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Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
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Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

1078-7275

Published by: Geological Society of America (GSA)

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/eeg

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 490 25 21 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 34
Documents by Best Scientists*: 29
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 40
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.385
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental & Engineering Geoscience?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Geotechnical engineering, Hydrology, Geomorphology, Landslide and Groundwater. Topics in Geotechnical engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Mining engineering and Soil water. The study on Hydrology presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Debris.

The work on Geomorphology presented in it focuses on Bedrock in particular. In particular, the Groundwater works presented emphasize discussions on Aquifer.

  • Geotechnical engineering (20.75%)
  • Hydrology (18.30%)
  • Geomorphology (12.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Complete ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring; 1974–2006 (841 citations)
  • A review of the classification of landslides of the flow type (754 citations)
  • Practical Rock Engineering (387 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental & Engineering Geoscience:

The journal papers primarily focus on research topics in Landslide, Geotechnical engineering, Hydrology, Geomorphology and Civil engineering. Issues in Landslide were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cartography, Slope stability and Probabilistic logic. The Hydrology research tackled in the journal articles is interrelated with Debris which concerns subjects like Storm.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Environmental & Engineering Geoscience aims to foster the development of research in Debris flow, Debris, Hydrology, Archaeology and Geomorphology. Topics in Debris flow explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Hazard, Magnitude (mathematics), Atmospheric sciences, Particle segregation and Measure (physics). The studies on Debris discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Mining engineering, Acoustics, Volume (thermodynamics) and Environmental resource management.

The research on Mining engineering featured in it combines topics in other fields like Flood myth, Geohazard and Groundwater. The Hydrology research dealing mostly with Drainage basin is the focus of it. The journal explores topics in Geomorphology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Natural (archaeology), Deposition (chemistry) and Communication channel.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Observations and Analyses of the 9 January 2018 Debris-Flow Disaster, Santa Barbara County, California (2 citations)
  • Impact of Debris Flows on Filter Barriers: Analysis Based on Site Monitoring Data (1 citations)
  • Velocity and Volume Fraction Measurements of Granular Flows in a Steep Flume (1 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 Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Allen W. Hatheway (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Abdul Shakoor (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Paul M. Santi (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Nikola P. Prokopovich (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert W. Day (22 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 Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Geological Survey (68 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Colorado School of Mines (45 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Kent State University (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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 2021 edition, 23.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.35% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.70% of all publications and 56.52% 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

  • Combining Instrumental Monitoring and High-Resolution Topography for Estimating Sediment Yield in a Debris-Flow Catchment

    Velio Coviello;Joshua I. Theule;Stefano Crema;Massimo Arattano

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Time since burning and rainfall characteristics impact post-fire debris flow initiation and magnitude

    Luke A. McGuire;Francis K. Rengers;Nina S. Oakley;Jason W. Kean

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Using high sample rate lidar to measure debris-flow velocity and surface geometry

    Francis K. Rengers;Thomas D. Rapstine;Michael Olsen;Kate E. Allstadt

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Monitoring of Rainfall and Soil Moisture at the Rebaixader Catchment (Central Pyrenees)

    RaüL Oorthuis;Marcel Hürlimann;Clàudia Abancó;José Moya

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Naturally Occurring Asbestiform Minerals in Italian Western Alps and in Other Italian Sites

    Elena Belluso;Elena Belluso;Alain Baronnet;Silvana Capella

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Case Study: Reconstructing the 2015 Dulcepamba River Flood Disaster

    Jeanette Newmiller;Wesley Walker;William E. Fleenor;Nicholas Pinter

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • New Tools for the Evaluation of Asbestos-Related Risk during Excavation in an NOA-Rich Geological Setting

    Francesco Turci;Chiara Avataneo;Serena Botta;Igor Marcelli

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Rainfall Triggering of Post-Fire Debris Flows over a 28-Year Period near El Portal, California, USA

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Clastic Sedimentary Rocks and Sedimentary Mélanges: Potential Naturally Occurring Asbestos Occurrences (Amphibole and Serpentine)

    John Wakabayashi

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Geological Model for Naturally Occurring Asbestos Content Prediction in the Rock Excavation of a Long Tunnel (Gronda di Genova Project, NW Italy)

    Luca Barale;Fabrizio Piana;Sergio Tallone;Roberto Compagnoni

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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