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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
H-index 94

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

1680-7316

Published by: Copernicus Publications

https://www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 13 1765 3375 94

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2126
Documents by Best Scientists*: 3543
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 71
SCIMAGO H-index: 267
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.112
Impact Factor: 5.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Atmospheric sciences, Aerosol, Climatology, Meteorology and Troposphere. Atmosphere, Radiative forcing, Ozone and Air quality index are some topics wherein Atmospheric sciences research discussed in it have an impact. The Air quality index works featured in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics incorporate elements from Air pollution, Pollutant and Pollution.

The journal holds forums on Aerosol that merges themes from other disciplines such as Environmental chemistry, Particle, Sulfate and Particulates. Environmental chemistry research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Mass spectrometry, Nitrate and Chemical composition. The research on Particle featured in it combines topics in other fields like Nucleation and Analytical chemistry.

Some problems in Climatology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Climate change, Climate model, Latitude and Precipitation. The journal explores issues in Meteorology which can be linked to other research areas like Satellite and Remote sensing. Topics in Troposphere were tackled in line with various other fields like Trace gas, Water vapor and Altitude.

  • Atmospheric sciences (51.79%)
  • Aerosol (37.91%)
  • Climatology (23.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Estimates of global terrestrial isoprene emissions using MEGAN (Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature) (2788 citations)
  • The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues (2587 citations)
  • Organic aerosol and global climate modelling: a review (2308 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Aerosol, Atmospheric sciences, Climatology, Meteorology and Environmental chemistry. Aside from discussions in Aerosol, the published papers also deal with the subject of Particle which intersects with Nucleation and Particle size disciplines. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Atmospheric sciences, it also covers topics in Atmosphere, Radiative forcing and Ozone.

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 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Markku Kulmala (407 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 16 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tuukka Petäjä (214 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 16 more than at the previous edition,
  • André S. H. Prévôt (194 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Urs Baltensperger (183 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jose L. Jimenez (183 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (1452 papers) published 106 papers at the last edition, 18 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1032 papers) published 130 papers at the last edition, 34 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (881 papers) published 64 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (869 papers) published 46 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Finnish Meteorological Institute (737 papers) published 74 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, 2.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.66% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.98% of all publications and 26.05% 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

  • The acidity of atmospheric particles and clouds

    Havala O. T. Pye;Athanasios Nenes;Becky Alexander;Andrew P. Ault

    (2020)
    641 Citations
  • Increases in surface ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2019: anthropogenic and meteorological influences

    Ke Li;Daniel J. Jacob;Lu Shen;Xiao Lu

    (2020)
    626 Citations
  • Improved 1 km resolution PM 2.5 estimates across China using enhanced space–time extremely randomized trees

    Jing Wei;Jing Wei;Zhanqing Li;Maureen Cribb;Wei Huang

    (2020)
    594 Citations
  • Long-term historical trends in air pollutant emissions in Asia: Regional Emission inventory in ASia (REAS) version 3

    Junichi Kurokawa;Toshimasa Ohara

    (2020)
    414 Citations
  • Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

    Unknown

    (2022)
    372 Citations
  • Effective radiative forcing and adjustments in CMIP6 models

    Christopher J. Smith;Christopher J. Smith;Ryan J. Kramer;Ryan J. Kramer;Gunnar Myhre;Kari Alterskjær

    (2020)
    362 Citations
  • Worsening urban ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2017 – Part 1: The complex and varying roles of meteorology

    Yiming Liu;Tao Wang

    (2020)
    336 Citations
  • Local and synoptic meteorological influences on daily variability in summertime surface ozone in eastern China

    Han Han;Jane Liu;Jane Liu;Lei Shu;Tijian Wang

    (2020)
    288 Citations
  • Six global biomass burning emission datasets: intercomparison and application in one global aerosol model

    Xiaohua Pan;Xiaohua Pan;Charles Ichoku;Mian Chin;Huisheng Bian;Huisheng Bian

    (2020)
    286 Citations
  • Worsening urban ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2017 – Part 2: The effects of emission changes and implications for multi-pollutant control

    Yiming Liu;Tao Wang

    (2020)
    285 Citations

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