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Advances in Space Research
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Advances in Space Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 111 160 219 26
Physics 124 74 81 15
Environmental Sciences 195 115 157 24
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 232 24 61 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 546
Documents by Best Scientists*: 669
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 124
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.704
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Advances in Space Research?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Astrophysics, Astronomy, Atmospheric sciences, Remote sensing and Meteorology. Studies on Astrophysics discussed in it link to the field of Spectral line. Research on Astronomy addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Coronal mass ejection.

The studies in Atmospheric sciences featured incorporate elements of Atmosphere, Latitude, Ionosphere, Earth's magnetic field and Solar wind. The work on Ionosphere tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Computational physics, Electron density and Geodesy. The research on Computational physics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Magnetic field and Plasma.

Advances in Space Research features Solar wind research that overlaps with concepts in Magnetosphere. The journal addresses concerns in Remote sensing which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Satellite and Global Positioning System.

  • Astrophysics (17.98%)
  • Astronomy (16.71%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (16.56%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • International Reference Ionosphere 2007: Improvements and new parameters (884 citations)
  • The International Laser Ranging Service (660 citations)
  • Application of vegetation index and brightness temperature for drought detection (617 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Advances in Space Research:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Remote sensing, Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology, Astrophysics and Astronomy. While Atmospheric sciences is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Computational physics and Latitude. The journal papers explore research in Solar wind and overlapping concepts in Magnetosphere to expand the discourse in Astronomy.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • World War II
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Advances in Space Research primarily focuses on research topics in Ionosphere, Satellite, Geodesy, GNSS applications and Atmospheric sciences. Ionosphere research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Geomagnetic storm, Earth's magnetic field and Latitude. The journal facilitates discussions on Satellite that incorporate concepts from other fields like Altimeter and Remote sensing.

It centers on topics in Remote sensing, with a focus on Synthetic aperture radar. It holds forums on GNSS applications that merges themes from other disciplines such as Algorithm and Galileo (satellite navigation). Atmospheric sciences research discussed connects with the study of Atmosphere.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Gravity field recovery from geodetic altimeter missions (20 citations)
  • Altimetry-based sea level trends along the coasts of Western Africa (16 citations)
  • Potentials and limitations of Sentinel-3 for river discharge assessment (15 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.

The top authors publishing in Advances in Space Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Christopher T. Russell (143 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dieter Bilitza (80 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Bodo W. Reinisch (67 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Sandro M. Radicella (63 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jana Safrankova (56 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 Advances in Space Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russian Academy of Sciences (879 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (866 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (740 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (591 papers) published 44 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (406 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 9 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, 7.46% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.58% of all publications and 67.14% 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

  • GipsyX/RTGx, a new tool set for space geodetic operations and research

    Willy Bertiger;Yoaz Bar-Sever;Angie Dorsey;Bruce Haines

    (2020)
    357 Citations
  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

    (2021)
    281 Citations
  • Flood susceptibility mapping by ensemble evidential belief function and binomial logistic regression model on river basin of eastern India

    Indrajit Chowdhuri;Subodh Chandra Pal;Rabin Chakrabortty

    (2020)
    242 Citations
  • Gravity field recovery from geodetic altimeter missions

    David T. Sandwell;Hugh Harper;Brook Tozer;Walter H.F. Smith

    (2021)
    222 Citations
  • Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars exploration mission

    Yongliao Zou;Yan Zhu;Yunfei Bai;Lianguo Wang

    (2021)
    216 Citations
  • Review of Solar Energetic Particle Models

    (2022)
    103 Citations
  • GDP spatialization in Ningbo City based on NPP/VIIRS night-time light and auxiliary data using random forest regression

    Handong Liang;Handong Liang;Zhongyang Guo;Jianping Wu;Zuoqi Chen

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Hybrid ensemble machine learning approaches for landslide susceptibility mapping using different sampling ratios at East Sikkim Himalayan, India

    Sunil Saha;Jagabandhu Roy;Biswajeet Pradhan;Biswajeet Pradhan;Biswajeet Pradhan;Tusar Kanti Hembram

    (2021)
    73 Citations

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