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Ecological Engineering
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Ecological Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 116 173 225 26
Environmental Sciences 146 135 174 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 474
Documents by Best Scientists*: 502
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 172
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.153
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ecological Engineering?

The topics of Hydrology, Environmental engineering, Wetland, Ecology and Agronomy are the focal point of discussions in Ecological Engineering. It holds forums on Hydrology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Sediment, Riparian zone and Eutrophication. Some problems in Environmental engineering that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Environmental chemistry and Denitrification.

The journal addresses concerns in Denitrification which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Nitrate and Nitrification. While Wetland is the focus of Ecological Engineering, it also provided insights into the studies of Macrophyte and Subsurface flow. It aims to address concerns in Ecology, specifically in the areas of Habitat, Vegetation, Ecosystem, Species richness and Restoration ecology.

Ecological Engineering focuses on Agronomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Biomass, Soil water, Nutrient and Botany. Discussions in Ecological Engineering are anchored in the subject of Nutrient and the similar topic of Phosphorus. Wastewater research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Pulp and paper industry and Sewage treatment.

  • Hydrology (23.29%)
  • Environmental engineering (21.15%)
  • Wetland (19.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Microbial carbonate precipitation in construction materials: A review (736 citations)
  • Bio-mediated soil improvement (708 citations)
  • Application of bacteria as self-healing agent for the development of sustainable concrete (679 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ecological Engineering:

The journal articles mainly tackle studies in Environmental engineering, Wetland, Hydrology, Wastewater and Constructed wetland. The works on Environmental engineering tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Environmental chemistry, Denitrification and Phosphorus. The published papers tackle studies in Nutrient and the interrelated subject of Agronomy to gain insights into Wetland.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Wetland, Irrigation, Environmental engineering, Ecological engineering and Hydrology. While work presented in Ecological Engineering provided substantial information on Wetland, it also covered topics in Feature (computer vision), Red edge, Water content, Discriminative model and Remote sensing. While Ecological Engineering focused on Irrigation, it was also able to explore topics like Organic matter, Ecosystem and Reuse.

Concepts in Water quality, as well as related topics in Mesocosm, Toilet, Wastewater, Greywater and Water scarcity, are covered in the Environmental engineering research presented in it. Issues in Ecological engineering were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Soil loss, Intraspecific competition and Nutrient. It addresses concerns in the field of Hydrology by exploring it in line with topics in Typha domingensis which intersect with Vegetation subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Nitrate-N removal rate variabilities in floating treatment wetland mesocosms with diverse planting and carbon amendment designs (0 citations)
  • Performance and treatment assessment of a pilot-scale decentralized greywater reuse system in rural schools of north-central Chile (0 citations)
  • Unimodal response of N2O flux to changing rainfall amount and frequency in a wet meadow in the Tibetan Plateau (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 Ecological Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • William J. Mitsch (100 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ülo Mander (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan Vymazal (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John W. Day (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert H. Kadlec (28 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 Ecological Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (477 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 21 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (119 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (98 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Florida (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nanjing University (80 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 2022 edition, 21.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 90.91% 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

  • Recent research challenges in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review

    Jan Vymazal;Yaqian Zhao;Ülo Mander

    (2021)
    275 Citations
  • Managing erosion of mangrove-mud coasts with permeable dams – lessons learned

    Johan C. Winterwerp;Johan C. Winterwerp;Thorsten Albers;Edward J. Anthony;Daniel A. Friess

    (2020)
    141 Citations
  • Constructed wetlands for landfill leachate treatment: A review

    Reza Bakhshoodeh;Nadali Alavi;Carolyn Oldham;Rafael M. Santos

    (2020)
    134 Citations
  • Removal of nutrients in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment through plant harvesting – Biomass and load matter the most

    Jan Vymazal

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Long-term forest succession improves plant diversity and soil quality but not significantly increase soil microbial diversity: Evidence from the Loess Plateau

    Yulin Liu;Guangyu Zhu;Xuying Hai;Jiwei Li

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Municipal wastewater treatment with pond technology: Historical review and future outlook

    Long Tuan Ho;Peter Goethals

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Optimization of ecological security patterns considering both natural and social disturbances in China's largest urban agglomeration

    (2022)
    60 Citations
  • Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies under influence of climate and land cover change in an afforested semiarid basin, China

    Yifan Wu;Xuan Zhang;Chong Li;Yang Xu

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Quantifying the contributions of climate variation, land use change, and engineering measures for dramatic reduction in streamflow and sediment in a typical loess watershed, China

    Pengcheng Sun;Yiping Wu;Xiaohua Wei;Bellie Sivakumar

    (2020)
    55 Citations

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