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Aeolian Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 253 47 56 15
Environmental Sciences 393 31 36 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 93
Documents by Best Scientists*: 92
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.845
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aeolian Research?

The journal facilitates discussions on Aeolian processes, Hydrology, Geomorphology, Sediment and Wind speed. The journal features studies on Aeolian processes, including topics such as Saltation (geology). Issues in Hydrology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Arid, Soil water, Vegetation and Silt.

The Soil water study featured falls within the larger field of Soil science. Many of the studies tackled connect Geomorphology with a similar field of study like Holocene. The Wind speed study featured in it draws connections with the study of Atmospheric sciences.

Concepts in Climatology, as well as related topics in Storm, are covered in the Atmospheric sciences research presented in Aeolian Research. The work on Loess tackled in Aeolian Research brings together disciplines like Pleistocene, Glacial period, Quaternary and Physical geography. The journal focuses on Wind tunnel as well as the interrelated topic of Geotechnical engineering.

  • Aeolian processes (56.10%)
  • Hydrology (21.19%)
  • Geomorphology (17.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Dust cycle: An emerging core theme in Earth system science (526 citations)
  • The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system (273 citations)
  • Desert dust hazards: A global review (176 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aeolian Research:

The journal papers mainly tackle studies in Aeolian processes, Hydrology, Atmospheric sciences, Climatology and Sediment. The Aeolian processes study featured in the most cited articles falls within the larger field of Geomorphology. The journal publications explore topics in Atmospheric sciences which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Wind speed, Wind profile power law, Atmosphere and Earth system science.

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

  • Erosion
  • Agriculture
  • Climate change

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Aeolian processes, Arid, Geochemistry, Sediment and Wind tunnel are the focal point of discussions in Aeolian Research. It tackles research in Saltation (geology) as part of the general discipline of Aeolian processes, however, it also discusses concepts in Flux. Aeolian Research explores research in Arid alongside concepts in Soil water and other areas of study in Particulates.

The journal focuses on Geochemistry but sometimes tackles the closely related disciplines such as

  • Sedimentary depositional environment which connect with Interglacial,
  • Loess and related Paleoclimatology, Deposition (geology) and Plateau.. It tackles studies in Grain size and the interrelated subject of Sediment transport to gain insights into Sediment. The featured Wind tunnel studies mainly concentrate on Geotechnical engineering but also cover areas of interest in Erosion.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dust storms in Iran - Distribution, causes, frequencies and impacts (16 citations)
  • Numerical simulations of dust storms originated from dried lakes in central and southwest Asia: The case of Aral Sea and Sistan Basin (6 citations)
  • Improving sand wind erosion resistance using renewable agriculturally derived biopolymers (5 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 Aeolian Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Daniel Eduardo Buschiazzo (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Brenton Sharratt (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jianjun Qu (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nicholas P. Webb (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yaping Shao (13 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 Aeolian Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (74 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lanzhou University (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 6.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 39.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.12% of all publications and 36.76% 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 review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system

    Unknown

    (2023)
    255 Citations
  • Dust storms in Iran - Distribution, causes, frequencies and impacts

    A. Rashki;N.J. Middleton;A.S. Goudie

    (2021)
    129 Citations
  • Numerical simulations of dust storms originated from dried lakes in central and southwest Asia: The case of Aral Sea and Sistan Basin

    Sara Karami;Nasim Hossein Hamzeh;Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis;Alireza Rashki

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Using the Boruta algorithm and deep learning models for mapping land susceptibility to atmospheric dust emissions in Iran

    Hamid Gholami;Aliakbar Mohammadifar;Shahram Golzari;Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • CFD simulation of the wind field over a terrain with sand fences: Critical spacing for the wind shear velocity

    Izael A. Lima;Izael A. Lima;Eric J.R. Parteli;Yaping Shao;José S. Andrade

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Global barchans: A distributional analysis

    Andrew S. Goudie

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Parameterizing an aeolian erosion model for rangelands

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • Classification of synoptic weather clusters associated with dust accumulation over southeastern areas of the Caspian Sea (Northeast Iran and Karakum desert)

    (2022)
    30 Citations

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