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Environmental Fluid Mechanics
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Environmental Fluid Mechanics

1567-7419

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10652

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 268 13 23 10
Earth Science 436 14 21 7
Environmental Sciences 523 18 33 9
Engineering and Technology 832 17 46 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 64
Documents by Best Scientists*: 92
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 58
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.528
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental Fluid Mechanics?

Environmental Fluid Mechanics tackles a plethora of topics, such as Mechanics, Turbulence, Hydrogeology, Flow (psychology) and Meteorology. The studies on Mechanics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Geotechnical engineering and Classical mechanics. Studies on Geotechnical engineering discussed in the journal link to the field of Flume.

It focuses on Turbulence but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Vortex and Geometry. Research in Hydrogeology discussed is concerned with the study of Hydrology as a whole. The Flow (psychology) works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Wake and Computational fluid dynamics.

The concepts on Meteorology presented in Environmental Fluid Mechanics can also apply to other research fields, including Dispersion (water waves), Atmospheric sciences and Wind tunnel.

  • Mechanics (46.06%)
  • Turbulence (36.63%)
  • Hydrogeology (33.30%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The structure of the shear layer in flows over rigid and flexible canopies (242 citations)
  • Integral Model for Turbulent Buoyant Jets in Unbounded Stratified Flows. Part I: Single Round Jet (210 citations)
  • Filament-based atmospheric dispersion model to achieve short time-scale structure of odor plumes (205 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Fluid Mechanics:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Mechanics, Turbulence, Meteorology, Hydrogeology and Hydrology. Issues in Mechanics were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Plume and Classical mechanics. The journal articles focus on Turbulence but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Geotechnical engineering, Flow (psychology) and Boundary layer.

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

  • Statistics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Fluid dynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Environmental Fluid Mechanics was organized to reinforce research efforts on Mechanics, Hydrogeology, Turbulence, Flow (psychology) and Soil science. The journal aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Mechanics and Materials science. Convection–diffusion equation, Communication channel and Flow velocity are some topics wherein Hydrogeology research discussed in it have an impact.

The journal explores topics in Turbulence which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Plume, Atmospheric sciences and Dissipation. Topics in Flow (psychology) explored in Environmental Fluid Mechanics were investigated in conjunction with research in Obstacle, Isotropy, Inflow and Shear stress. Environmental Fluid Mechanics explores research in Soil science alongside concepts in Sediment and other areas of study in Stratification (water), Field experiment and Floodplain.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The budgets of turbulence kinetic energy and heat in the urban roughness sublayer (3 citations)
  • Estimation of the longitudinal dispersion coefficient using a two-zone model in a channel partially covered with artificial emergent vegetation (3 citations)
  • An empirical parametrization of internal seiche amplitude including secondary effects (2 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 Fluid Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hubert Chanson (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harindra J. S. Fernando (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Roger Nokes (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marius Ungarish (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fabián A. Bombardelli (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 Environmental Fluid Mechanics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Queensland (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Notre Dame (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Australia (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (17 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, 8.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.69% of all publications and 73.08% 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

  • Hydraulic characteristics of open-channel flow with partially-placed double layer rigid vegetation

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Turbulent Prandtl number and characteristic length scales in stably stratified flows: steady-state analytical solutions

    Sukanta Basu;Albert A. M. Holtslag

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Stratification effects on hydrodynamics and mixing at a river confluence with discordant bed

    Zhengyang Cheng;Zhengyang Cheng;George Constantinescu

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Undular and broken surges in dam-break flows: a review of wave breaking strategies in a Boussinesq-type framework

    Oscar Castro-Orgaz;Hubert Chanson

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • An implicit wetting–drying algorithm for the discontinuous Galerkin method: application to the Tonle Sap, Mekong River Basin

    Hoang Anh Le;Hoang Anh Le;Jonathan Lambrechts;Sigrun Ortleb;Nicolas Gratiot;Nicolas Gratiot

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Flow hydrodynamics, density contrast effects and mixing at the confluence between the Yangtze River and the Poyang Lake channel

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Numerical modelling of uncongested wood transport in the Rienz river

    Elisabetta Persi;Elisabetta Persi;Gabriella Petaccia;Stefano Sibilla;Ana Lucía

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Modelling hydraulic jumps: IDDES versus experiments

    Vimaldoss Jesudhas;Ram Balachandar;Hang Wang;Frederic Murzyn

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Scour depth prediction at the base of longitudinal walls: a combined experimental, numerical, and field study

    A. Khosronejad;P. Diplas;D. Angelidis;Z. Zhang

    (2020)
    17 Citations

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