Environment International

Top Research Topics at Environment International?

The aim of Environment International is to expand the discussion of research in Environmental chemistry, Environmental health, Environmental engineering, Air pollution and Pollutant. In addition to Environmental chemistry research, it aims to explore topics under Soil water, Contamination, Persistent organic pollutant, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and Pollution. The journal holds forums on Environmental health that merges themes from other disciplines such as Public health and Risk assessment.

The work on Air pollution tackled in Environment International brings together disciplines like Particulates and Air quality index.

• Environmental chemistry (18.66%)
• Environmental health (13.14%)
• Environmental engineering (10.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Removal of synthetic dyes from wastewaters: a review. (2313 citations)
• Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications (2044 citations)
• An overview of commercially used brominated flame retardants, their applications, their use patterns in different countries/regions and possible modes of release. (1492 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environment International:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering, Pollution, Environmental health and Pollutant. The studies on Environmental chemistry discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Contamination, Soil contamination, Persistent organic pollutant, Sediment and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers. The most cited articles explore research in Air pollution and overlapping concepts in Particulates to expand the discourse in Environmental engineering.

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

• Internal medicine
• Ecology
• World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Environmental health, Confidence interval, Physiology, Odds ratio and Pregnancy. The Environmental health research dealing mostly with Environmental exposure is the focus of it. Topics in Physiology were tackled in line with various other fields like Obesity, Waist, Urine, Biomarker (medicine) and Confounding.

The presented research on Pregnancy deals specifically with Cohort but it also addresses topics in Gestational diabetes and Metagenomics. The presented Air pollution research focuses mostly on Indoor air quality and, on occasion, topics in Pollution. The study of Policy analysis and how it intertwines with concepts under Environmental protection and Pollutant were explored in the presented Pollution research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• A long-term atmospheric baseline for intercontinental exchange of airborne pathogens. (1 citations)
• Long-term exposure to PM10 above WHO guidelines exacerbates COVID-19 severity and mortality. (1 citations)
• Exposure study on susceptible people - SPES: An integrative biomonitoring approach. (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Environment International (based on the number of publications) are:

• Adrian Covaci (105 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
• Antonia M. Calafat (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kurunthachalam Kannan (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yuming Guo (51 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Environment International (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (396 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 47 less than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (280 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 47 less than at the previous edition,
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (216 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 29 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (198 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peking University (148 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 29 less 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 2022 edition, 3.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.37% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.69% of all publications and 39.22% 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.