Acta Geophysica

Top Research Topics at Acta Geophysica?

The main research concerns discussed in Acta Geophysica are Structural geology, Seismology, Mechanics, Geophysics and Geodesy. While Structural geology is the focus of Acta Geophysica, it also provided insights into the studies of Tectonics and Crust. The journal explores research in Seismology and the adjacent study of Magnitude (mathematics).

Specifically, studies on Turbulence are prevalent in the Mechanics works discussed.

• Structural geology (27.76%)
• Seismology (19.97%)
• Mechanics (7.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Flow and transport in channels with submerged vegetation (202 citations)
• Fitting and Goodness-of-Fit Test of Non-Truncated and Truncated Power-Law Distributions (112 citations)
• Statistical tools for maximum possible earthquake magnitude estimation (89 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Geophysica:

The journal papers investigate studies in Structural geology, Seismology, Mechanics, Turbulence and Geotechnical engineering. The works on Structural geology tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Magnitude (mathematics), Geomorphology and Crust. The published articles explore topics in Turbulence which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Sediment transport, Atmospheric sciences and Boundary layer.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Statistics
• Artificial intelligence
• Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Acta Geophysica investigates areas of study like Structural geology, Seismology, Algorithm, Soil science and Magnitude (mathematics). Research in Inversion (geology) and the interrelating topic of Bouguer anomaly were among the subjects of interest in the Structural geology studies discussed in the journal. The research on Seismology discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Range (statistics).

Concepts in Data processing, as well as related topics in Residual, are covered in the Algorithm research presented in it. Topics in Soil science explored in Acta Geophysica were investigated in conjunction with research in Water content, Flow (psychology), Hydrograph, Aquifer and Borehole. The featured Tectonics study falls within the wider topic of Paleontology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Effects of high-temperature thermal treatment on the porosity of red sandstone: an NMR analysis (5 citations)
• Co-seismic and post-seismic deformation, field observations and fault model of the 30 October 2020 Mw = 7.0 Samos earthquake, Aegean Sea (4 citations)
• Seismotectonic implications of the 2020 Samos, Greece, Mw 7.0 mainshock based on high-resolution aftershock relocation and source slip model (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Acta Geophysica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Eleftheria Papadimitriou (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Vladimir Nikora (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Luciano Telesca (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paweł M. Rowiński (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Roman Teisseyre (10 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Acta Geophysica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Polish Academy of Sciences (179 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• AGH University of Science and Technology (62 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Warsaw (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
• China University of Petroleum (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (28 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 10.78% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.13% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.77% of all publications and 48.99% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.