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Environmental Systems Research
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Environmental Systems Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 731 7 9 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 21
Documents by Best Scientists*: 25
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.784
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental Systems Research?

The primary areas of discussion in Environmental Systems Research are Environmental engineering, Hydrology, Environmental resource management, Waste management and Environmental planning. The presentations discussing Hydrology offer insights in topics such as Water quality and Drainage basin. Municipal solid waste is a major topic of Waste management research presented in the journal.

  • Environmental engineering (13.49%)
  • Hydrology (13.14%)
  • Environmental resource management (11.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mathematical modeling of photovoltaic cell/module/arrays with tags in Matlab/Simulink (85 citations)
  • Erosion risk assessment for prioritization of conservation measures in Geleda watershed, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia (74 citations)
  • Evaluation and prediction of land use/land cover changes in the Andassa watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia (68 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Systems Research:

The main points discussed in the journal publications deal with Hydrology, Land use, Watershed, Water quality and Livelihood. The works on Hydrology tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Soil conservation and Period (geology). Issues in Land use were discussed in the journal articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cation-exchange capacity and Soil retrogression and degradation.

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Land use, Agroforestry, Watershed, Vegetation and Climate change are among the topics commonly tackled in Environmental Systems Research. The studies on Land use discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Soil carbon, Socioeconomic status and Soil test. In addition to Agroforestry research, the journal aims to explore topics under Livelihood, Ecosystem services, Land cover, Provisioning and Land degradation.

The study of Watershed encompasses disciplines such as Impervious surface, as well as fields such as Surface runoff and Water quality, all of which overlap with one another. The studies in Climate change featured incorporate elements of Agriculture and Delta. The majority of Hydrology studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Erosion.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Current plastics pollution threats due to COVID-19 and its possible mitigation techniques: a waste-to-energy conversion via Pyrolysis (16 citations)
  • Spatiotemporal variability and trends of rainfall and its association with Pacific Ocean Sea surface temperature in West Harerge Zone, Eastern Ethiopia (5 citations)
  • Perception of Impacts of Climate Variability on Pastoralists and Their Adaptation/Coping Strategies in Fentale District of Oromia Region, Ethiopia (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 Systems Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tohru Morioka (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hidefumi Imura (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yuzuru Matsuoka (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsuyoshi Fujita (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hidefumi Imura (31 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 Systems Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kyushu University (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Osaka University (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kyoto University (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Addis Ababa University (33 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 10.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.14% of all publications and 48.57% 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

  • Use of biomass-derived adsorbents for the removal of petroleum pollutants from water: a mini-review.

    Azar Vahabisani;Chunjiang An

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Dispersants as marine oil spill treating agents: a review on mesoscale tests and field trials

    Francois Merlin;Zhiwen Zhu;Min Yang;Bing Chen

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Evaluation of reanalysis and global meteorological products in Beas river basin of North-Western Himalaya

    Tanmoyee Bhattacharya;Deepak Khare;Manohar Arora

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Integration of remote sensing and bioclimatic data for prediction of invasive species distribution in data-poor regions: a review on challenges and opportunities

    Nurhussen Ahmed;Clement Atzberger;Worku Zewdie

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Flexible electric vehicle charging and its role in variable renewable energy integration

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Innovations and development of sustainable personal protective equipment: a path to a greener future

    (2024)
    5 Citations
  • Measurement of ambient particulate matter (PM1.0, PM2.5 and PM10) in Khulna City of Bangladesh and their implications for human health

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Assessment of urban greenhouse gas emissions towards reduction planning and low-carbon city: a case study of Montreal, Canada

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Above ground biomass estimation in the upper Blue Nile basin forests, North-Western Ethiopia

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Correction to: Use of biomass-derived adsorbents for the removal of petroleum pollutants from water: a mini-review

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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