International Journal of Climatology

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Climatology?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Climatology, Precipitation, Climate change, Meteorology and Atmospheric sciences. International Journal of Climatology connects the study in Climatology with the closely related area of Climate model. Precipitation research presented in International Journal of Climatology encompasses a variety of subjects, including North Atlantic oscillation, Period (geology), Spatial distribution and Seasonality.

Most of the works presented in it deals with Climate change but it intersects with the subject of Atmospheric temperature. It focuses on Sea surface temperature research as part of the broader topic of Oceanography.

• Climatology (96.72%)
• Precipitation (28.60%)
• Climate change (17.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. (14671 citations)
• Updated high‐resolution grids of monthly climatic observations – the CRU TS3.10 Dataset (4244 citations)
• WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas (3536 citations)

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

The most cited publications mainly tackle studies in Climatology, Precipitation, Climate change, Atmospheric circulation and Atmospheric temperature. The published papers explore topics in Climatology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Period (geology) and Meteorology. The works on Precipitation tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Mediterranean climate, Spatial distribution, Extreme value theory and Spatial variability.

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

• Climatology
• Statistics
• Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Climatology, Precipitation, Climate change, China and El Niño Southern Oscillation. The studies in Climatology featured incorporate elements of Global warming, Plateau and Downscaling.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• WRF-based dynamical downscaling of ERA5 reanalysis data for High Mountain Asia: Towards a new version of the High Asia Refined analysis (21 citations)
• Long-term variability and trends in meteorological droughts in Western Europe (1851–2018) (20 citations)
• The role of ENSO flavours and TNA on recent droughts over Amazon forests and the Northeast Brazil region (20 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in International Journal of Climatology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Philip Jones (88 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Deliang Chen (46 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano (31 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Huijun Wang (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Johnny C. L. Chan (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal of Climatology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (620 papers) published 140 papers at the last edition, 66 more than at the previous edition,
• Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (272 papers) published 80 papers at the last edition, 35 more than at the previous edition,
• China Meteorological Administration (212 papers) published 50 papers at the last edition, 25 more than at the previous edition,
• University of East Anglia (188 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (163 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 8 more 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, 2.55% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.17% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.80% of all publications and 44.58% 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.