Frontiers in Earth Science

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Earth Science?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Geochemistry, Climatology, Seismology, Volcano and Physical geography. Most of the Climatology studies addressed also intersect with Precipitation. The presentations discussing Seismology offer insights in topics such as Fault (geology) and Induced seismicity.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Volcano and the similar topic of Petrology. Specifically, studies on Glacier are prevalent in the Physical geography works discussed.

• Geochemistry (9.02%)
• Climatology (8.24%)
• Seismology (8.04%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Citizen science in hydrology and water resources: opportunities for knowledge generation, ecosystem service management, and sustainable development (236 citations)
• A new model for global glacier change and sea-level rise (200 citations)
• Exploring Google Earth Engine platform for big data processing: classification of multi-temporal satellite imagery for crop mapping (154 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Earth Science:

The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Hydrology, Climatology, Volcano, Atmospheric sciences and Ecology. The most cited papers hold forums on Hydrology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Soil water and Dissolved organic carbon. The published articles explore issues in Climatology which can be linked to other research areas like Climate change and Precipitation.

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

• Ecology
• Statistics
• China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Seismology, Geochemistry, Fault (geology), Climatology and Paleontology. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Seismology, it also covered topics in Slip (materials science) and Magnitude (mathematics). The study on Geochemistry presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Oil shale.

The work on Fault (geology) addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Tectonics. The in-depth study on Climatology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Precipitation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Large-Scale High-Resolution Coastal Mangrove Forests Mapping Across West Africa With Machine Learning Ensemble and Satellite Big Data (49 citations)
• Fault pattern and seismotectonic style of the Campania – Lucania 1980 earthquake (Mw 6.9, Southern Italy): new multidisciplinary constraints (27 citations)
• The Making of the NEAM Tsunami Hazard Model 2018 (NEAMTHM18) (10 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 Frontiers in Earth Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Bin Chen (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Wei Gao (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Walter W. Immerzeel (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Yan Lavallée (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• David P. Sahara (10 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than 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 Frontiers in Earth Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (206 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (71 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (70 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Geological Survey (57 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
• Beijing Normal University (56 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 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, 70.89% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.99% of all publications and 39.10% 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.