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Environmental Reviews
H-index 24

Environmental Reviews

1181-8700

Published by: Canadian Science Publishing

https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/er

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 143 97 71 22
Environmental Sciences 368 33 29 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 161
Documents by Best Scientists*: 108
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 93
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.233
Impact Factor: 5.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental Reviews?

The main research concerns discussed in Environmental Reviews are Ecology, Ecosystem, Environmental resource management, Environmental protection and Environmental chemistry. Environmental Reviews focuses on different Ecology studies like Biodiversity, Habitat, Climate change, Aquatic ecosystem and Taiga. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Environmental resource management and the similar topic of Sustainability.

  • Ecology (33.55%)
  • Ecosystem (10.16%)
  • Environmental resource management (9.35%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An assessment of global and regional emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources worldwide (789 citations)
  • A review of bioconcentration factor (BCF) and bioaccumulation factor (BAF) assessments for organic chemicals in aquatic organisms (777 citations)
  • Effect of N deposition on decomposition of plant litter and soil organic matter in forest systems (557 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Reviews:

The published papers investigate areas of study like Ecology, Taiga, Agroforestry, Environmental chemistry and Ecosystem. The journal papers focus on Taiga but sometimes tackle the closely related disciplines such as

  • Climate change and related Environmental resource management,
  • Boreal together with Global warming.. The featured Environmental chemistry studies in the journal publications mainly concentrate on Toxicology but also cover areas of interest in Bioaccumulation.

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

  • Ecology
  • World War II
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Environmental planning, Environmental resource management, Water resource management, Cumulative effects and Stormwater. In addition to Environmental planning research, it aims to explore topics under Space (commercial competition) and Taihu basin. The study on Environmental resource management presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Watershed.

Topics in Water resource management were tackled in line with various other fields like River ecosystem, Biosurveillance, Water quality, Biomonitoring and Oil sands. Natural resource, Resource (biology), Land use, Forest management and River watershed are some topics wherein Cumulative effects research discussed in the journal have an impact. It explores issues in Stormwater which can be linked to other research areas like Service (business), Wastewater, Effects of global warming, Urban water and Hydrology (agriculture).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change (9 citations)
  • Scientific considerations and challenges for addressing cumulative effects in forest landscapes in Canada (5 citations)
  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products and their sublethal and lethal effects in aquatic organisms (3 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 Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Steven J. Cooke (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Irena F. Creed (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bill Freedman (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter N. Duinker (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mark L. Mallory (8 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 Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dalhousie University (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Natural Resources Canada (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Alberta (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of British Columbia (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Carleton University (19 papers) published 2 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, 6.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 3.23% of all publications and 48.39% 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 review of machine learning applications in wildfire science and management

    Piyush Jain;Piyush Jain;Sean C.P. Coogan;Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian;Mark Crowley

    (2020)
    574 Citations
  • Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change

    Anthony Ricciardi;Josephine C. Iacarella;David C. Aldridge;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn

    (2021)
    184 Citations
  • Microplastics in lakes and rivers: an issue of emerging significance to limnology

    Genevieve D’Avignon;Irene Gregory-Eaves;Anthony Ricciardi

    (2021)
    140 Citations
  • Wildland fire risk research in Canada

    Lynn M. Johnston;Xianli Wang;Sandy Erni;Stephen W. Taylor

    (2020)
    112 Citations
  • The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada

    Xiangbo Yin;Christine Martineau;Isabelle Demers;Nathan Basiliko

    (2021)
    100 Citations
  • Preventing and controlling non-native species invasions to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss

    Unknown

    (2023)
    79 Citations
  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products and their sublethal and lethal effects in aquatic organisms

    Harveer S. Srain;Karen F. Beazley;Tony R. Walker

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Plastic ingestion by seabirds in the circumpolar Arctic: a review

    Julia Ellen Baak;Jannie F Linnebjerg;Tom Barry;Maria V Gavrilo

    (2020)
    54 Citations

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