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Astronomy and Geophysics
H-index 5

Astronomy and Geophysics

1366-8781

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 272 22 29 4
Earth Science 667 21 16 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 60
Documents by Best Scientists*: 69
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 26
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.187
Impact Factor: 0.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Astronomy & Geophysics?

Astronomy & Geophysics aims to foster the development of research in Astronomy, Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Art history and Library science. The main emphasis of it is the research on Astrobiology, emphasizing the topic of Mars Exploration Program.

  • Astronomy (17.06%)
  • Astrobiology (10.31%)
  • Astrophysics (8.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • GAMA: towards a physical understanding of galaxy formation (295 citations)
  • Cosmoclimatology: a new theory emerges (190 citations)
  • Continental break‐up: The East African perspective (138 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Astronomy & Geophysics:

The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Astronomy, Astrobiology, Meteorology, Mars Exploration Program and Astrophysics. The Astronomy study tackled in the journal papers is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Context (language use). The published articles explore topics in Astrobiology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Full moon, Space exploration and Basalt.

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

  • World War II
  • Astronomy
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Astronomy & Geophysics generally zeroes in on subjects such as Astronomy, Library science, Mars Exploration Program, Meteorology and Astrobiology. Discussions in Astronomy & Geophysics are anchored in the subject of Astronomy and the similar topic of Coronal seismology. Life on Mars is a key component of Mars Exploration Program research discussed in it.

Astronomy & Geophysics explores issues in Meteorology which can be linked to other research areas like Ionosphere, Magnetosphere and Venus. Asteroid, Comet and Chondrite research are fields of study within Astrobiology but they also intertwine with concepts in Extinction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Fast radio bursts (3 citations)
  • The Chicxulub impactor: comet or asteroid? (1 citations)
  • Weather stations for Mars (1 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 Astronomy & Geophysics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sue Bowler (287 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peter Bond (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ian A. Crawford (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M. G. Edmunds (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ragbir Bhathal (23 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 Astronomy & Geophysics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Leicester (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University College London (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (42 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, 50.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.17% of all publications and 29.17% 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

  • Betelgeuse: a review

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • The case for a closed universe

    George Ellis;Julien Larena

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • ExoMol at 10

    Jonathan Tennyson;Sergei N Yurchenko

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Cosmic Meteorology

    Mike Lockwood;Mat Owens

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • The Chicxulub impactor: comet or asteroid?

    Steve Desch;Alan Jackson;Jessica Noviello;Ariel Anbar

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Do we have a standard model of cosmology?

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Questions to Heaven

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Unveiling a continent

    Brian Kennett

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Geomagnetic twin satellites MSS-1: progress and future plans

    (2024)
    2 Citations

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