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Ambio
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Ambio

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Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13280

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 89 178 193 41
Social Sciences and Humanities 99 38 48 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 694
Documents by Best Scientists*: 491
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 34
SCIMAGO H-index: 162
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.862
Impact Factor: 5.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment?

AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment mainly deals with areas of study such as Ecology, Environmental resource management, Climate change, Ecosystem and Environmental protection. It investigates Ecology research which frequently intersects with Fishery. The study on Fishery featured in it expounds on the topic of Fishing in particular.

In addition to Environmental resource management research, the journal aims to explore topics under Natural resource, Ecosystem services, Ecology (disciplines), Natural resource economics and Sustainability. Issues in Climate change were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Climatology and Arctic.

  • Ecology (18.90%)
  • Environmental resource management (17.11%)
  • Climate change (10.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN A WORLD OF TRANSFORMATIONS (2089 citations)
  • The Anthropocene: are humans now overwhelming the great forces of Nature? (1728 citations)
  • Agroecosystems, Nitrogen-use Efficiency, and Nitrogen Management (1172 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment:

Ecology, Environmental resource management, Ecosystem, Climate change and Environmental protection are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The most cited articles connects the study in Ecology with the closely related areas of Fishery. In addition to Environmental resource management research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Natural resource, Environmental planning, Ecosystem services, Sustainable development and Sustainability.

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

  • Ecology
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment is to combine knowledge in the areas of Ecology (disciplines), Theme (narrative), Environmental planning, Environmental ethics and Biodiversity. Some problems in Ecology (disciplines) that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Agriculture, Ecosystem, Environmental resource management and Regional science. The journal explores issues in Theme (narrative) which can be linked to other research areas like Urbanization and Eutrophication.

It focuses on Environmental planning but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Sustainability which is concerned with Natural resource economics. The research on Biodiversity tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Agroforestry, Climate change, Habitat and Ecosystem services. The studies in Climate change featured incorporate elements of Permafrost, Physical geography and Arctic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis. (78 citations)
  • Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere. (24 citations)
  • Beyond 'trees are good': Disservices, management costs, and tradeoffs in urban forestry. (21 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 AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Terry V. Callaghan (51 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Margareta Johansson (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Torben R. Christensen (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Terry D. Prowse (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carl Folke (23 papers) published 8 papers 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 AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (187 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stockholm University (158 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Aarhus University (104 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Umeå University (74 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Helsinki (68 papers) published 7 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, 5.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.74% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.48% of all publications and 50.94% 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

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis.

    James S. Albert;Georgia Destouni;Scott M. Duke-Sylvester;Anne E. Magurran

    (2021)
    814 Citations
  • Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere.

    Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Stephen Polasky;Johan Rockström;Victor Galaz

    (2021)
    617 Citations
  • The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy

    Cornelia Rumpel;Farshad Amiraslani;Claire Chenu;Magaly García Cardenas

    (2020)
    377 Citations
  • Acid rain and air pollution: 50 years of progress in environmental science and policy

    Peringe Grennfelt;Anna Engleryd;Martin Forsius;Øystein Hov

    (2020)
    370 Citations
  • Browning of freshwaters: Consequences to ecosystem services, underlying drivers, and potential mitigation measures

    Emma S. Kritzberg;Eliza Maher Hasselquist;Martin Škerlep;Stefan Löfgren

    (2020)
    312 Citations
  • Inside-out sustainability: The neglect of inner worlds

    Christopher D. Ives;Rebecca Freeth;Joern Fischer

    (2020)
    279 Citations

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