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History of Geo- and Space Sciences
H-index 4

History of Geo- and Space Sciences

2190-5010

Published by: Copernicus Publications

https://www.history-of-geo-and-space-sciences.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 573 9 8 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 19
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 9
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.167
Impact Factor: 0.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at History of Geo- and Space Sciences?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Meteorology, Geophysics, Ionosphere, Observatory and Earth's magnetic field. History of Geo- and Space Sciences holds forums on Ionosphere that merges themes from other disciplines such as Radar and The arctic. Radar research is concerned with Incoherent scatter in particular.

Among the topics covered in the journal are Observatory and Magnetic observatory. The research topics discussed in it include Earth's magnetic field as well as Geodesy. More specifically, the research on Geodesy in History of Geo- and Space Sciences is related to Geodetic datum.

  • Meteorology (14.56%)
  • Geophysics (12.03%)
  • Ionosphere (12.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Investigations of the auroral luminosity distribution and the dynamics of discrete auroral forms in a historical retrospective (16 citations)
  • Erich Regener and the ionisation maximum of the atmosphere (15 citations)
  • Review article A. B. Dobrowolski - the first cryospheric scientist - and the subsequent development of cryospheric science (12 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at History of Geo- and Space Sciences:

The published articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Ionosphere, Astrophysics, Meteorology, Remote sensing and Solar wind. The journal articles about Supernova and Cosmic ray research are fields of study within Astrophysics but they also intertwine with concepts in Energy density and German physicist. The journal papers explore research in Meteorology alongside concepts in Radar and other areas of study in Geophysics.

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

  • World War II
  • Astronomy
  • Mathematics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Observatory, Geophysics, China, Ancient history and Ionosphere are among the topics commonly tackled in History of Geo- and Space Sciences. Issues in Observatory were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Historic site and Archaeology. The Geophysics works featured in History of Geo- and Space Sciences incorporate elements from World history, People's Republic and Social history.

History of Geo- and Space Sciences facilitates discussions on China that incorporate concepts from other fields like Archival research, Alchemy and The Republic. The presented Ancient history study covers related areas such as Emperor and also touches on topics like Consolidation (business), Dozen and Czech. The journal explores topics in Ionosphere which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Radio propagation, Perspective (graphical) and Cambridge School.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Scientific journeys to one of the oldest copper cementation sites in Central Europe (Smolník, Slovakia) (0 citations)
  • On the high scientific quality of early research on strain and deformation fabrics (1835–1908) (0 citations)
  • Eduard Heis, an early pioneer in meteor research (0 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 History of Geo- and Space Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Karen Aplin (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alik Ismail-Zadeh (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alv Egeland (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William J. Burke (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jo Ann Joselyn (4 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 History of Geo- and Space Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russian Academy of Sciences (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Oslo (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Göttingen (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Colorado Boulder (3 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, 66.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 60.00% 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

  • History of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN)-I: pre-SuperDARN developments in high frequency radar technology for ionospheric research and selected scientific results

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Tide prediction machines at the Liverpool Tidal Institute

    Philip L. Woodworth

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Time and tide: pendulum clocks and gravity tides

    Duncan C. Agnew

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Global tephra studies: role and importance of the international tephra research group “Commission on Tephrochronology” in its first 60 years

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • History of the Tromsø ionosphere heating facility

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • The temperature–CO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; climate connection: an epistemological reappraisal of ice-core messages

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • The bicentenary of Georg Hartung, a German pioneer geologist, explorer, and illustrator

    Carlos A. Góis-Marques;Carlos A. Góis-Marques;Miguel Menezes de Sequeira;Miguel Menezes de Sequeira;José Madeira

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Karl Friedrich Almstedt - scientist, teacher, and co-founder of the German Geophysical Society

    Karl-Heinz Glassmeier

    (2020)
    0 Citations

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