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Earth and Space Science
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Earth and Space Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 94 321 294 28
Environmental Sciences 112 394 368 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 854
Documents by Best Scientists*: 679
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 22
SCIMAGO H-index: 52
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.927
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Earth and Space Science?

The journal explores disciplines such as Remote sensing, Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology and Precipitation. Studies on Remote sensing discussed in the journal link to the field of Satellite.

  • Remote sensing (15.97%)
  • Climatology (14.47%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (12.65%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A new digital bathymetric model of the world's oceans (441 citations)
  • An update to the Horizontal Wind Model (HWM): The quiet time thermosphere (289 citations)
  • The Ames Stereo Pipeline: NASA's Open Source Software for Deriving and Processing Terrain Data (104 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Earth and Space Science:

The published articles focus on Climatology, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Remote sensing and Seismology. Satellite and Lead (sea ice) are some topics wherein Meteorology research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact. The published papers address concerns in Remote sensing which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Radar, Discrete dipole approximation and Mars Exploration Program.

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

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Remote sensing, Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology and Precipitation. The work on Remote sensing tackled in Earth and Space Science brings together disciplines like Calibration (statistics), Satellite and Geolocation. The main emphasis of Earth and Space Science is the research on Meteorology, emphasizing the topic of Precipitable water vapor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • ICESat-2 Pointing Calibration and Geolocation Performance (6 citations)
  • Atmospheric Carbon and Transport - America (ACT-America) Data Sets: Description, Management, and Delivery. (6 citations)
  • NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities (6 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 Earth and Space Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Andrea Donnellan (16 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yuk L. Yung (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonathan H. Jiang (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • John B. Rundle (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jay Parker (7 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than 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 Earth and Space Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (103 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • California Institute of Technology (101 papers) published 30 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (63 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Colorado Boulder (37 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (34 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 3.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 44.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.91% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.27% of all publications and 37.45% 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

  • NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities

    J. T. Emmert;D. P. Drob;J. M. Picone;D. E. Siskind

    (2021)
    387 Citations
  • Comparative Assessment of Various Machine Learning-Based Bias Correction Methods for Numerical Weather Prediction Model Forecasts of Extreme Air Temperatures in Urban Areas

    Dongjin Cho;Cheolhee Yoo;Jungho Im;Dong‐Hyun Cha

    (2020)
    168 Citations
  • Assessment of CMIP6 Cloud Fraction and Comparison with Satellite Observations

    P. Preetham Vignesh;Jonathan H. Jiang;P. Kishore;Hui Su

    (2020)
    120 Citations
  • ISC-EHB 1964–2016, an Improved Data Set for Studies of Earth Structure and Global Seismicity

    E. R. Engdahl;D. Di Giacomo;B. Sakarya;C. G. Gkarlaouni

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • Improving ECC Ozonesonde Data Quality: Assessment of Current Methods and Outstanding Issues

    David W. Tarasick;Herman G. J. Smit;Anne M. Thompson;Gary A. Morris

    (2021)
    109 Citations
  • Evaluation of Temperature and Precipitation Simulations in CMIP6 Models Over the Tibetan Plateau

    Tong Cui;Chao Li;Fuqiang Tian

    (2021)
    109 Citations
  • The 2021 European Heat Wave in the Context of Past Major Heat Waves

    (2022)
    108 Citations
  • Detection, Analysis, and Removal of Glitches From InSight's Seismic Data From Mars

    John‐Robert Scholz;Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig;Paul Davis;Philippe Lognonné

    (2020)
    107 Citations
  • A Comparison of Moderate and Extreme ERA‐5 Daily Precipitation With Two Observational Data Sets

    Pauline Rivoire;Olivia Martius;Philippe Naveau

    (2021)
    70 Citations

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