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Environment Systems & Decisions
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Environment Systems & Decisions

2194-5403

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10669

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 709 10 14 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 51
Documents by Best Scientists*: 55
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.59
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environment Systems and Decisions?

The concepts of Risk analysis (engineering), Resilience (network), Environmental resource management, Sustainability and Context (language use) are tackled in Environment Systems and Decisions. In addition to Risk analysis (engineering) research, Environment Systems and Decisions aims to explore topics under Risk assessment, Management science, Decision analysis, Risk management and Process (engineering). Some problems in Resilience (network) that were presented in Environment Systems and Decisions overlapped with concepts under Critical infrastructure and Environmental planning.

The journal explores issues in Environmental resource management which can be linked to other research areas like Climate change, Vulnerability and Environmental economics.

  • Risk analysis (engineering) (13.73%)
  • Resilience (network) (13.48%)
  • Environmental resource management (13.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Resilience metrics for cyber systems (128 citations)
  • Energy use, blue water footprint, and greenhouse gas emissions for current food consumption patterns and dietary recommendations in the US (103 citations)
  • A review of the potential effects of suspended sediment on fishes: potential dredging-related physiological, behavioral, and transgenerational implications (100 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environment Systems and Decisions:

The published articles investigate areas of study like Resilience (network), Risk analysis (engineering), Environmental resource management, Decision analysis and Risk management. The published papers facilitate discussions on Resilience (network) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Supply chain, Resource (biology), Analytics and Set (psychology). While Risk analysis (engineering) is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Computer security, Cybercrime and Biosecurity.

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

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Environment Systems and Decisions was organized to reinforce research efforts on Context (language use), Resilience (network), Sustainability, Risk analysis (engineering) and Knowledge management. It explores research in Resilience (network) alongside concepts in Interdependence and other areas of study in Electrical grid. The research on Sustainability tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Financial market, Finance, Legislation and Compliance (psychology).

Risk analysis (engineering) research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Enterprise risk management, Decision theory and Health risk assessment, Risk assessment. Topics in Knowledge management were tackled in line with various other fields like Critical infrastructure, Business continuity, Analytics and Qualitative property. Process management research in Environment Systems and Decisions involves the investigation of Decision model studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Decision analysis, Quality (business) and Risk management.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • MCDA Index Tool: an interactive software to develop indices and rankings. (9 citations)
  • Dynamic real-time risk analytics of uncontrollable states in complex internet of things systems: cyber risk at the edge (5 citations)
  • The link between environmental quality, economic growth, and energy use: new evidence from five OPEC countries (5 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 Environment Systems and Decisions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Igor Linkov (66 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • James H. Lambert (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Zachary A. Collier (32 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jeffrey M. Keisler (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Benjamin D. Trump (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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 Environment Systems and Decisions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Engineer Research and Development Center (62 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Virginia (43 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Arizona State University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carnegie Mellon University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 9.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 56.25% 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

  • Relationship between economic growth, renewable energy use, technological innovation, and carbon emission toward achieving Malaysia’s Paris agreement

    Unknown

    (2022)
    277 Citations
  • A multi-hazards earth science perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic: the potential for concurrent and cascading crises.

    Mark C Quigley;Mark C Quigley;Januka Attanayake;Andrew King;Fabian Prideaux

    (2020)
    113 Citations
  • Critical Risk Indicators (CRIs) for the electric power grid: a survey and discussion of interconnected effects

    Judy P. Che-Castaldo;Rémi Cousin;Stefani Daryanto;Grace Deng

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Concurrent threats and disasters: modeling and managing risk and resilience

    Zachary A. Collier;James H. Lambert;Igor Linkov

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Fusing strategic risk and futures methods to inform long-term strategic planning: case of water utilities

    Ana Luís;Kenisha Garnett;Simon J. T. Pollard;Fiona Lickorish

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Advanced analytics for environmental resilience and a sustainable future.

    Zachary A Collier;James H Lambert;Igor Linkov

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Evaluating the regional risks to food availability and access from land-based climate policies in an integrated assessment model

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Analysing the drivers for sustainable public procurement

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Systems analysis for energy assets of Iraq influenced by water scarcity

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Science advocacy in political rhetoric and actions

    (2022)
    1 Citations

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