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Aerobiologia
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Aerobiologia

0393-5965

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10453

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 434 23 32 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 48
Documents by Best Scientists*: 57
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 60
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.543
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aerobiologia?

The journal explores disciplines such as Pollen, Botany, Aerobiology, Spore and Horticulture. In addition to Pollen research, the journal aims to explore topics under Poaceae and Physical geography. The journal explores issues in Botany which can be linked to other research areas like Veterinary medicine and Allergy.

The study on Veterinary medicine presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Bioaerosol. Allergen is the primary subject of Allergy works presented in it. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Aerobiology, it also covered topics in Pollen count, Meteorology and Phenology.

Research on Meteorology presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Relative humidity and Atmosphere. Cladosporium and Conidium are some topics wherein Spore research discussed in it have an impact. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Cladosporium as it also encompasses Alternaria.

  • Pollen (46.28%)
  • Botany (34.29%)
  • Aerobiology (22.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • African desert dust in the Caribbean atmosphere: Microbiology and public health (298 citations)
  • Interhemispheric transport of viable fungi and bacteria from Africa to the Caribbean with soil dust (284 citations)
  • Pollen monitoring: minimum requirements and reproducibility of analysis (257 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aerobiologia:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Pollen, Botany, Aerobiology, Ecology and Spore. While the primary focus in the journal papers is Pollen, they also dissect topics surrounding Meteorology and Atmospheric sciences as a whole. The published papers hold forums on Botany that merge themes from other disciplines such as Betula pollen and Horticulture.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Fungus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Pollen, Veterinary medicine, Spore, Cladosporium and Indoor bioaerosol. The works on Pollen deal in particular with Pollen season. It explores topics in Veterinary medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Air quality index, Proteobacteria, Staphylococcus, Actinobacteria and Fungus.

The study of Spore, which falls within the realm of Botany, was the main focus of the presentations. The research on Cladosporium tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Hygiene, Toxicology, Seasonality and Fungal contamination. The work on Indoor bioaerosol tackled in Aerobiologia brings together disciplines like Sampling (statistics), Sampling efficiency, Chromatography and Bioaerosol.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Disinfection efficiency of hospital infectious disease wards with chlorine dioxide and hypochlorous acid (4 citations)
  • Forecasting Betula and Poaceae airborne pollen concentrations on a 3-hourly resolution in Augsburg, Germany: toward automatically generated, real-time predictions (3 citations)
  • Analysis of airborne pollen time series originating from Hirst-type volumetric samplers—comparison between mobile sampling head oriented toward wind direction and fixed sampling head with two-layered inlet (3 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 Aerobiologia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carmen Galán (51 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Paul Comtois (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Giuseppe Frenguelli (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Idalia Kasprzyk (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ilda Abreu (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Aerobiologia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Córdoba (Spain) (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Vigo (34 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Perugia (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Université de Montréal (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Worcester (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 12.70% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.91% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.36% of all publications and 47.27% 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

  • Automatic detection of airborne pollen: an overview

    (2022)
    56 Citations
  • The EUMETNET AutoPollen programme: establishing a prototype automatic pollen monitoring network in Europe

    Bernard Clot;Stefan Gilge;Lenka Hajkova;Donát Magyar

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • A first evaluation of multiple automatic pollen monitors run in parallel

    Fiona Tummon;Simon Adamov;Bernard Clot;Benoît Crouzy

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Airborne Cladosporium and Alternaria spore concentrations through 26 years in Copenhagen, Denmark

    Yulia Olsen;Carsten Ambelas Skjøth;Ole Hertel;Karen Rasmussen

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Airborne sub-pollen particles from rupturing giant ragweed pollen

    Elizabeth A. Stone;Chamari B. A. Mampage;Dagen D. Hughes;Lillian M. Jones

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Urban-scale variation in pollen concentrations: A single station is insufficient to characterize daily exposure.

    Daniel S. W. Katz;Stuart A. Batterman

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Pollen season trends in winter flowering trees in South Spain

    María José Velasco-Jiménez;Purificación Alcázar;Consuelo Díaz de la Guardia;María del Mar Trigo

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Towards standardisation of automatic pollen and fungal spore monitoring: best practises and guidelines

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Pollen production for 13 urban North American tree species: allometric equations for tree trunk diameter and crown area

    Daniel S W Katz;Jonathan R Morris;Stuart A Batterman

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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