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Acta Oceanologica Sinica
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Acta Oceanologica Sinica

0253-505X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13131

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 361 41 77 9
Environmental Sciences 510 29 48 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 119
Documents by Best Scientists*: 171
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 40
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.426
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Acta Oceanologica Sinica?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Oceanography, Climatology, Ecology, Sediment and Estuary. The work on Oceanography addressed in it expands to the thematically related Phytoplankton. The study on Climatology presented in Acta Oceanologica Sinica intersects with subjects under the field of Meteorology.

The work on Ecology presented in the journal focuses on Abundance (ecology) in particular. Many of the studies tackled connect Estuary with a similar field of study like Hydrology. It is mostly focused on Sea ice, specifically Arctic ice pack.

  • Oceanography (28.51%)
  • Climatology (15.77%)
  • Ecology (9.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Practical implementation of the Hilbert-Huang Transform algorithm (138 citations)
  • A review of circulation dynamics of the coastal oceans near China (102 citations)
  • A review on the South China Sea western boundary current (71 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Oceanologica Sinica:

The published papers primarily tackle Oceanography, Climatology, Estuary, Sediment and Ecology. Most of the Oceanography studies addressed in the journal publications also intersect with Phytoplankton. Hydrology, Salinity and Nutrient are some topics wherein Estuary research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

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.

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

  • Fangli Qiao (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jie Zhang (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jun Sun (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Quanan Zheng (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mingsen Lin (18 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • State Oceanic Administration (688 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (529 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ocean University of China (435 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xiamen University (178 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (166 papers) absent at the last 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 2022 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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.

Top Publications

  • A forecasting model for wave heights based on a long short-term memory neural network

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • Oceanic internal solitary waves at the Indonesian submarine wreckage site

    Yankun Gong;Jieshuo Xie;Jiexin Xu;Zhiwu Chen

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Progress in research of submesoscale processes in the South China Sea

    Quanan Zheng;Lingling Xie;Xuejun Xiong;Xiaomin Hu

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • A new nudging scheme for the current operational climate prediction system of the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center of China

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • El Niño/Southern Oscillation during the 4.2 ka event recorded by growth rates of corals from the North South China Sea

    Shaohua Dang;Kefu Yu;Shichen Tao;Tao Han

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Three-dimensional properties of mesoscale cyclonic warm-core and anticyclonic cold-core eddies in the South China Sea

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Assessment of theoretical approaches to derivation of internal solitary wave parameters from multi-satellite images near the Dongsha Atoll of the South China Sea

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Unveiling controls of the latitudinal gradient of surface pCO2 in the Kuroshio Extension and its recirculation regions (northwestern North Pacific) in late spring

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Dynamical analysis of submesoscale fronts associated with wind-forced offshore jet in the western South China Sea

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Monsoonal impact on circulation pathways in the Indian Ocean

    Sinhalage Udaya Priyantha Jinadasa;Sinhalage Udaya Priyantha Jinadasa;Gayan Pathirana;Pradeep Nalaka Ranasinghe;Luca Centurioni

    (2020)
    12 Citations

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