Environmental Science & Technology

Top Research Topics at Environmental Science & Technology?

Environmental Science & Technology mainly tackles studies in Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering, Inorganic chemistry, Waste management and Adsorption. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Environmental chemistry, focusing on Water pollution. It explores issues in Environmental engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Air pollution and Pollution.

In addition to Inorganic chemistry research, the journal aims to explore topics under Catalysis and Aqueous solution. Environmental Science & Technology focuses on different Waste management studies like Wastewater and Sewage treatment. Wastewater research discussed connects with the study of Effluent.

The work on Adsorption addressed in it expands to the thematically related Chemical engineering.

• Environmental chemistry (24.18%)
• Environmental engineering (13.56%)
• Inorganic chemistry (10.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: a national reconnaissance. (6517 citations)
• Characterizing aquatic dissolved organic matter. (4895 citations)
• Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology† (4146 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Science & Technology:

The published papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Environmental chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Environmental engineering, Adsorption and Mineralogy. The study of Environmental chemistry in the journal papers encompasses disciplines such as Air pollution, as well as fields such as Aerosol and Particulates, all of which overlap with one another. The published papers hold forums on Inorganic chemistry that merge themes from other disciplines such as Kinetics, Catalysis, Metal and Aqueous solution.

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

• Ecology
• Internal medicine
• Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Environmental chemistry, Chemical engineering, Adsorption, Pollutant and Catalysis. Topics in Environmental chemistry were tackled in line with various other fields like Soil water, Sediment, Contamination, Aerosol and Particulates. It focuses on Adsorption as well as the interrelated topic of Inorganic chemistry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater Settled Solids Is Associated with COVID-19 Cases in a Large Urban Sewershed. (77 citations)
• Infection Risk Assessment of COVID-19 through Aerosol Transmission: a Case Study of South China Seafood Market. (37 citations)
• Challenges in Measuring the Recovery of SARS-CoV-2 from Wastewater. (28 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Environmental Science & Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rebecca Renner (263 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kellyn S. Betts (257 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Janet Pelley (215 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kevin C. Jones (201 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Jerald L. Schnoor (195 papers) published 2 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Environmental Science & Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (1901 papers) published 175 papers at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (724 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• United States Geological Survey (596 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• ETH Zurich (596 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
• Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (574 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 18 less 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, 3.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.26% of all publications and 42.27% 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.