# Exploring Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-Objective Optimization in Seismic Structural Design
## 4 Results
### Primary Journals, Highly Cited Articles, and Highly Effective Academicians  
The publishing collection was published in 256 different sources. Table 2 lists the top nine journals that published the greatest number of papers about evolutionary algorithms in multi-objective optimization problems in the field of seismic design between 1986 and 2024. The ranking in the table was made according to the h-index values of the journals. These were Engineering Structures (publications = 61), Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (publications = 25), Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (publications = 3), Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (publications = 20), Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (publications = 27), Journal of Constructional Steel Research (publications = 12), Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings (publications = 13), Structures (publications = 17), Computers and Structures (publications = 11), and Engineering with Computers (publications = 8). This also shows that the most cited journals are Engineering Structures (citations = 1598), Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (citations = 1025), and Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (citations = 782). Only one journal, Engineering Structures, published 61 papers at the time of this analysis, while six journals published more than 20 articles. The top nine journals obtained 5124 citations overall, which made up just 50.95% of all citations, and published 194 articles in total, which made up 33.10% of the collection. Table 3 shows the top ten most globally cited publications as well as other details. The first article in Table 3 had over 200 citations and published a review article about design strategies of viscous dampers for the seismic protection of building structures [72]. An article discussing estimating optimum parameters of tuned mass dampers using harmony search holds the second position with 198 citations [73]. An article covering the dynamic behavior and the seismic effectiveness of a non-conventional tuned mass damper with a large mass ratio [74] as well as a survey of multi-objective metaheuristics applied to structural optimization [75] has more than 130 citations. The following two studies, both with over 120 citations, examined the shape optimization of metallic yielding devices for the passive mitigation of seismic energy [76] and presented optimal damper distribution for the seismic rehabilitation of planar building structures [77]. The following articles are associated with the optimal seismic design of steel frame buildings based on life-cycle cost considerations [78] and performance-based multi-objective optimum design of steel structures considering life-cycle cost [79]. The last two articles, which addressed multi-objective maintenance planning optimization for deteriorating bridges considering condition, safety, and life-cycle cost [80] and were proposed for a case study on an earthquake-resilient design of base-isolated buildings with TMDs in the basement [81], received more than 100 citations. \begin{table}
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**Journals** & **H-Index** & **Total Citations** & **Number of Publications** \\ \hline Engineering Structures & 24 & 1598 & 61 \\ Earthquake Engineering and Structural & 20 & 1025 & 25 \\ Dynamics & 15 & 782 & 20 \\ Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering & 14 & 669 & 27 \\ Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization & 9 & 298 & 12 \\ Journal of Constructional Steel Research & 9 & 222 & 13 \\ Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings & 9 & 117 & 17 \\ Computers and Structures & 8 & 270 & 11 \\ Engineering with Computers & 8 & 143 & 8 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Top nine journals with the most papers published. Table 4 lists the ten most productive scholars in order of the quantity of papers they have produced. Although a researcher may have links with multiple universities, the information presented in Table 4 is compiled from their most recent publications.