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Earth System Science Data
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Earth System Science Data

1866-3508

Published by: Copernicus Publications

https://www.earth-system-science-data.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 6 698 1505 60
Environmental Sciences 18 1263 2612 85

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2490
Documents by Best Scientists*: 3783
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 93
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.066
Impact Factor: 11.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Earth System Science Data?

Earth System Science Data is organized to address concerns in the fields of Climatology, Meteorology, Climate change, Oceanography and Atmospheric sciences. In it, Snow, Arctic, Precipitation and The arctic are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Climatology research. Most of the works presented in it deals with Precipitation but it intersects with the subject of Drainage basin.

The work on Meteorology tackled in Earth System Science Data brings together disciplines like Remote sensing and Data set. Climate change research discussed connects with the study of Physical geography. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Oceanography and the similar topic of Biogeochemical cycle.

Earth System Science Data focused on Atmospheric sciences research but expanded to cover Atmosphere.

  • Climatology (19.24%)
  • Meteorology (17.21%)
  • Climate change (11.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018 (723 citations)
  • Global Carbon Budget 2016 (664 citations)
  • Global Carbon Budget 2017 (613 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Earth System Science Data:

The most cited papers mainly tackle studies in Climatology, Meteorology, Climate change, Atmospheric sciences and Data set. Issues in Climatology were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Climate model and Ice sheet. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Atmospheric sciences that incorporate concepts from other fields like Biosphere, Deforestation, Carbon cycle, Greenhouse gas and Carbon dioxide.

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

  • Ecology
  • Climate change
  • Meteorology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Earth System Science Data are Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Climatology, Physical geography and Database. The presented Atmospheric sciences research focuses mostly on Greenhouse gas and, on occasion, topics in Agriculture. The journal tackles studies in Precipitation and the interrelated subject of Snow to gain insights into Climatology.

Some problems in Physical geography that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Climate change and Vegetation. The Climate change study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Cryosphere. Database research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Carbon cycle, Shore and Interglacial.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • ERA5-Land: a state-of-the-art global reanalysis dataset for land applications (18 citations)
  • GLC_FCS30: global land-cover product with fine classification system at 30 m using time-series Landsat imagery (17 citations)
  • Annual 30 m dataset for glacial lakes in High Mountain Asia from 2008 to 2017 (16 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 Science Data (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Are Olsen (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philippe Ciais (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Toste Tanhua (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert M. Key (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robbie M. Andrew (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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 System Science Data (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (61 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (58 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (56 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (52 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (50 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 6.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.42% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.37% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.88% of all publications and 42.33% 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

  • ERA5-Land: a state-of-the-art global reanalysis dataset for land applications

    Joaquín Muñoz-Sabater;Emanuel Dutra;Emanuel Dutra;Anna Agustí-Panareda;Clément Albergel;Clément Albergel

    (2021)
    4017 Citations
  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

    (2020)
    3060 Citations
  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

    (2020)
    2252 Citations
  • Global Carbon Budget 2022

    Unknown

    (2022)
    1712 Citations
  • Global Carbon Budget 2021

    Unknown

    (2022)
    1586 Citations
  • GLC_FCS30: global land-cover product with fine classification system at 30 m using time-series Landsat imagery

    Xiao Zhang;Liangyun Liu;Xidong Chen;Yuan Gao;Yuan Gao

    (2021)
    910 Citations

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