Class information for:
Level 1: FLEXURE HINGE//PLANAR MOTOR//COMPLIANT MECHANISMS

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
8973 1132 18.7 53%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
2561 3256 FLEXURE HINGE//PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR//NANOPOSITIONING

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 FLEXURE HINGE Author keyword 33 39% 6% 68
2 PLANAR MOTOR Author keyword 26 61% 2% 27
3 COMPLIANT MECHANISMS Author keyword 16 16% 8% 91
4 PRECISION ENGINEERING-JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR PRECISION ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY Journal 13 10% 11% 121
5 PLANAR ACTUATOR Author keyword 12 75% 1% 9
6 KINEMATIC COUPLING Author keyword 12 50% 2% 17
7 PLANAR MOTION STAGE Author keyword 11 78% 1% 7
8 FLEXURE HINGES Author keyword 10 37% 2% 22
9 FLEXURE MECHANISMS Author keyword 9 59% 1% 10
10 PRECISION POSITIONING Author keyword 9 22% 3% 34

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 FLEXURE HINGE 33 39% 6% 68 Search FLEXURE+HINGE Search FLEXURE+HINGE
2 PLANAR MOTOR 26 61% 2% 27 Search PLANAR+MOTOR Search PLANAR+MOTOR
3 COMPLIANT MECHANISMS 16 16% 8% 91 Search COMPLIANT+MECHANISMS Search COMPLIANT+MECHANISMS
4 PLANAR ACTUATOR 12 75% 1% 9 Search PLANAR+ACTUATOR Search PLANAR+ACTUATOR
5 KINEMATIC COUPLING 12 50% 2% 17 Search KINEMATIC+COUPLING Search KINEMATIC+COUPLING
6 PLANAR MOTION STAGE 11 78% 1% 7 Search PLANAR+MOTION+STAGE Search PLANAR+MOTION+STAGE
7 FLEXURE HINGES 10 37% 2% 22 Search FLEXURE+HINGES Search FLEXURE+HINGES
8 FLEXURE MECHANISMS 9 59% 1% 10 Search FLEXURE+MECHANISMS Search FLEXURE+MECHANISMS
9 PRECISION POSITIONING 9 22% 3% 34 Search PRECISION+POSITIONING Search PRECISION+POSITIONING
10 EXACT CONSTRAINT 8 70% 1% 7 Search EXACT+CONSTRAINT Search EXACT+CONSTRAINT

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 FLEXURE HINGES 22 47% 3% 35
2 MICRO NANO MANIPULATION 13 49% 2% 20
3 PLANAR MOTOR 13 80% 1% 8
4 SYSTEM CONCEPTS 13 71% 1% 10
5 MICROPOSITIONING STAGE 11 65% 1% 11
6 PURPOSE POSITIONER FIXTURE 11 100% 1% 6
7 KINEMATIC COUPLINGS 11 69% 1% 9
8 MOUNTED PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR 9 83% 0% 5
9 MOTION TRACKING CONTROL 8 40% 1% 16
10 MOVING MAGNETS 8 62% 1% 8

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 PRECISION ENGINEERING-JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR PRECISION ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 13 10% 11% 121
2 MECHANICAL SCIENCES 3 19% 1% 15

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references		 % act. ref.
to same field
Review of circular flexure hinge design equations and derivation of empirical formulations 2008 91 12 100%
A novel compliant linear-motion mechanism based on parasitic motion compensation 2012 6 8 88%
A novel 5DOF thin coplanar nanometer-scale stage 2008 12 14 71%
Actuators for micropositioners and nanopositioners 2006 37 50 38%
Piezoelectric friction-inertia actuator-a critical review and future perspective 2012 8 42 31%
Review Article: Inventory of platforms towards the design of a statically balanced six degrees of freedom compliant precision stage 2011 2 27 67%
Next-generation information and communication equipment based on microsystems technologies 1997 0 1 100%
Sensor and actuator considerations for precision, small machines 2006 24 51 14%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ.
in class
1 PRECIS SYST DESIGN 7 67% 0.5% 6
2 PRECIS ENGN GRP 4 42% 0.7% 8
3 NANOOPTOMECHATRON 2 44% 0.4% 4
4 MECH THEORY DYNAM MACHINES IGM 2 67% 0.2% 2
5 PRECIS COMPLIANT SYST 2 67% 0.2% 2
6 GRP ELE OMECH POWER ELECT 2 50% 0.3% 3
7 ELE OMECH POWER ELECT GRP 2 19% 0.8% 9
8 BRIT ALEX DARBELOFF INFORMAT SYST TECHNOL 1 100% 0.2% 2
9 DMRN DIPARTIMENTO INGN IND INFORMAZ 1 100% 0.2% 2
10 SPAULDING CAMBRIDGE OUTPATIENT 1 40% 0.2% 2

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000230308 NEGATIVE IMAGINARY SYSTEMS//PRANDTL ISHLINSKII MODEL//NANOPOSITIONING
2 0.0000225036 ACCELERATION SWITCH//INERTIAL SWITCH//CONSTANT FORCE MECHANISM
3 0.0000179140 ADV MICRO NANOSYST//MICROGRIPPER//NANOMANIPULATION
4 0.0000138699 SPHERICAL ACTUATOR//SPHERICAL MOTOR//PM SPHERICAL MOTOR
5 0.0000114922 ULTRASONIC MOTOR//ULTRASONIC MOTORS//LINEAR ULTRASONIC MOTOR
6 0.0000104851 PROC MEASUREMENT SENSOR TECHNOL//NANOMETROLOGY//MICRO CMM
7 0.0000081408 TIME PRESSURE DISPENSING//JETTING DISPENSER//DISPENSING PROCESS
8 0.0000075864 LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR//MAGLEV//ELECTRODYNAMIC SUSPENSION
9 0.0000064754 ELECTROSTATIC MOTOR//ELECTROSTATIC MICROMOTORS//MICROMOTOR
10 0.0000063099 FRICTION COMPENSATION//DISTURBANCE OBSERVER BASED CONTROL//DISTURBANCE OBSERVER