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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 15 403 611 54
Plant Science and Agronomy 22 288 397 43
Environmental Sciences 47 630 821 58

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1441
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1417
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 49
SCIMAGO H-index: 210
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.903
Impact Factor: 5.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Agricultural and Forest Meteorology?

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology aims to foster the development of research in Atmospheric sciences, Hydrology, Canopy, Eddy covariance and Agronomy. The Atmospheric sciences works featured in it incorporate elements from Energy balance, Meteorology, Ecosystem and Vegetation. Meteorology research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Wind speed.

The concepts on Hydrology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Biometeorology, Soil water and Transpiration. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Canopy, it also covered topics in Remote sensing, Leaf area index and Interception. The journal centers on topics in Eddy covariance, with a focus on Ecosystem respiration.

The tackled Agronomy research is interrelated with Climate change which concerns subjects like Precipitation. In addition to Evapotranspiration research, the journal aims to explore topics under Water balance and Water-use efficiency. The study on Growing season presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Phenology.

  • Atmospheric sciences (27.01%)
  • Hydrology (25.52%)
  • Canopy (17.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Physiological and environmental regulation of stomatal conductance, photosynthesis and transpiration: a model that includes a laminar boundary layer (1714 citations)
  • Energy balance closure at FLUXNET sites (1689 citations)
  • Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange (1402 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Agricultural and Forest Meteorology:

The most cited papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Hydrology, Atmospheric sciences, Eddy covariance, Canopy and Biometeorology. The studies on Hydrology discussed at the journal publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Soil water, Growing season and Transpiration. Aside from discussions in Canopy, the most cited publications also deal with the subject of Leaf area index which intersects with Remote sensing disciplines.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology investigates areas of study like Atmospheric sciences, Ecosystem, Agronomy, Vegetation and Eddy covariance. While Agricultural and Forest Meteorology focused on Atmospheric sciences, it was also able to explore topics like Growing season, Primary production, Canopy, Climate change and Evapotranspiration. It connects the study in Canopy with the closely related area of Leaf area index.

The journal facilitates discussions on Evapotranspiration that incorporate concepts from other fields like Vapour Pressure Deficit and Transpiration. The close relationship between Soil water and Water content is one of the points of interest dissected in Agronomy research. While work presented in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology provided substantial information on Eddy covariance, it also covered topics in Sensible heat and Wetland.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites (13 citations)
  • Integrating Multi-Source Data for Rice Yield Prediction across China using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches (11 citations)
  • Evapotranspiration components and water use efficiency from desert to alpine ecosystems in drylands (9 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 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dennis D. Baldocchi (93 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Andrew D. Richardson (47 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • Beverly E. Law (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Marc Aubinet (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jiquan Chen (40 papers) published 4 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 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (542 papers) published 90 papers at the last edition, 33 more than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (223 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (217 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (153 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Forest Service (135 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 5.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.24% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.09% of all publications and 38.19% 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

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites

    Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan

    (2021)
    453 Citations
  • Satellite-based soybean yield forecast: Integrating machine learning and weather data for improving crop yield prediction in southern Brazil

    Raí A. Schwalbert;Raí A. Schwalbert;Telmo Amado;Geomar Corassa;Luan Pierre Pott;Luan Pierre Pott

    (2020)
    358 Citations
  • Integrating Multi-Source Data for Rice Yield Prediction across China using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches

    Juan Cao;Zhao Zhang;Fulu Tao;Liangliang Zhang

    (2021)
    327 Citations
  • Evolution of light use efficiency models: Improvement, uncertainties, and implications

    Unknown

    (2022)
    261 Citations
  • Dynamic wheat yield forecasts are improved by a hybrid approach using a biophysical model and machine learning technique

    Puyu Feng;Puyu Feng;Bin Wang;De Li Liu;De Li Liu;Cathy Waters

    (2020)
    214 Citations
  • Tree mortality of European beech and Norway spruce induced by 2018-2019 hot droughts in central Germany

    Nora Obladen;Pia Dechering;Georgios Skiadaresis;Willy Tegel

    (2021)
    213 Citations

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