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Environmental Modeling and Assessment
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Environmental Modeling and Assessment

1420-2026

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10666

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 547 27 22 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 71
Documents by Best Scientists*: 71
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.589
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental Modeling & Assessment?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Hydrology, Environmental engineering, Climate change, Environmental resource management and Environmental economics. Topics like Water quality, Watershed, Drainage basin, Surface runoff and Groundwater are tackled as part of the discussions on Hydrology. The study on Climate change presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Natural resource economics.

  • Hydrology (14.89%)
  • Environmental engineering (10.44%)
  • Climate change (8.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Integrated assessment modeling of global climate change: Transparent rational tool for policy making or opaque screen hiding value‐laden assumptions? (272 citations)
  • Methods for IA: The challenges and opportunities ahead (230 citations)
  • Mathematical methods for spatially cohesive reserve design (222 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Modeling & Assessment:

The published papers mostly deal with topics like Climate change, Environmental resource management, Hydrology, Management science and Environmental engineering. While Climate change is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Risk analysis (engineering), Econometrics and Greenhouse gas. The studies on Environmental resource management discussed at the most cited papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Political economy of climate change and Decision support system.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Climate change, Environmental economics, Context (language use), Greenhouse gas and Hydrology. In addition to Climate change research, it aims to explore topics under Control (management), Biodiversity, Natural resource economics and Macroeconomics. While Environmental Modeling & Assessment primarily focused on Environmental economics, it also opened dialogues on the discipline of Baseline (configuration management).

Environmental Modeling & Assessment held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Context (language use) and sort. The in-depth study on Greenhouse gas also explores topics in the intersecting field of Efficient energy use. While Hydrology is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Seawater and Estuary.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Economic Complexity and Environmental Performance: Evidence from a World Sample (8 citations)
  • Assessing the Vulnerability of a Deltaic Environment due to Climate Change Impact on Surface and Coastal Waters: The Case of Nestos River (Greece) (4 citations)
  • Modeling and Assessment of Land Degradation Vulnerability in Semi-arid Ecosystem of Southern India Using Temporal Satellite Data, AHP and GIS (4 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 Modeling & Assessment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alain Haurie (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Charles ReVelle (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marc Vielle (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Justin C. Williams (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Olivier Bahn (6 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 Modeling & Assessment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Johns Hopkins University (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Tehran (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Geneva (12 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, 7.79% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.04% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.04% of all publications and 77.46% 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

  • Hydrodynamic Modeling for Flood Hazard Assessment in a Data Scarce Region: a Case Study of Bharathapuzha River Basin

    Xavier K. Jacob;Deepak Singh Bisht;Chandranath Chatterjee;Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi;Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • OPERA: a New High-Resolution Energy System Model for Sector Integration Research

    J. van Stralen;F. Dalla Longo;B.W. Daniels;K.E.L. Smekens

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Is Diversification a Suitable Option to Reduce Drought-Induced Risk of Forest Dieback? An Economic Approach Focused on Carbon Accounting

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Providing Integrated Total Catch Advice for the Management of Mixed Fisheries with an Eco-viability Approach

    Florence Briton;Claire Macher;Mathieu Merzeréaud;Christelle Le Grand

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Coupling a Detailed Transport Model to the Integrated Assessment Model REMIND

    Marianna Rottoli;Alois Dirnaichner;Page Kyle;Lavinia Baumstark

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Identification of the Meteorological Variables Influencing Evapotranspiration Variability Over Florida

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Geographically Weighted Regression Hybridized with Kriging Model for Delineation of Drought-Prone Areas

    Shadi Bahmani;Sujay Raghavendra Naganna;Mohammad Ali Ghorbani;Mohammad Ali Ghorbani;Mahmood Shahabi

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Modeling Crude Oil Fate and Transport in Freshwater

    Lillian C. Jeznach;Aarthi Mohan;John E. Tobiason;David A. Reckhow

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Responsibility Under Uncertainty: Which Climate Decisions Matter Most?

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Erosion and Sediment Transport Modelling to Inform Payment for Ecosystem Services Schemes

    Barbara Benisiewicz;Andrea Momblanch;Alister Leggatt;Ian P. Holman

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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