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Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
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Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

0309-1929

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ggaf20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 467 4 5 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 13
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.374
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics?

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics aims to foster the development of research in Classical mechanics, Mechanics, Magnetic field, Dynamo and Convection. It focuses on Classical mechanics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Mathematical analysis, Magnetohydrodynamics, Vorticity, Nonlinear system and Dynamo theory. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics is concerned with the study of Vorticity and Vortex in general.

It focused on Mechanics research but expanded to cover Meteorology. Topics in Magnetic field were tackled in line with various other fields like Field (physics), Quantum electrodynamics and Condensed matter physics. The majority of Dynamo studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Solar dynamo.

The journal explores studies in Convection as part of the wider topic of Thermodynamics. Rayleigh number studies covered in the journal falls within the purview of Natural convection. The study on Baroclinity presented in it intersects with the topics under Barotropic fluid.

  • Classical mechanics (46.18%)
  • Mechanics (44.87%)
  • Magnetic field (18.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Space-Time scales of internal waves (638 citations)
  • Oceanic fine structure (554 citations)
  • The deepening of the wind-Mixed layer (510 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics:

The journal publications primarily tackle Classical mechanics, Mechanics, Magnetic field, Convection and Dynamo theory. The published papers address concerns in Classical mechanics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Mathematical analysis, Dynamo, Vortex, Vorticity and Nonlinear system. Most of the Mechanics studies addressed in the most cited articles also intersect with Meteorology.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Geometry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Mechanics, Convection, Dynamo, Turbulence and Instability. Mechanics research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Thermal and Surface (mathematics). The studies in Convection featured incorporate elements of Two layer, Lagrangian coherent structures and Compressibility, Compressible flow.

Dynamo research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Planar flow and Classical mechanics. While Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics primarily focused on Classical mechanics, it also opened dialogues on the discipline of Single point. In addition to Instability research, it aims to explore topics under Amplitude, Particle image velocimetry, Astrophysical fluid dynamics and Computation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Frictional effects in wind-driven ocean currents (13 citations)
  • Libration-driven inertial waves and mean zonal flows in spherical shells (8 citations)
  • Helicity and winding fluxes as indicators of twisted flux emergence (6 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 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul H. Roberts (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Andrew M. Soward (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Friedrich H. Busse (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Keke Zhang (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Eric Priest (25 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 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Los Angeles (58 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Exeter (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of St Andrews (38 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Colorado Boulder (36 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.44% of all publications and 38.89% 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

  • Stability and evolution of two opposite-signed quasi-geostrophic shallow-water vortex patches

    M. M. Jalali;D. G. Dritschel

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Localised thermal convection in rotating spheres that undergo weak precession

    Kameng Lam;Dali Kong;Keke Zhang

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Weakly nonlinear analysis of the onset of convection in rotating spherical shells

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Introduction

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • Spiral wind-up of vortex sheets

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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