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Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
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Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 703 11 14 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 24
Documents by Best Scientists*: 26
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 57
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.576
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans?

The topics of Climatology, Mechanics, Environmental science, Meteorology and Classical mechanics are the focal point of discussions in the journal. It explores issues in Climatology which can be linked to other research areas like Oceanography and Precipitation. Mechanics studies presented include Turbulence, Vortex, Instability, Baroclinity and Barotropic fluid.

The research on Turbulence tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stratification (water) and Buoyancy. While Baroclinity is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Eddy and Geophysics. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans focuses on research topics in Environmental science within the context of other fields like Atmospheric sciences, Atmosphere, Monsoon and Atmospheric circulation.

It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Atmospheric sciences and Convection. The journal encompasses presentations on Meteorology, specifically Data assimilation and Mesoscale meteorology. Classical mechanics research presented in Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans encompasses a variety of subjects, including Internal wave, Vorticity, Amplitude, Nonlinear system and Rossby wave.

  • Climatology (29.32%)
  • Mechanics (28.26%)
  • Environmental science (18.35%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Model evaluation experiments in the North Atlantic Basin: simulations in nonlinear terrain-following coordinates (586 citations)
  • Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies (479 citations)
  • Global monsoon: Dominant mode of annual variation in the tropics (264 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans:

The published articles investigate areas of study like Climatology, Mechanics, Oceanography, Meteorology and Environmental science. Most of the works presented in the journal publications deal with Mechanics but they intersect with the subject of Classical mechanics. The journal articles explore topics in Oceanography which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ocean gyre and Mediterranean sea.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistics
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans is to expand the discussion of research in Climatology, Environmental science, Monsoon, Precipitation and Atmospheric sciences. The journal focuses on Climatology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Storm and Geopotential height. Precipitation research in the journal involves the investigation of Climate model studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Zonal and meridional, Hindcast, Geophysical fluid dynamics and Standard deviation.

The Atmospheric sciences research presented in it explores the relationship between Wind speed and the closely related topic of Surface roughness, Boundary layer, Drag coefficient, Tropical cyclone and Salinity. The presented research on Boundary layer deals specifically with Drag but it also addresses topics in Meteorology. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans features research on Convection in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Mechanics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Long-term analysis of extreme wave characteristics based on the SWAN hindcasts over the Black Sea using two different wind fields (4 citations)
  • Self-Localized Solitons of the Nonlinear Wave Blocking Problem (3 citations)
  • Effects of vertical wind shear and storm motion on tropical cyclone rainfall asymmetries over the North Indian Ocean (2 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 Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Glenn R. Flierl (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James C. McWilliams (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Allan R. Robinson (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John P. Boyd (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harindra J. S. Fernando (9 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 Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (42 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (28 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, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.09% of all publications and 68.18% 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

  • Seasonal and long-term sea-level variations and their forcing factors in the northern Bay of Bengal: A statistical analysis of temperature, salinity, wind stress curl, and regional climate index data

    Shaila Akhter;Fangli Qiao;Kejian Wu;Xunqiang Yin

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • The effect of tides on internal variability in the Bohai and Yellow Sea

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • The influence of the Madden-Julian oscillation on high-latitude surface air temperature during boreal winter

    Jing Cui;Shuangyan Yang;Tim Li;Tim Li

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SURFACE WEATHER OVER NORTH AMERICA AND THE MID-LATITUDE SEASONAL OSCILLATION

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • A coupled modeling study of mechanical and thermodynamical air-ocean interface processes under sea storm conditions

    Christos Stathopoulos;George Galanis;George Galanis;George Kallos

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Assessments on Simulation of Pacific Blocking Frequency during Boreal Winter in CMIP6 Climate Models

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Impact of Surface forcing on simulating Sea Surface Temperature in the Indian Ocean – A study using Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)

    Pooja Tiwari;A.P. Dimri;S.C. Shenoi;P.A. Francis

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • A statistical analysis of tropical salinity and its relationship to SST, highlighting two contrasting areas

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Comments on “horizontal gravity disturbance vector in atmospheric dynamics” by Peter C. Chu

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Quantitatively study on wave-turbulence interactions by laboratory experiments

    (2022)
    1 Citations

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