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Earth Interactions
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Earth Interactions

1087-3562

Published by: American Meteorological Society

https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/journals/earth-interactions/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 588 26 24 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 40
Documents by Best Scientists*: 35
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 47
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.503
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Earth Interactions?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Climatology, Precipitation, Hydrology, Atmospheric sciences and Climate change. It explores topics in Climatology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Land cover, Meteorology, Climate model and Vegetation. The discussions emphasized the topic of Land cover in an attempt to further explore the field of Land use.

Issues in Vegetation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Remote sensing and Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer. The main emphasis of Earth Interactions is the research on Remote sensing, emphasizing the topic of Remote sensing (archaeology). The research on Precipitation tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Streamflow and Water content.

It features Hydrology research that overlaps with concepts in Structural basin. Atmospheric sciences research discussed connects with the study of Atmosphere. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Climate change, it also covered topics in Ecosystem and Evapotranspiration.

  • Climatology (46.61%)
  • Precipitation (20.05%)
  • Hydrology (16.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Global Percent Tree Cover at a Spatial Resolution of 500 Meters: First Results of the MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields Algorithm (839 citations)
  • Parameterization and Sensitivity Analysis of the BIOME–BGC Terrestrial Ecosystem Model: Net Primary Production Controls (634 citations)
  • A Conterminous United States Multilayer Soil Characteristics Dataset for Regional Climate and Hydrology Modeling (561 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Earth Interactions:

The main points discussed in the journal articles deal with Climatology, Vegetation, Precipitation, Hydrology and Climate change. In addition to Climatology research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Growing season, Primary production, Climate model, Atmospheric sciences and Terrestrial ecosystem. The published papers hold forums on Vegetation that merge themes from other disciplines such as Canopy, Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer, Remote sensing and Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer.

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

  • Ecology
  • Climate change
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Physical geography, Atmospheric sciences, Snow, Twenty-First Century and Ancient history. The journal focuses on Physical geography but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Greening, Tundra, Arctic and Land use land cover.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Hazards Posed by Mesoscale Lightning Megaflashes (1 citations)
  • Variable impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality across 91 Indian cities (1 citations)
  • Simulated atmospheric response to four projected land-use land-cover change scenarios for 2050 in the north-central United States (0 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 Interactions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dev Niyogi (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mark R. Jury (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Christopher Potter (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lauren E. Hay (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ranga B. Myneni (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 Earth Interactions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Geological Survey (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Purdue University (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Boston University (13 papers) published 1 paper 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.08% of all publications and 30.77% 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

  • Impacts of Irrigation on Summertime Temperatures in the Pacific Northwest

    Patricia M. Lawston;Joseph A. Santanello;Brian Hanson;Kristi Arsensault

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on Middle Rio Grande Surface Water Supplies Using a Simple Water Balance Reservoir Model

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Is Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta Greening or Browning? Resolving Mixed Signals of Tundra Vegetation Dynamics and Drivers in the Maritime Arctic

    Gerald V. Frost;Uma S. Bhatt;Matthew J. Macander;Amy S. Hendricks

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Variable impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality across 91 Indian cities

    Ansar Khan;Samiran Khorat;Rupali Khatun;Quang-Van Doan

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Drought relief and reversal over North America from 1500 to 2016

    M. C. A. Torbenson;D. W. Stahle;I. M. Howard;D. J. Burnette

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Potential impact of the pan-African Great Green Wall on Sahelian summer precipitation: A global modeling approach with MPAS

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • Conflict and Climate: Drivers of Fire Activity in Syria in the Twenty-First Century

    Maria Zubkova;Louis Giglio;Michael L. Humber;Joanne V. Hall

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Extensive Droughts in the Conterminous United States during Multiple Centuries

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Projections of Hydroclimatic Extremes in Southeast Alaska under the RCP8.5 scenario

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Spatial Utilization and Microhabitat Selection of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) under Different Livestock Grazing Intensities

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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