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Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

1976-7633

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13143

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 337 50 73 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 64
Documents by Best Scientists*: 83
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 40
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.655
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Asia-pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology, Precipitation and Aerosol. Asia-pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences focuses on Climatology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Climate change and Peninsula. The work on Atmospheric sciences tackled in it brings together disciplines like Wind speed, Atmosphere and Convection.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Meteorology and the similar topic of Remote sensing. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Precipitation, apply to Climate model as well.

  • Climatology (33.23%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (19.96%)
  • Meteorology (18.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The WRF Single-Moment 6-Class Microphysics Scheme (WSM6) (1551 citations)
  • Climate change in the 21st century simulated by HadGEM2-AO under representative concentration pathways (138 citations)
  • Synoptic analysis of dust storms in the Middle East (138 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Asia-pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences:

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Climatology, Precipitation, Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology and Monsoon. The most cited articles emphasize research on Climatology, which includes concerns such as Weather Research and Forecasting Model. While Precipitation is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Global warming, Spatial distribution, Forcing (mathematics) and Typhoon.

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

  • Statistics
  • Meteorology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Asia-pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences mainly deals with areas of study such as Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Precipitation, Tropical cyclone and Monsoon. The journal addresses concerns in Climatology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Subtropical ridge, Climate model and East Asia. Many of the research works in Atmospheric sciences, specifically Troposphere, closely connected to disciplines like Flux.

The featured Precipitation research zeroes in on concepts in Quantitative precipitation forecast but also tackles themes under Period (geology). Quantitative precipitation forecast research in the journal involves the investigation of Weather Research and Forecasting Model studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Mesoscale meteorology, Numerical weather prediction and Storm. The presented Tropical cyclone research focuses mostly on Cyclone and, on occasion, topics in Anticyclone.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Spatial Interpolation of Gauge Measured Rainfall Using Compressed Sensing (8 citations)
  • Spatial Distribution Patterns and Influencing Factors of PM 2.5 Pollution in the Yangtze River Delta: Empirical Analysis Based on a GWR Model (8 citations)
  • Evaluation and Projection of Regional Climate over East Asia in CORDEX-East Asia Phase I Experiment (7 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 Asia-pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Song-You Hong (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Dong-Kyou Lee (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tae-Young Lee (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Myoung-Seok Suh (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Kyung-Ja Ha (19 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 Asia-pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Seoul National University (87 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yonsei University (65 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Korea Meteorological Administration (62 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pukyong National University (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pusan National University (37 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 10.34% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 48.72% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.23% of all publications and 25.64% 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

  • Toward Understanding the Differences of PM2.5 Characteristics Among Five China Urban Cities

    Kaiyang Zhang;Chuanfeng Zhao;Hao Fan;Yikun Yang

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Improvement China Point Source for Improving Bottom-Up Emission Inventory

    Youjung Jang;Yungu Lee;Jinseok Kim;Younha Kim

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Identifying the Annual and Seasonal Trends of Hydrological and Climatic Variables in the Indus Basin Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahid;Muhammad Shahid;Khalil Ur Rahman

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Evaluation and Projection of Regional Climate over East Asia in CORDEX-East Asia Phase I Experiment

    Gayoung Kim;Dong-Hyun Cha;Changyong Park;Chun-Sil Jin

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Studies of Atmospheric PM2.5 and its Inorganic Water Soluble Ions and Trace Elements around Southeast Asia: a Review

    Nadhira Dahari;Khalida Muda;Mohd Talib Latif;Norelyza Hussein

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • PM2.5 Forecast in Korea using the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Model

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Classification of Localized Heavy Rainfall Events in South Korea

    Enoch Jo;Enoch Jo;Chanil Park;Seok-Woo Son;Joon-Woo Roh

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Evaluation of the Potential Use of Satellite-Derived XCO 2 in Detecting CO 2 Enhancement in Megacities with Limited Ground Observations: A Case Study in Seoul Using Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2

    Chaerin Park;Sujong Jeong;Hoonyoung Park;Jeongmin Yun

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Characteristics and Variability of Carbonaceous Aerosols over a Semi Urban Location in Garhwal Himalayas

    K. Sandeep;K. Sandeep;R. S. Negi;A. S. Panicker;A. S. Panicker;Alok Sagar Gautam

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • The Taiwan WRF Ensemble Prediction System: Scientific Description, Model-Error Representation and Performance Results

    Chih-Hsin Li;Judith Berner;Jing-Shan Hong;Chin-Tzu Fong

    (2020)
    23 Citations

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