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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 60 403 585 53

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1745
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2023
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 43
SCIMAGO H-index: 197
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.553
Impact Factor: 6.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety?

The objective of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety is to combine knowledge in the areas of Environmental chemistry, Toxicity, Toxicology, Biochemistry and Cadmium. Environmental chemistry research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Soil water, Contamination, Pollutant and Pollution. Soil contamination is a major topic of Soil water research.

Oxidative stress, Endocrinology and Bioassay are some topics wherein Toxicity research discussed in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety have an impact. It encompasses presentations on Oxidative stress, specifically Catalase and Lipid peroxidation. The work on Toxicology addressed in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety expands to the thematically related Pesticide.

Research on Biochemistry presented in it focuses, in particular, on Antioxidant, Glutathione and Superoxide dismutase. The Antioxidant study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Food science.

  • Environmental chemistry (24.14%)
  • Toxicity (16.66%)
  • Toxicology (9.72%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Salt tolerance and salinity effects on plants: a review. (2605 citations)
  • Molecular biomarkers of oxidative stress in aquatic organisms in relation to toxic environmental pollutants. (1223 citations)
  • Microbial resistance to metals in the environment. (947 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety:

Environmental chemistry, Toxicity, Toxicology, Ecology and Cadmium are the main subjects of interest in the published papers. The featured Environmental chemistry studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Soil water but also cover areas of interest in Agronomy. The published papers explore topics in Toxicity which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Endocrinology, Biochemistry and Bioassay.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Environmental chemistry, Toxicity, Oxidative stress, Cell biology and Internal medicine. The research on Environmental chemistry featured in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety combines topics in other fields like Pollutant, Soil water, Contamination, Pollution and Cadmium. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety focused on Toxicity research but expanded to cover Pharmacology.

The journal focuses on Oxidative stress but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Apoptosis, Reactive oxygen species, Glutathione and Antioxidant. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Internal medicine and Endocrinology. The study on Superoxide dismutase presented in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety intersects with the topics under Catalase.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Prospective usage of magnesium potassium phosphate cement combined with Bougainvillea alba derived biochar to reduce Pb bioavailability in soil and its uptake by Spinacia oleracea L. (55 citations)
  • Cadmium toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation strategies. (40 citations)
  • Zinc offers splenic protection through suppressing PERK/IRE1-driven apoptosis pathway in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) under arsenic stress. (35 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 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Amadeu M.V.M. Soares (54 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Shafaqat Ali (36 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition,
  • John P. Giesy (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Maria Ana Santos (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Muhammad Rizwan (28 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 13 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 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (656 papers) published 121 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (141 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Aveiro (135 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (116 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (115 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 5.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.47% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.82% of all publications and 53.60% 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

  • Cadmium toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation strategies.

    Fasih Ullah Haider;Cai Liqun;Jeffrey A. Coulter;Sardar Alam Cheema

    (2021)
    1363 Citations
  • Occurrence, toxicity and ecological risk of Bisphenol A analogues in aquatic environment - A review.

    Jianchao Liu;Lingyu Zhang;Guanghua Lu;Runren Jiang

    (2021)
    398 Citations
  • Potential risks of microplastics combined with superbugs: Enrichment of antibiotic resistant bacteria on the surface of microplastics in mariculture system.

    Yuxuan Zhang;Jian Lu;Jun Wu;Jianhua Wang

    (2020)
    350 Citations
  • Melatonin alleviates nickel phytotoxicity by improving photosynthesis, secondary metabolism and oxidative stress tolerance in tomato seedlings

    Mohammad Shah Jahan;Shirong Guo;Abdul Raziq Baloch;Jin Sun

    (2020)
    330 Citations
  • Recent progress in Fenton/Fenton-like reactions for the removal of antibiotics in aqueous environments.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    291 Citations
  • Defense responses in earthworms (Eisenia fetida) exposed to low-density polyethylene microplastics in soils.

    Yuling Chen;Xiaoning Liu;Yifei Leng;Jun Wang;Jun Wang

    (2020)
    271 Citations
  • Spatial characteristics of heavy metal contamination and potential human health risk assessment of urban soils: A case study from an urban region of South India.

    Narsimha Adimalla;Jie Chen;Hui Qian

    (2020)
    240 Citations
  • Synthesis, characterization and advanced sustainable applications of titanium dioxide nanoparticles: A review.

    Muhammad Atif Irshad;Rab Nawaz;Muhammad Zia ur Rehman;Muhammad Adrees

    (2021)
    215 Citations

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