTOBER

 

http://www.contactmechanics.org/

Delft 22 - 24 October

Chairmen:    

Tom Scarpas     Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Patrick Selvadurai     McGill University, Canada


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Wikipedia on peer review --- an excellent article, an example of wikipedia quality, and interesting anyway!

Peer review
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For Wikipedia's Peer Review area, see Wikipedia:Peer review.

For other uses, see Peer review (disambiguation).


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Science's Editor in Chief and "Friends" Discuss Peer Review and Journal Impact.


Science's Editor in Chief and "Friends" Discuss Peer Review and Journal
Impact.
(July 4, 2008)

Bruce
Alberts1, Brooks Hanson2
and Katrina L. Kelner3 collaborated to write this
week's Science editorial on peer review. And if for no other reason
than the weekly has one of the highest impact ratings, when Science
speaks science administrators listen.

 


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Beyond nanoscales...

My friend Pugno is speculating beyond the nanomaterial strength.

 


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Viagra and Mechanics --- Watermelon May Have Viagra-effect

I was reading this research from A&M Texas on Viagra and Watermelon. 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630165707.htm

I have noticed that it has made the front page news on many newspapers
worldwide in a matter of few days.  Maybe we should move to this field,
and because below I find that there are indeed interaction with aorta stiffness and elastic wave reflections.

So if you are interested in a subject of certain high impact, this is a good idea.

Mike


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PlosONE publishes secret of Stradivari violins in wood density

Research Article

Formal Correction: This article has been formally corrected to address the following errors.


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A collection of "this cannot work" statements

I was  reading the rejection of imechanica from NSF

A "Supreme Court" for peer review of papers and proposals

And these sentences came to my mind.....


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The twin of imechanica in biology and bio-engineering is from MIT !!

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Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk?

Welcome to a Scientific American experiment in "networked
journalism," in which readers—you—get to collaborate with the author to
give a story its final form.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=science-2-point-0-great-new-tool-or-...

 


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Engineering Happiness

dear imechanica friends

   the Grand challenges  for Engineering make clear that we should work for the good of our Society.  So, how much of technology really makes are happier?


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