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International Journal of Environmental Research
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International Journal of Environmental Research

1735-6865

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/41742

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 511 28 29 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 120
Documents by Best Scientists*: 110
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.673
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Environmental Research?

International Journal of Environmental Research is mainly concerned with subjects like Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering, Adsorption, Wastewater and Waste management. While International Journal of Environmental Research focused on Environmental chemistry, it was also able to explore topics like Pollutant, Soil water, Contamination, Sediment and Pollution. Most of the Sediment studies addressed also intersect with Hydrology.

In the journal, Aqueous solution and Nuclear chemistry are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Adsorption research. The Wastewater works featured in International Journal of Environmental Research incorporate elements from Pulp and paper industry, Effluent and Sewage treatment. Municipal solid waste is a primary topic of Waste management research in it.

  • Environmental chemistry (17.22%)
  • Environmental engineering (12.91%)
  • Adsorption (10.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Heavy Metals in Water, Sediment and Some Fishes of Buriganga River, Bangladesh (231 citations)
  • Investigating Households Attitude Toward Recycling of Solid Waste in Malaysia: A Case Study (99 citations)
  • Phytoremediation Potential of Populus Alba and Morus alba for Cadmium, Chromuim and Nickel Absorption from Polluted Soil (99 citations)

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

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering, Waste management, Water quality and Adsorption. While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Environmental chemistry, it also covers topics in Contamination, Sediment, Metal and Pollution. The most cited papers address concerns in Adsorption which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Aqueous solution and Nuclear chemistry.

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

  • Ecology
  • Organic chemistry
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Adsorption, Chemical engineering, Aqueous solution, Environmental chemistry and Groundwater. International Journal of Environmental Research focuses on Adsorption but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Nuclear chemistry which is concerned with Phosphate and Response surface methodology. The journal explores issues in Environmental chemistry which can be linked to other research areas like Soil water, Contamination and Pollutant.

The concepts on Pollutant presented in International Journal of Environmental Research can also apply to other research fields, including Water quality and Pollution. The studies on Groundwater discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Surface runoff and Arsenic. Topics in Effluent explored in International Journal of Environmental Research were investigated in conjunction with research in Wastewater and Pulp and paper industry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Iron Coated-Sand from Acid Mine Drainage Waste for Being a Catalytic Oxidant Towards Municipal Wastewater Remediation (5 citations)
  • Development of Functionalized Activated Carbon for Uranium Removal from Groundwater (4 citations)
  • Assessment of Surface and Groundwater Resources Quality Close to Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Using Multiple Indicators and Multivariate Statistical Methods (4 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 Environmental Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Abdolreza Karbassi (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Seyed Masoud Monavari (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hideki Harada (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Madjid Abbaspour (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mohsen Saeedi (8 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 Environmental Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tehran (155 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (75 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Castilla–La Mancha (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Iran University of Science and Technology (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tarbiat Modares University (13 papers) published 1 paper 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, 8.54% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.33% 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

  • Synthesis of a Novel Composite Sorbent Coated with Siderite Nanoparticles and its Application for Remediation of Water Contaminated with Congo Red Dye

    Musa Alshammari;Maad F. Al Juboury;Laith A. Naji;Ayad A. H. Faisal

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Efficacy of Alternanthera bettzickiana to Remediate Copper and Cobalt Contaminated Soil Physiological and Biochemical Alterations

    Amna Khalid;Mujahid Farid;Muhammad Zubair;Muhmmad Rizwan

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Effects of Pesticides and Electromagnetic Fields on Honeybees: A Field Study Using Biomarkers

    Daniela Lupi;Paolo Tremolada;Mario Colombo;Roberto Giacchini

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Metals/Metalloids and Oxidative Status Markers in Saltwater Fish from the Ionic Coast of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea

    Chiara Copat;Milena Rizzo;Agata Zuccaro;Alfina Grasso

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • High-Density Polyethylene Waste-Derived Carbon as a Low-Cost Cathode Catalyst in Microbial Fuel Cell

    Indrajit Chakraborty;Sovik Das;Brajesh Kumar Dubey;Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Synergistic and Antagonistic Effects on Metal Bioremediation with Increasing Metal Complexity in a Hexa-metal Environment by Aspergillus fumigatus

    Arghya Bhattacharya;Deepak Gola;Deepak Gola;Priyadarshini Dey;Anushree Malik

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Understanding the Impact of Soil Clay Mineralogy on the Adsorption Behavior of Zinc

    Amir Behroozi;Meenakshi Arora;Tim David Fletcher;Andrew William Western

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Sulfate Radical-Based Advanced Oxidation Technology to Remove Pesticides From Water A Review of the Most Recent Technologies

    (2024)
    10 Citations
  • Sorption of Cadmium, Lead, Arsenate, and Phosphate on Red Mud Combined with Phosphogypsum

    Enio Tarso de Souza Costa;Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme;Guilherme Lopes;José Maria de Lima

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Use of Helix aspersa and Pinus nigra as Bioindicators to Study Temporal Air Pollution in Northern Lebanon

    (2021)
    9 Citations

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