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Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
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Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 206 182 211 23
Earth Science 241 79 85 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 288
Documents by Best Scientists*: 291
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 150
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.77
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology?

The main points discussed in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology deals with Remote sensing, Meteorology, Radar, Doppler effect and Optics. Some problems in Remote sensing that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Weather radar, Satellite and Calibration. It explores topics in Meteorology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Climatology and Atmospheric sciences.

Radar research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Polarimetry and Attenuation.

  • Remote sensing (47.64%)
  • Meteorology (36.22%)
  • Radar (18.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Efficient Inverse Modeling of Barotropic Ocean Tides (2232 citations)
  • The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Sensor Package (1937 citations)
  • Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms (1344 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Remote sensing, Meteorology, Radar, Calibration and Doppler effect. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Remote sensing, it also covers topics in Doppler radar, Weather radar and Satellite. The journal papers explore topics in Meteorology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Climatology and Atmospheric sciences.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistics
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology explores disciplines such as Remote sensing, Meteorology, Radar, Climatology and Atmospheric sciences. Remote sensing research is concerned with Remote sensing (archaeology) in particular. Precipitation, Radiosonde and Turbulence are Meteorology topics of special interest in it.

It focuses on Radar research which is adjacent to topics in Snow.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Advances in the Ocean Color Component of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET-OC) (6 citations)
  • The Three-Cornered Hat Method for Estimating Error Variances of Three or More Atmospheric Datasets. Part I: Overview and Evaluation (5 citations)
  • Accurate pH and O2 Measurements from Spray Underwater Gliders (5 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 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • V. Chandrasekar (76 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dusan S. Zrnic (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • V. N. Bringi (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sebastián M. Torres (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alexander V. Ryzhkov (27 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (425 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (219 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (186 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Colorado State University (172 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Washington (142 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 8.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.80% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.80% of all publications and 35.20% 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

  • A Technical Overview of the New York State Mesonet Standard Network

    Jerald A. Brotzge;J. Wang;C. D. Thorncroft;E. Joseph

    (2020)
    102 Citations
  • Improved Estimation of Proxy Sea Surface Temperature in the Arctic

    Viva Banzon;Thomas M. Smith;Michael Steele;Boyin Huang

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Advances in the Ocean Color Component of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET-OC)

    Giuseppe Zibordi;Brent N. Holben;Marco Talone;Davide D'Alimonte

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • Using Deep Learning to Emulate and Accelerate a Radiative Transfer Model

    Ryan Lagerquist;David Turner;Imme Ebert-Uphoff;Jebb Stewart

    (2021)
    53 Citations
  • The Three-Cornered Hat Method for Estimating Error Variances of Three or More Atmospheric Datasets. Part I: Overview and Evaluation

    Jeremiah P. Sjoberg;Richard A. Anthes;Therese Rieckh

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Development and Evaluation of the Raindrop Size Distribution Parameters for the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Ground Validation Program

    Ali Tokay;Leo Pio D’Adderio;David B. Wolff;Walter A. Petersen

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Two Interpolation Methods Using Multiply-Rotated Piecewise Cubic Hermite Interpolating Polynomials

    Paul M. Barker;Trevor J. McDougall

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) FluxByCldTyp Edition 4 Data Product

    (2022)
    40 Citations
  • Validation of a G-Band Differential Absorption Cloud Radar for Humidity Remote Sensing

    Richard J. Roy;Matthew Lebsock;Luis Millán;Ken B. Cooper

    (2020)
    39 Citations

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