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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

0167-6369

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10661

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 136 295 387 30

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 823
Documents by Best Scientists*: 901
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 152
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.69
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental Monitoring and Assessment?

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment was organized to reinforce research efforts on Environmental chemistry, Hydrology, Ecotoxicology, Water quality and Environmental engineering. Issues in Environmental chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Soil water, Contamination, Sediment, Pollution and Cadmium. Topics like Soil contamination and Soil test are tackled as part of the discussions on Soil water.

It focused on Pollution research but expanded to cover Pollutant. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Hydrology and Environmental monitoring. It holds forums on Ecotoxicology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Animal science and Bioaccumulation.

Water quality research discussed connects with the study of Water pollution. The journal facilitates discussions on Environmental engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Air pollution and Air quality index. The works on Groundwater deal in particular with Aquifer.

  • Environmental chemistry (20.73%)
  • Hydrology (19.66%)
  • Ecotoxicology (17.65%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A review of techniques for parameter sensitivity analysis of environmental models (1247 citations)
  • Assessment of heavy metal enrichment factors and the degree of contamination in marine sediments from Tamaki Estuary, Auckland, New Zealand. (748 citations)
  • A review of citizen science and community-based environmental monitoring: issues and opportunities (696 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Monitoring and Assessment:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Environmental chemistry, Hydrology, Ecotoxicology, Water quality and Environmental engineering. While Environmental chemistry is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Soil water, Contamination, Sediment, Pollution and Cadmium. The study of Hydrology in the most cited publications encompasses disciplines such as Environmental monitoring, as well as fields such as Environmental resource management, all of which overlap with one another.

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 Monitoring and Assessment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joanna Burger (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Gochfeld (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sezgin Bakırdere (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mustafa Soylak (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mehmet Cetin (21 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Monitoring and Assessment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (440 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (260 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (140 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (132 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (125 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 5.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.80% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.09% of all publications and 73.72% 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

  • A comprehensive review of climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation on environmental and natural calamities in Pakistan

    Mudassar Hussain;Mudassar Hussain;Abdul Rahman Butt;Faiza Uzma;Rafay Ahmed

    (2020)
    288 Citations
  • Comparative evaluation of machine learning models for groundwater quality assessment.

    Shine Bedi;Ashok Samal;Chittaranjan Ray;Daniel Snow

    (2020)
    134 Citations
  • Evaluation of non-carcinogenic risks due to fluoride and nitrate contaminations in a groundwater of an urban part (Coimbatore region) of south India.

    D. Karunanidhi;P. Aravinthasamy;Priyadarsi D. Roy;R. M. Praveenkumar

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • Changes in heavy metal accumulation in some edible landscape plants depending on traffic density.

    Hakan Sevik;Mehmet Cetin;Halil Baris Ozel;Senem Ozel

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Site selection by using the multi-criteria technique-a case study of Bafra, Turkey.

    Cem Kilicoglu;Mehmet Cetin;Burak Aricak;Hakan Sevik

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Analyzing of usability of tree-rings as biomonitors for monitoring heavy metal accumulation in the atmosphere in urban area: a case study of cedar tree (Cedrus sp.).

    Hakan Sevik;Mehmet Cetin;Halil Baris Ozel;Hatice Akarsu

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Influence of climatic factor of changes in forest fire danger and fire season length in Turkey.

    Mertol Ertugrul;Tugrul Varol;Halil Baris Ozel;Mehmet Cetin

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • Periodical and regional change of particulate matter and CO2 concentration in Misurata

    Ahlam Ahmed Mohamed Elsunousi;Hakan Sevik;Mehmet Cetin;Halil Baris Ozel

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Do adaptive policy adjustments deliver ecosystem-agriculture-economy co-benefits in land degradation neutrality efforts? Evidence from southeast coast of China

    (2023)
    62 Citations
  • Appraising drinking water quality in Ikem rural area (Nigeria) based on chemometrics and multiple indexical methods

    Johnbosco C. Egbueri;Chimankpam K. Ezugwu;Peter D. Ameh;Peter D. Ameh;Chinanu O. Unigwe

    (2020)
    60 Citations

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