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Panel 15 – LTH | product development
This is a recent change in research direction but has already produced a
publication in a high impact journal (Phys. Rev. B). There appears to be
no research activity in biomaterials or biomechanics, an area in which
there is currently considerable scope for attracting research funding.
5.3.2 Productivity Good (3)
The 15.5 researchers staff produced 8 journal and 2 conference papers
between them in 2007, i.e. 0.52 journal papers per researcher. [The record
in earlier years was better, e.g. 18 journal and 13 conference papers for
the 19 academic staff in 2003.] From the information available, it appears
that most of the journals have good impact factors for their specific areas
and the overall rating is good.
Impact of publications – best five
• Citation Very good (4)
For the five selected papers in Production Engineering/Machine
Elements the maximum number of citations were 14, for a paper
published in 2004 (Scopus). None of these papers has fewer than 3
citations. In Materials/Mechanics, the maximum number of citations
for any of the five selected papers was 3. Most of the selected papers
are very recent, which explains the low number of citations. However,
a paper published in 2001 received 55 citations, which is unusually
high for an individual paper.
• Type of Journal (impact factor) Good (3)
The journal impact factors quoted range from 1 to over 3 for the papers
selected in the Materials/Mechanics research area. These are good
impact factors for journals in this area and the journals themselves are
highly regarded. For the Production/Machine Elements group, the
journal impact factors for the selected papers range from around 0.6
to 1.2. Again, these impact factors are good for publications in this
area and the specific journals are suitable.
• Hirsch Index Good (3)
The average Hirsch index from the 15 staff members was 3.1, with the
research leaders having indices of 5 or 6 (Scopus). These low Hirsch
indices for most of the staff may reflect their high teaching loads and
the lack of job security.
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