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Geography, Environment, Sustainability
H-index 5

Geography, Environment, Sustainability

2071-9388

Published by: Russian Geographical Society

https://ges.rgo.ru/jour?locale=en_US

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 705 4 5 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 10
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 20
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.319
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Geography, Environment, Sustainability?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Physical geography, Climate change, Sustainable development, Hydrology and Climatology. While Physical geography is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Tundra, Arctic, Holocene, Precipitation and Vegetation. The in-depth study on Climate change also explores topics in the intersecting field of Period (geology).

The Sustainable development study featured in Geography, Environment, Sustainability draws parallels with the field of Sustainability. Drainage basin is a key component of Hydrology research discussed in it. Drainage basin and Structural basin are closely related fields of research discussed in Geography, Environment, Sustainability.

  • Physical geography (14.73%)
  • Climate change (10.02%)
  • Sustainable development (8.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • INTEGRATING MULTI-SCALE DATA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF WATER AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY IN THE KHARAA—ORKHON—SELENGA RIVER SYSTEM (26 citations)
  • NEW PERMAFROST FEATURE – DEP CRATER IN CENTRAL YAMAL (WEST SIBERIA, RUSIA) AS A RESPONSE TO LOCAL CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS (21 citations)
  • PICEA SCHRENKIANA RING WIDTH AND DENSITY AT THE UPPER AND LOWER TREE LIMITS IN THE TIEN SHAN MTS (KYRGYZ REPUBLIC) AS A SOURCE OF PALEOCLIMATIC INFORMATION (19 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Geography, Environment, Sustainability:

Physical geography, Arctic, Human settlement, Atmospheric sciences and Permafrost are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The journal papers with studies in Physical geography featured incorporate elements of Feature (archaeology) and Picea schrenkiana. The works on Arctic tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Climate change and Natural hazard.

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

  • Ecology
  • China
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Geography, Environment, Sustainability are Sustainable development, Distribution (economics), Land use, Vegetation and Physical geography. Gross Regional Product, Sustainability and Environmental planning are some topics wherein Sustainable development research discussed in Geography, Environment, Sustainability have an impact. Geography, Environment, Sustainability explores themes in Land use like Land cover and links them with other fields of study like Spatial inequality.

Geography, Environment, Sustainability explores Vegetation concepts, specifically Normalized Difference Vegetation Index but expands to research in Fuzzy inference system. The studies on Physical geography discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Remote sensing (archaeology), Environmental monitoring, Agricultural land and Surface runoff. Geography, Environment, Sustainability features Snow research that overlaps with concepts in Climate change.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Monitoring Land Use And Land Cover Changes Using Geospatial Techniques, A Case Study Of Fateh Jang, Attock, Pakistan (5 citations)
  • Assessing City Greenness using Tree Canopy Cover: The Case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1 citations)
  • Mapping Forest And Agroforestry Units For Environmental Planning. Study Case Transboundary Region Mexico-Guatemala (1 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 Geography, Environment, Sustainability (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nikolay Kasimov (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Vladimir S. Tikunov (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Svetlana M. Malkhazova (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sergey Chalov (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Maria Kireeva (7 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 Geography, Environment, Sustainability (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Moscow State University (117 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (70 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saint Petersburg State University (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (10 papers) absent at the last 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, 10.87% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.20% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.07% of all publications and 29.27% 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.

Top Publications

  • Permafrost Regions In Transition: Introduction

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Spatiotemporal Variations of Soil Moisture and Groundwater Level in a South Sumatra Peatland, Indonesia During 2015–2018

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Efficacy of Synthetic Sediment Graph Developed using Various Modified Time-Area Methods

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Large Rivers Hydrology And Sediment Transport

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Land cover and burn severity dynamics of the Ogan Komering Ilir peatlands from 2015 to 2023 using sar and optical datasets

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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