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Earth System Dynamics
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Earth System Dynamics

2190-4979

Published by: Copernicus Publications

https://www.earth-system-dynamics.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 77 291 229 44
Earth Science 197 62 46 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 425
Documents by Best Scientists*: 269
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.412
Impact Factor: 7.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Earth System Dynamics Discussions?

The journal explores disciplines such as Climatology, Climate change, Atmospheric sciences, Climate model and Precipitation. Issues in Climatology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Global warming, Carbon cycle and Earth system science. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Global warming, apply to Greenhouse gas as well.

In Earth System Dynamics Discussions, Agriculture, Natural resource economics, Ecosystem and Environmental resource management are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Climate change research. Topics in Atmospheric sciences explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Atmosphere, Latitude, Vegetation, Radiative forcing and Climate sensitivity. Coupled model intercomparison project is a focus of the Climate model works in Earth System Dynamics Discussions.

While the journal focused on Precipitation, it was also able to explore topics like Moisture, Monsoon and Water cycle.

  • Climatology (48.04%)
  • Climate change (22.85%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (21.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A trend-preserving bias correction – The ISI-MIP approach (635 citations)
  • Global modeling of withdrawal, allocation and consumptive use of surface water and groundwater resources (398 citations)
  • Differential climate impacts for policy-relevant limits to global warming: the case of 1.5 °C and 2 °C (358 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Earth System Dynamics Discussions:

The journal papers facilitate discussions on Climatology, Climate change, Climate model, Precipitation and Global warming. The most cited articles are mostly focused on Climatology, specifically Forcing (mathematics). The Global warming research presented in the journal papers focuses mostly on Greenhouse gas and, on occasion, topics in Carbon cycle.

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

  • Ecology
  • Climate change
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Climatology, Climate change, Precipitation, Atmospheric sciences and Climate model. The studies in Climatology featured incorporate elements of General Circulation Model, Range (statistics) and Extreme weather. The main emphasis of Earth System Dynamics Discussions is the research on Climate change, emphasizing the topic of Global warming.

The tackled Precipitation research is interrelated with Atmospheric circulation which concerns subjects like Storm. While it focused on Atmospheric sciences, it was also able to explore topics like Atmosphere, Carbon cycle, Vegetation and Greenhouse gas. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Climate model by exploring it in line with topics in Downscaling which intersect with Water cycle subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Interacting tipping elements increase risk of climate domino effects under global warming (142 citations)
  • Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6 (16 citations)
  • Evaluating the dependence structure of compound precipitation and wind speed extremes (9 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 System Dynamics Discussions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Almut Arneth (16 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Axel Kleidon (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henk A. Dijkstra (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Reto Knutti (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Victor Brovkin (14 papers) published 3 papers 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 System Dynamics Discussions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (88 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (69 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • ETH Zurich (44 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Hamburg (42 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Utrecht University (38 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 1.87% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 47.62% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.19% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.48% of all publications and 25.71% 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

  • Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6

    Claudia Tebaldi;Kevin Debeire;Veronika Eyring;Veronika Eyring;Erich Fischer

    (2021)
    682 Citations
  • Partitioning climate projection uncertainty with multiple large ensembles and CMIP5/6

    Flavio Lehner;Flavio Lehner;Clara Deser;Nicola Maher;Jochem Marotzke

    (2020)
    557 Citations
  • Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability

    Unknown

    (2021)
    434 Citations
  • Rapid attribution analysis of the extraordinary heat wave on the Pacific coast of the US and Canada in June 2021

    Unknown

    (2022)
    302 Citations
  • Reduced global warming from CMIP6 projections when weighting models by performance and independence

    Lukas Brunner;Angeline G. Pendergrass;Angeline G. Pendergrass;Flavio Lehner;Anna L. Merrifield

    (2020)
    284 Citations
  • Robust increase of Indian monsoon rainfall and its variability under future warming in CMIP6 models

    Anja Katzenberger;Anja Katzenberger;Jacob Schewe;Julia Pongratz;Julia Pongratz;Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann

    (2021)
    239 Citations
  • Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary

    Unknown

    (2022)
    234 Citations
  • The Mediterranean climate change hotspot in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 projections

    (2022)
    180 Citations
  • Emergent constraints on transient climate response (TCR) and equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) from historical warming in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models

    Femke J. M. M. Nijsse;Peter M. Cox;Mark S. Williamson

    (2020)
    167 Citations

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