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International Journal of Biometeorology
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International Journal of Biometeorology

0020-7128

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/484

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 212 106 119 23
Ecology and Evolution 335 52 55 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 285
Documents by Best Scientists*: 299
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 117
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.733
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Biometeorology?

International Journal of Biometeorology is mainly concerned with subjects like Animal science, Climatology, Meteorology, Phenology and Ecology. The Animal science study featured in it draws connections with the study of Relative humidity. The work tackled in International Journal of Biometeorology goes beyond the discipline of Climatology as it also encompasses Precipitation.

The journal links adjacent topics like Meteorology with Atmospheric sciences. The studies on Phenology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Climate change, Growing season and Horticulture. The majority of Climate change studies presented zero in on Global warming.

  • Animal science (12.01%)
  • Climatology (11.91%)
  • Meteorology (10.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The physiological equivalent temperature - a universal index for the biometeorological assessment of the thermal environment. (1184 citations)
  • Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments—application of the RayMan model (1038 citations)
  • Applications of a universal thermal index: physiological equivalent temperature. (679 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Biometeorology:

The published papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Climatology, Meteorology, Phenology, Climate change and Ecology. While the published papers focused on Climatology, they were also able to explore topics like Vegetation, Pollen, Physical geography and Precipitation. Issues in Meteorology were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Atmospheric sciences and Mean radiant temperature.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Climate change, Phenology, Physical geography, Animal science and Thermal comfort. The work on Climate change tackled in it brings together disciplines like Climatology, Environmental resource management and Precipitation. The journal addresses concerns in Precipitation which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Wind speed and Atmospheric sciences.

The concepts on Phenology presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Latitude and Horticulture. Aside from discussions in Physical geography, the journal also deals with the subject of Tourism which intersects with Snow disciplines. The research on Animal science featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Thermoregulation, Respiration rate and Heat index.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Pre-to-post lockdown impact on air quality and the role of environmental factors in spreading the COVID-19 cases - a study from a worst-hit state of India. (19 citations)
  • Development of a data-driven weather index for beach parks tourism (16 citations)
  • Overloaded! Critical revision and a new conceptual approach for snow indicators in ski tourism (13 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 International Journal of Biometeorology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Andreas Matzarakis (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Tim H. Sparks (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John B. Gaughan (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Carmen Galán (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Albert P. Krueger (18 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 International Journal of Biometeorology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (94 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Freiburg (56 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of São Paulo (52 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (47 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 2.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.12% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.20% of all publications and 62.93% 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

  • Pre-to-post lockdown impact on air quality and the role of environmental factors in spreading the COVID-19 cases - a study from a worst-hit state of India.

    Prafulla Kumar Sahoo;Sherry Mangla;Ashok Kumar Pathak;Gabriel Negreiros Salãmao

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • A single tree model to consistently simulate cooling, shading, and pollution uptake of urban trees

    Rocco Pace;Rocco Pace;Francesco De Fino;Mohammad A. Rahman;Stephan Pauleit

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Association of ambient extreme heat with pediatric morbidity: a scoping review

    (2022)
    54 Citations
  • Overloaded! Critical revision and a new conceptual approach for snow indicators in ski tourism

    Bruno Abegg;Samuel Morin;Osman Cenk Demiroglu;Hugues François

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Negative relationship between dry matter intake and the temperature-humidity index with increasing heat stress in cattle: a global meta-analysis.

    J Chang-Fung-Martel;J Chang-Fung-Martel;MT Harrison;JN Brown;R Rawnsley

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Mean radiant temperature from global-scale numerical weather prediction models

    Claudia Di Napoli;Claudia Di Napoli;Robin J. Hogan;Florian Pappenberger

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Improving street walkability: Biometeorological assessment of artificial-partial shade structures in summer sunny conditions

    Louis S. H. Lee;Pui Kwan Cheung;Charmaine K.W. Fung;Chi Yung Jim

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • The effects of climate factors and human activities on net primary productivity in Xinjiang

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Increasing trees and high-albedo surfaces decreases heat impacts and mortality in Los Angeles, CA

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • Heat-related mortality amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic

    (2022)
    36 Citations

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