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Atmosphere - Ocean
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Atmosphere - Ocean

0705-5900

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tato20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 428 37 38 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.679
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Atmosphere-ocean?

Climatology, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Oceanography and Precipitation are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The work on Climatology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Storm and Climate change, Climate model. Studies on Meteorology discussed in the journal link to the field of Remote sensing.

The studies in Atmospheric sciences featured incorporate elements of Atmosphere, Convection and Ozone. Bay, Current (stream), Ocean current, Arctic and Salinity are all areas of Oceanography tackled in Atmosphere-ocean. The Precipitation study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Snow.

The study on Sea ice featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Arctic ice pack in particular. Antarctic sea ice, Sea ice thickness and Drift ice are among the areas of Arctic ice pack tackled.

  • Climatology (43.26%)
  • Meteorology (23.64%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (18.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Sensitivity of climate simulations to the parameterization of cumulus convection in the Canadian climate centre general circulation model (1346 citations)
  • Temperature and precipitation trends in Canada during the 20th century (882 citations)
  • The UVic earth system climate model: Model description, climatology, and applications to past, present and future climates (553 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Atmosphere-ocean:

The published papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Climatology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Precipitation and Atmospheric sciences. The most cited articles focus on Climatology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Snow, Climate change and Arctic. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Meteorology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Drag and Parametrization (atmospheric modeling).

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

  • Statistics
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Atmosphere-ocean primarily tackles Climatology, Arctic, Climate change, Oceanography and Atmospheric sciences. More specifically, the research on Climatology in Atmosphere-ocean is related to El Niño Southern Oscillation. In addition to Arctic research, it aims to explore topics under Snowpack and Surface runoff, Snowmelt.

Some problems in Climate change that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Snow cover and The arctic. Research on Oceanography addressed in Atmosphere-ocean frequently intersections with the field of Thinning. The journal holds forums on Atmospheric sciences that merges themes from other disciplines such as Ocean front, Heat flux and Ageostrophy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Canadian In Situ Snow Cover Trends for 1955–2017 Including an Assessment of the Impact of Automation (1 citations)
  • Spatial and Temporal Variability of Oceanic Oxygen Changes and Underlying Trends (1 citations)
  • The Influence of Sudden Arctic Sea-Ice Thinning on North Atlantic Oscillation Events (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 Atmosphere-ocean (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David G. Barber (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ronald E. Stewart (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lawrence A. Mysak (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Diana Verseghy (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrew J. Weaver (14 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 Atmosphere-ocean (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Environment Canada (103 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • McGill University (68 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of British Columbia (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Meteorological Service of Canada (58 papers) absent 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, 5.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 31.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.75% of all publications and 31.25% 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

  • A Third Generation of Homogenized Temperature for Trend Analysis and Monitoring Changes in Canada’s Climate

    Lucie A. Vincent;Megan M. Hartwell;Xiaolan L. Wang

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Climate Model Projections for Canada: A Comparison of CMIP5 and CMIP6

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Canadian In Situ Snow Cover Trends for 1955–2017 Including an Assessment of the Impact of Automation

    R. D. Brown;C. Smith;C. Derksen;L. Mudryk

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Multi-Year Sea Ice Conditions in the Northwest Passage: 1968–2020

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Atmospheric Observations of Weather and Climate

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Cloud Microphysics in Global Cloud Resolving Models

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Monitoring Urban Greenhouse Gases Using Open-Path Fourier Transform Spectroscopy

    Brendan Byrne;Kimberly Strong;Orfeo Colebatch;Yuan You

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Atmospheric Convection

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Snow Depth on Sea Ice and on Land in the Canadian Arctic from Long-Term Observations

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Performance of the Canadian Arctic Prediction System during the YOPP Special Observing Periods

    (2023)
    16 Citations

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