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Energy and Environment
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Energy and Environment

0958-305X

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/eae

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 605 15 19 7
Engineering and Technology 641 44 39 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 125
Documents by Best Scientists*: 157
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 49
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.779
Impact Factor: 4.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Energy & Environment?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Natural resource economics, Climate change, Renewable energy, Environmental economics and Economy. Natural resource economics research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Fossil fuel and Greenhouse gas. The research on Climate change discussed in Energy & Environment draws on the closely related field of Climatology.

It focuses on Climatology as well as the interrelated topic of Atmospheric sciences. The journal focused on Renewable energy research but expanded to cover Electricity. Research on Environmental economics addressed in Energy & Environment frequently intersections with the field of Environmental resource management.

Energy & Environment focuses on Economy research which is adjacent to topics in Energy policy.

  • Natural resource economics (12.70%)
  • Climate change (10.04%)
  • Renewable energy (9.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Prosperity without growth : economics for a finite planet (1428 citations)
  • Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers: (1177 citations)
  • Corrections to the Mann et. al. (1998) Proxy Data Base and Northern Hemispheric Average Temperature Series (145 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Energy & Environment:

The journal papers primarily focus on research topics in Economy, Greenhouse gas, Natural resource economics, Climate change and Environmental economics. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Climate change, it also covers topics in Climatology and Physical geography. The works on Environmental economics tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Renewable energy and Environmental resource management.

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

  • Law
  • China
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Energy & Environment are Natural resource economics, China, Renewable energy, Energy consumption and Waste management. In addition to Natural resource economics research, the journal aims to explore topics under Climate change, Emerging markets, Biomass, Sustainability and Hydropower. Climate change research discussed connects with the study of Developing country.

It facilitates discussions on China that incorporate concepts from other fields like Perspective (graphical), Economic system, Efficient energy use and Environmental efficiency. The presented research on Renewable energy deals specifically with Environmental economics but it also addresses topics in Sustainable energy and Energy transition. While Energy consumption is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on International economics and Empirical evidence.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Are the intensity of energy use, land agglomeration, CO2 emissions, and economic progress dynamically interlinked across development levels?: (31 citations)
  • Microbial approaches for remediation of pollutants: Innovations, future outlook, and challenges: (15 citations)
  • Intertemporal change in the effect of economic growth on carbon emission in China (8 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 Energy & Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrew McKillop (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mario Ragwitz (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David W. Henderson (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Fred Singer (10 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 Energy & Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Fraunhofer Society (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Seoul National University (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sussex (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Hull (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Open University (14 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 2021 edition, 8.87% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.19% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.16% of all publications and 74.34% 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

  • Are the intensity of energy use, land agglomeration, CO2 emissions, and economic progress dynamically interlinked across development levels?:

    Munir Ahmad;Heng Li;Muhammad Khalid Anser;Abdul Rehman

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • Microbial approaches for remediation of pollutants: Innovations, future outlook, and challenges:

    Bishwambhar Mishra;Sunita Varjani;Gopalakrishnan Kumar;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Feasibility analysis of a new tree-shaped wind turbine for urban application: A case study

    Ali Mostafaeipour;Mostafa Rezaei;Mehdi Jahangiri;Mojtaba Qolipour

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Trends and advances in bioenergy production and sustainable solid waste management

    Rajmohan Ks;Ramya C;Sunita Varjani

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Removal of cadmium from waters by adsorption using nanochitosan

    Haya Alyasi;Hamish R Mackey;Gordon McKay

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of 10-MW biomass gasification based power generation in Malaysia:

    Abm Abdul Malek;M Hasanuzzaman;Nasrudin A Rahim;Yusuf A Al–Turki

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Performances and economic analysis of small photovoltaic–electricity energy storage system for residential applications

    Antonio Gagliano;Francesco Nocera;Giuseppe Tina

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Biomass-based activated carbon for CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption–A review

    (2022)
    22 Citations

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