Atmospheric Pollution Research

Top Research Topics at Atmospheric Pollution Research?

Atmospheric Pollution Research facilitates discussions on Atmospheric sciences, Environmental chemistry, Air quality index, Particulates and Air pollution. The journal explores topics in Atmospheric sciences which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Atmosphere, Wind speed, Aerosol, Ozone and Relative humidity. Specifically, studies on Wind direction are prevalent in the Wind speed works discussed.

The journal explores issues in Environmental chemistry which can be linked to other research areas like Coal combustion products, Combustion and Benzene. Research on Air quality index addressed in Atmospheric Pollution Research frequently intersections with the field of Pollutant. Atmospheric Pollution Research facilitates discussions on Pollutant that incorporate concepts from other fields like NOx and Environmental engineering.

Pollution and Environmental health are some topics wherein Air pollution research discussed in the journal have an impact.

• Atmospheric sciences (24.58%)
• Environmental chemistry (24.39%)
• Air quality index (24.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Urban air quality management-A review (167 citations)
• Air pollutants concentrations forecasting using back propagation neural network based on wavelet decomposition with meteorological conditions (151 citations)
• Assessment of air pollution around coal mining area: Emphasizing on spatial distributions, seasonal variations and heavy metals, using cluster and principal component analysis (135 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Atmospheric Pollution Research:

The most cited publications primarily tackle Particulates, Air pollution, Environmental chemistry, Air quality index and Pollutant. The studies on Particulates discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Mass concentration (chemistry), Atmospheric sciences, Coal and Aerosol. The most cited publications mainly concentrate on Air pollution but also investigate its connection with concepts in disciplines such as

• Environmental engineering which intersects with area such as Ventilation (architecture),
• Pollution and related Physical geography..

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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Atmospheric Pollution Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Philip K. Hopke (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Tom Harner (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Alexandra Monteiro (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David D. Cohen (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Junji Cao (8 papers) published 1 paper 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Atmospheric Pollution Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (125 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 22 more than at the previous edition,
• Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (31 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Clarkson University (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• China Meteorological Administration (21 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 9.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.28% of all publications and 60.90% 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.