ASTM International Bibliometric Report

Introduction

This report provides a comprehensive analytics report of the publisher ASTM International including basic bibliometric information, citation data, impact metrics, top journals, publication keywords, etc., over recent years. The Crossref database (up to the end of 2021) processed by ScienceGate has been used for this report as the source of data.

ASTM International has published 147824 documents so far, receiving a total of 211242 citations. These numbers are equal to 0.12% and 0.02% of the total documents and citations in the scientific community, respectively. ASTM International has a score of 1.43 as a number of citations per document based on all recorded data. There are different types of documents published by ASTM International. In this regard, Journal Article, Chapter, Reference Entry, Book, Report, and Standard a with the total document number of 19415, 32174, 1, 1844, 1, and 94389 have the largest share, respectively. These numbers are equal to 13.13%, 21.77%, 0.00%, 1.25%, 0.00%, and 63.85% of the total documents published in ASTM International so far, respectively. ASTM International has been an active publisher from 1900-2021.

Basic Bibliometric Information

This section provides the bibliometrics data of ASTM International over the last 11 years, including the number of published documents, total citations, citations per document, and scaled number of citations per document by year. Share of ASTM International documents and citations among all published scientific documents are also presented here. ASTM International has the highest annual number of publications in 2013, with 4721 published documents. Most annual citations are also received in 2020, with 150 citations. The highest citations per document’s scores, scaled by the number of years ahead, are associated with 2020, with scores of 0.04.

Document Types

There are different types of documents published by publishers. In this section, the yearly publication data of ASTM International are presented by document type, including Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys.

The number of published documents by ASTM International are 94389, 32174, 19415, 1844, 1, and 1 for Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys, respectively. These numbers are equal to 27.49%, 0.20%, 0.02%, 0.21%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the whole published Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys in the database so far, respectively.

The number of received citations by Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys of ASTM International are 10860, 59226, 135164, 5992, 0, and 0, respectively. These numbers are equal to 46.43%, 0.37%, 0.01%, 0.08%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the citations received by whole Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys of the database so far, respectively.

The h-index value for published Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys by ASTM International are 27, 56, 97, 31, 0, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 43, 588, 3201, 793, 253, and 128, respectively.

The g-index value for published Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys by ASTM International are 8, 12, 15, 9, 0, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 10, 48, 129, 60, 29, and 18, respectively.

The score of citations per document for published Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys by ASTM International are 0.115, 1.841, 6.962, 3.249, 0.000, and 0.000, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 0.068, 1.016, 11.521, 8.593, 1.416, and 0.273, respectively.

The highest number of annually published Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys by ASTM International are 4207, 611, 836, 23, 1, and 1, respectively. The corresponding year of maximum publication for Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys are 2015, 2011, 2018, 2012, 2020, and 2018, respectively.

The highest number of annual received citations by Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys published in ASTM International are 895, 493, 1984, 81, 0, and 0, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum received citations for Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys are 2015, 2012, 2012, 2010, 2020, and 2020, respectively.

The highest values of citations per number of document for Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys published in ASTM International are 0.26, 1.00, 4.50, 4.76, 0.00, and 0.00, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum values of citations per document for Standards, Chapters, Journal Articles, Books, Reports, and Reference Entrys are 2011, 2014, 2013, 2010, 2020, and 2018, respectively.

Impact Metrics

Various metrics and indicators are used to evaluate the impact and quality of publishers and journals. Here, h-index, g-index, and i-index are selected as impact evaluation metrics of the publisher ASTM International.

H-index

H-index indicates the number of articles published by a journal/publisher, h, that have been cited at least h times. h5-index and h10-index are the h-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. h-index, h10-index, and h5-index of the documents published by ASTM International, are 105, 33, and 21, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3269, 1489, and 795, respectively.

G-index

The g-index indicator is the first g papers of a publisher/journal (sorted by the highest to the lowest number of citations) that have cumulatively received at least g^2 citations. Again, g5-index and g10-index are the g-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. G-index, g10-index, and g5-index of the documents published by ASTM International are 16, 8, and 7, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 131, 80, and 55, respectively.

I-n index

I-n index shows the number of publications of a publisher/journal with at least n citations. Read another post here for more detailed information on different research impact metrics. It is to be noted that, i10-index, i25-index, i50-index, i100-index, i250-index, i500-index, i1000-index, i2500-index, i5000-index, and i10000-index of the documents published by ASTM International, are 5289, 1743, 521, 115, 13, 2, 0, 0, 0, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 21796896, 10617845, 4822066, 1785083, 390499, 114230, 31648, 5505, 1423, and 355, respectively.

Top Journals

This section provides the basic bibliometrics data of the ASTM International top journals, including the number of published documents, total citations, and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each journal among all published documents by ASTM International is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top journals are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

The Top 5 journals of ASTM International based on the number of published documents are Journal of Forensic Sciences, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Journal of ASTM International, and Materials Performance and Characterization. The numbers of documents published so far by these top 5 journals are 11764, 5254, 2678, 2160, and 819, respectively. These numbers are equal to 7.958%, 3.554%, 1.812%, 1.461%, and 0.554% of the total documents published by ASTM International so far, respectively.

Concerning the number of received citations, the top 5 journals of ASTM International are Journal of Forensic Sciences, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Journal of Composites Technology and Research, and Journal of ASTM International. The total number of citations received so far by these top 5 journals are 11764, 2678, 5254, 776, and 2160, respectively. These numbers are equal to 5.569%, 1.268%, 2.487%, 0.367%, and 1.023% of the total citations received by ASTM International publications so far, respectively.

Regarding the number of citations received per document, the top 5 journals of ASTM International are Journal of Forensic Sciences, Journal of Composites Technology and Research, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Cement Concrete and Aggregates, and Journal of Testing and Evaluation. The numbers of citations received per published document so far by these top 5 journals are 11.054, 8.452, 6.776, 6.681, and 3.383, respectively.

Top Keywords

The Most used keywords are of particular importance for reviewing a publisher. This section provides detailed information about basic bibliometrics data of top used keywords in ASTM International. The metrics used here are the number of documents, citations and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each keyword among whole published documents is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top keywords are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

According to the number of published documents, the top 10 keywords of the publisher ASTM International are test method, test methods, stainless steel, gas chromatography, alloy steel, high temperature, standard test, vinyl chloride, standard test method, and fiber reinforced, respectively. The number of published documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 33874, 6743, 1822, 1217, 1203, 1070, 1014, 879, 879, and 862, respectively.

Based on the number of received citations, the top 10 keywords of the publisher ASTM International are test method, fatigue crack, crack growth, test methods, fracture toughness, fatigue crack growth, composite materials, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, and mechanical properties, respectively. The number of citations received by the documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 33874, 698, 788, 6743, 717, 417, 386, 474, 1217, and 579, respectively.

Concerning the score of received citations per document, the top 10 keywords of the publisher ASTM International are fatigue crack, fatigue crack growth, crack growth, composite materials, fracture toughness, mass spectrometry, shear strength, mechanical properties, metallic materials, and liquid chromatography, respectively. The score of citations received per document in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 6.444, 5.676, 5.387, 4.948, 3.654, 3.325, 2.653, 2.416, 2.171, and 2.006, respectively.