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Grundwasser
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Grundwasser

1430-483X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/767

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 504 15 22 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 21
Documents by Best Scientists*: 28
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.319
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Grundwasser?

The foci of Grundwasser are Gynecology, Humanities, Political science, Molecular biology and Groundwater. The research topics discussed in the journal include Political science as well as Forestry. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Groundwater and Hydrogeology.

  • Gynecology (38.58%)
  • Humanities (16.38%)
  • Political science (13.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Oberflächennahe Geothermie und ihre potenziellen Auswirkungen auf Grundwasserökosysteme (54 citations)
  • Submarine groundwater discharge from tropical islands: a review (54 citations)
  • Ein neues integrales Verfahren zur Quantifizierung der Grundwasserimmission, Teil I: Beschreibung der Grundlagen (50 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Grundwasser:

Gynecology, Political science, Humanities, Hydrogeology and Molecular biology are the main subjects of interest in the most cited publications. While the published papers focused on Hydrogeology, they were also able to explore topics like Hydraulic conductivity and Biogeochemistry. The studies on Hydrology discussed at the most cited articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Oceanography and Biogeochemical cycle.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Groundwater
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Grundwasser mostly deals with topics like Gynecology, Political science, Humanities, Hydrogeology and Groundwater. The work on Hydrogeology tackled in Grundwasser brings together disciplines like Groundwater model, Silt, Slurry, Aquifer and Borehole. The concepts on Aquifer presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Geophysics, Extraction (military) and Water supply.

Issues in Borehole were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Penetration depth, Volume (thermodynamics) and Petroleum engineering. The journal facilitates discussions in Groundwater recharge as part of the larger field of Groundwater, however, it also tackles fields such as Chloride, Production (economics) and Distribution (economics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Coastal groundwater systems: mapping chloride distribution from borehole and geophysical data (2 citations)
  • Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf das Grundwasser und die Wasserversorgung in Süddeutschland (1 citations)
  • Modellierung der küstennahen Grundwasserversalzung in Niedersachsen abgeleitet aus aeroelektromagnetischen Daten (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 Grundwasser (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stefan Wohnlich (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mario Schirmer (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andreas Dahmke (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Peter Grathwohl (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frank Wisotzky (19 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 Grundwasser (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tübingen (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ruhr University Bochum (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt (24 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, 30.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 23.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.05% of all publications and 4.76% 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

  • Active rock glaciers as shallow groundwater reservoirs, Austrian Alps

    Thomas Wagner;Alexander Brodacz;Karl Krainer;Gerfried Winkler

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Microplastics and nanoplastics in agriculture—A potential source of soil and groundwater contamination?

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Active rock glaciers as shallow groundwater reservoirs, Austrian Alps

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Vorkommen von Vanadium im Grundwasser der Vulkaneifel

    Linda M. Härter;Michael Kersten;Andreas Riße;Rudolf Poppe

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Aquiferspeicher in Deutschland

    Paul Fleuchaus;Simon Schüppler;Ruben Stemmle;Kathrin Menberg

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Berechnung von Temperaturfahnen im Grundwasser mit analytischen und numerischen Modellen

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Bestimmung der hydraulischen Durchlässigkeiten eines Sandsteins mithilfe eines Luftpermeameters

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Regionale Dynamik der Pestizid-Konzentration unterhalb der Wurzelzone

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Kombination geophysikalischer und hydrogeologischer Methoden zur gezielten Erkundung feinkörniger Talfüllungen

    Stefan Klingler;Simon Martin;Olaf A. Cirpka;Peter Dietrich

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Erratum zu: A multi-method investigation of the permeability structure of brittle fault zones with ductile precursors in crystalline rock

    (2024)
    1 Citations

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