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Coastal Management
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Coastal Management

0892-0753

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ucmg20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 750 11 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 40
Documents by Best Scientists*: 30
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.544
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Coastal Management?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Environmental resource management, Coastal management, Environmental planning, Fishery and Environmental protection. The majority of Environmental resource management studies presented zero in on Marine conservation. Coastal Management focuses on Fishery research which is adjacent to topics in Ecology.

The study on Environmental protection presented in Coastal Management intersects with subjects under the field of Recreation. Most of the Coastal zone studies addressed also intersect with State (polity). State (polity) research discussed connects with the study of Public administration.

The work on Marine protected area addressed in it expands to the thematically related Marine reserve.

  • Environmental resource management (45.34%)
  • Coastal management (16.87%)
  • Environmental planning (14.96%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Crying wolf: Repeat responses to hurricane evacuation orders (311 citations)
  • A review of remote sensing for the assessment and management of tropical coastal resources (218 citations)
  • Greenhouse effect and sea level rise: The cost of holding back the sea (185 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Coastal Management:

The published papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Environmental resource management, Fishery, Coastal management, Marine protected area and Fisheries management. The published articles center on topics in Environmental resource management, with a focus on Marine conservation. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Fishery that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ecology and Oceanography.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Environmental resource management, Ecosystem, Ocean acidification, Coastal management and Ecosystem-based management. The majority of Environmental resource management studies are focused on the issues of Marine conservation. Issues in Ecosystem were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Climate change mitigation, Salience (language) and Fisheries management.

While the primary focus in the journal is Fisheries management, it also dissects topics surrounding Variety (cybernetics) and Environmental planning as a whole. The journal investigates Ocean acidification in the context of the closely related subject of areas like

  • Carbon dioxide that connect with fields like Environmental protection,
  • Climate policy, Natural resource economics, Marine species and China most often made with reference to Corporate governance.. Topics in Coastal management explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Classics, The Renaissance and Sea level rise.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Sustaining an Alaska Coastal Community: Integrating Place Based Well-Being Indicators and Fisheries Participation (7 citations)
  • There Is no I in EAFM Adapting Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management (6 citations)
  • The Origin of NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Program: A Retrospective and Prospective (4 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 Coastal Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Patrick Christie (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan T. White (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard B. Pollnac (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael K. Orbach (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Brian Crawford (8 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 Coastal Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Rhode Island (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (54 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (40 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • The Nature Conservancy (22 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, 8.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.26% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.45% of all publications and 51.61% 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 COVID-19 Pandemic, Small-Scale Fisheries and Coastal Fishing Communities

    Nathan J. Bennett;Elena M. Finkbeiner;Natalie C. Ban;Dyhia Belhabib

    (2020)
    413 Citations
  • Mapping Exposure to Flooding in Three Coastal Communities on the North Slope of Alaska Using Airborne LiDAR

    Trevor C. Lantz;Nina D. Moffat;Benjamin M. Jones;Qi Chen

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Bridging Shades of Blue: Co-constructing Knowledge with the International Panel for Ocean Sustainability

    (2023)
    14 Citations
  • The Marine Knowledge Exchange Network: Insights from an Innovative Regional-to-National Scale Academic-Led Knowledge-to-Impact Network and Recommendations for Future Initiatives

    M.T. Johnson;L.J. Johnson;G.A. Bayliss-Brown;V. Danino

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • From Monodisciplinary via Multidisciplinary to an Interdisciplinary Approach Investigating Air-Sea Interactions – a SOLAS Initiative

    Christa A. Marandino;Erik van Doorn;Natasha McDonald;Martin Johnson

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Coastal Management Journal Mourns the Passing of Prof. Gordon (Kem) Lowry

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • A Pilot Study of Small Craft Harbors in Nova Scotia, Canada: Examining Livelihoods Associated with These Facilities

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • A Call for a Cultural Shift in Oceanography

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Bivalve Shellfish Aquaculture in the National Estuarine Research Reserves: Assessing Current Activities, Relevant Policy, and Engagement Approaches

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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