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Database Usage Statistics

Usage of Engineering & Technology Databases: 2021

Database Searches Downloads
ACM Guide to Computer Literature 2,857 1,610
American Chemical Society Publications 3,010 34,391
Compendex (Engineering Village) 2,764
IEEE Xplore 3,793 13,577
Incites Essential Science Indicators 41
INSPEC 2,965
Reaxys 436

Usage of Engineering & Technology Databases: 2020

Database Searches Downloads
ACM Guide to Computer Literature 599 1,575
American Chemical Society Publications 13,297 43,209
Compendex (Engineering Village) 3,781
IEEE Xplore 3,832 14,945
Incites Essential Science Indicators 51
INSPEC 3,773
Reaxys 889

Usage of Engineering & Technology Databases: 2020

Database Searches Downloads
ACM Guide to Computer Literature 2,637 510
American Chemical Society Publications 12,736 42,951
Compendex (Engineering Village) 3,781
Essential Science Indicators 64
IEEE Xplore 7,166 10,734
INSPEC 3,773
Reaxys 1,560

Top 10 Journals

The lists of Top 10 journals by subject were extracted from Journal Citation Reports database. The Libraries own or have access to all titles linked below.
View definitions of Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and Article Influence Score.

Top 10 Journals

Journal Name ISSN Total Citations 2021 Journal Impact Factor Eigenfactor Score Article Influence Score
Engineering 2095-8099 6,776 12.834 0.011 2.365
Composites Part B - Engineering 1359-8368 67,575 11.322 0.06 1.428
Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering 1134-3060 4,872 8.171 0.006 1.865
Advanced Engineering Informatics 1474-0346 6,428 7.862 0.005 1.101
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 0952-1976 13,571 7.802 0.012 1.061
International Journal of Engineering Science 0020-7225 13,205 7.155 0.007 1.276
Alexandria Engineering Journal 1110-0168 11,565 6.626 0.009 0.72
Computers Methods in Applied Mechanics & Engineering 0045-7825 45,105 6.588 0.039 1.586
Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics 1994-2060 2,615 6.519 0.002 0.827
Journal of Computational Design and Engineering N/A 1,640 6.167 0.002 0.782

Book Holdings

Program Reviews

As part of the University of Louisville's New Academic Program Approval Process, the University Libraries are asked to provide a letter of support and an evaluation of the library resources available to support newly proposed degrees and certificates.  Below are recent reviews written by Library faculty that outline available resources for specific programs proposed by the Speed School of Engineering.