We are pleased to announce the results of the best VILNIUS TECH research articles contest.
Research articles (having VILNIUS TECH affiliation, publishing data, being not Online First or Online Ready, and not being published in conference material publications) published during 2023 in international journals ranked in Q1, Q2 quartiles in Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) database editions Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) or Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) or in Scopus database were evaluated in the contest.

We congratulate the researchers of our faculty, whose articles in the fields of "Transportation Engineering" and "Management" were awarded:

TRANSPORT ENGINEERING:

•1st place - Rimkus, Alfred; Meyer, Gabriel; Matijošius, John. The influence of hydrogen and oxygen (HHO) gas sston engine characteristics under the effect of the lean mixtures of gasoline and bioethanol // International journal of hydrogen energy. Oxford: Elsevier. ISSN 0360-3199. 2023, vol. 48, iss. 99, p. 39612-39624. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; ScienceDirect] [M.kr.: T 003] [IF: 7,200; AIF: 7,166; quartile: Q1 (2022, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 12.10; SNIP: 1.423; SJR: 1,318; quartile: Q1 (2022, Scopus Sources)]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.07.167

• 2nd place - Urbanowicz, Kamil; Bergant, Anton; Stosiak, Michał; Karpenko, Mykola; Bogdevičius, Marijonas. Developments in analytical wall shear stress modeling for water hammer phenomena // Journal of sound and vibration. London : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0022-460X. eISSN 1095-8568. 2023, vol. 562, Art. well 117848, p. 1-22. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 003] [IF: 4,700; AIF: 3,866; quartile: Q1 (2022, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 8.60; SNIP: 1.949; SJR: 1,376; quartile: Q1 (2022, Scopus Sources)]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2023.117848

• 3rd place - Hajjami, Lhoussain El; Mellouli, El Mehdi; Žuraulis, Vidas; Berrada, Mohammed. A novel robust adaptive neuro-sliding mode steering controller for autonomous ground vehicles // Robotics and autonomous systems. Amsterdam : Elsevier B.V. ISSN 0921-8890. eISSN 1872-793X. 2023, vol. 170, art. well 104557, p. 1-16. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; INSPEC; Engineering Index] [M.kr.: T 003] [IF: 4,300; AIF: 5,600; quartile: Q2 (2022, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 9.10; SNIP: 1,850; SJR: 1.245; quartile: Q1 (2022, Scopus Sources)]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2023.104557

MANAGEMENT:

• 3rd place - Kuranović, Veslav; Sokolovsky, Edgar; Bazar, Darius; Jarašūniene, Aldona; Čižiūniene, Kristina. Estimating the intensity of cargo flows in warehouses by applying guanxi principles // Sustainability: Special issue: Sustainable transportation: Logistics and route network aspects. Basel: MDPI. eISSN 2071-1050. 2023, vol. 15, iss. 23, Art. well 16226, p. 1-22. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; DOAJ; INSPEC; CABI (abstracts)] [M.kr.: T 003,S 003] [IF: 3,900; AIF: 4,750; quartile: Q2 (2022, Clarivate JCR SSCI); IF: 3,900; AIF: 6,750; quartile: Q2 (2022, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 5.80; SNIP: 1.198; SJR: 0.664; quartile: Q1 (2022, Scopus Sources)]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316226