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Environmental Chemistry
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Environmental Chemistry

1448-2517

Published by: Csiro Publishing

https://www.publish.csiro.au/en

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 441 53 49 11
Chemistry 653 42 56 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 110
Documents by Best Scientists*: 99
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 10
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.177
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental Chemistry?

Environmental Chemistry covers a variety of subjects, including Environmental chemistry, Fluorescence spectrometry, Inorganic chemistry, Context (language use) and Chromatography. Issues in Environmental chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Environmental engineering, Pollutant, Soil water, Sediment and Pollution. The work on Fluorescence spectrometry tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Chemical oceanography, Bioconcentration, Biomagnification, Atmospheric chemistry and Soil chemistry.

Inorganic chemistry research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Degradation (geology), Adsorption, Metal, Catalysis and Aqueous solution. The studies on Adsorption discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Chemical engineering and Nuclear chemistry. Research on Chromatography addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Analytical chemistry.

  • Environmental chemistry (36.39%)
  • Fluorescence spectrometry (23.88%)
  • Inorganic chemistry (17.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Microplastic contamination in an urban area: a case study in Greater Paris (514 citations)
  • Aquatic Colloids and Nanoparticles: Current Knowledge and Future Trends (387 citations)
  • Humic Ion-Binding Model VII: a revised parameterisation of cation-binding by humic substances (281 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Chemistry:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Fluorescence spectrometry, Environmental chemistry, Context (language use), Soil chemistry and Atmospheric chemistry. The most cited publications focus on Fluorescence spectrometry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Chemical oceanography, Pollutant, Nanoparticle, Aerosol and Ozone. The most cited papers hold forums on Environmental chemistry that merge themes from other disciplines such as Organic matter, Soil water and Arsenic.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Context (language use), Environmental chemistry, Aerosol, Seawater and Chemical engineering. It served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Environmental chemistry and Ecological environment. The journal deals with Aerosol in conjunction with Particulates and similar fields in Monsoon, Total organic carbon, Atmospheric sciences, Mesoscale meteorology and Air mass.

Some problems in Seawater that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Trace gas, Salinity, Zooplankton, Chlorophyll a and Chloride. It holds forums on Chemical engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cationic polymerization, Hematite, Alkyl and Polymer. The journal focuses on Aqueous solution but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Matrix (chemical analysis) which is concerned with Inorganic chemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Microplastic fibre releases from industrial wastewater effluent: a textile wet-processing mill in China (4 citations)
  • Additives and polymer composition influence the interaction of microplastics with xenobiotics (2 citations)
  • Plasticisers in the terrestrial environment: sources, occurrence and fate (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 Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John W. Moore (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kevin A. Francesconi (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William A. Maher (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Montserrat Filella (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Elizabeth A. Moore (13 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 Chemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (218 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nanjing University (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tongji University (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ocean University of China (36 papers) published 2 papers 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, 26.47% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.00% of all publications and 64.00% 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

  • Nano-enabled agriculture: from nanoparticles to smart nanodelivery systems

    Xiaoping Xin;Jonathan D. Judy;Brent B. Sumerlin;Zhenli He

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Molecular composition and spatial distribution of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the Pearl River Estuary, China

    Chen He;Qiong Pan;Penghui Li;Wei Xie

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Plasticisers in the terrestrial environment: sources, occurrence and fate

    Alex Billings;Kevin C. Jones;M. Glória Pereira;David J. Spurgeon

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Metal contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic systems

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • Adsorption of contaminants from aqueous solutions by modified biochar: a review

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Role of phytoplankton in aquatic mercury speciation and transformations

    (2022)
    21 Citations

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