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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 230 14 16 7
Earth Science 264 54 77 14
Environmental Sciences 328 82 105 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 171
Documents by Best Scientists*: 193
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 106
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.499
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics?

The journal focuses on Atmospheric sciences, Ionosphere, Geophysics, Meteorology and Computational physics. The research on Atmospheric sciences tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Atmosphere, Thermosphere and Latitude. The journal links adjacent topics like Latitude with Middle latitudes.

Electron, Electron density, Radio wave and Optics are some topics wherein Ionosphere research discussed in the journal have an impact. The presented research on Electron deals specifically with Atomic physics but it also addresses topics in Ion. Concepts in Magnetosphere, as well as related topics in Solar wind, are covered in the Geophysics research presented in the journal.

The research on Computational physics discussed in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics draws on the closely related field of Plasma. It primarily discusses Earth's magnetic field topics, particularly Geomagnetic storm and Ionospheric dynamo region. The Stratosphere study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Troposphere.

  • Atmospheric sciences (34.78%)
  • Ionosphere (31.71%)
  • Geophysics (25.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage—a missing link in solar-climate relationships (938 citations)
  • Book Review: GPS theory and practice. Second Edition, HOFFMANNWELLENHOFF B., LICHTENEGGER H. and COLLINS J., 1993, 326 pp., Springer, £31.00 pb, ISBN 3-211-82477-4 (868 citations)
  • Empirical wind model for the upper, middle and lower atmosphere (597 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics:

The most cited papers primarily tackle Atmospheric sciences, Ionosphere, Geophysics, Meteorology and Latitude. Issues in Atmospheric sciences were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Amplitude and Atmosphere, Thermosphere. The most cited publications hold forums on Ionosphere that merge themes from other disciplines such as Daytime, Electron density and Radio wave.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Electron

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Atmospheric sciences, Ionosphere, Computational physics, Atmosphere and Earth's magnetic field. While it focused on Atmospheric sciences, it was also able to explore topics like Thermosphere, Latitude and Altitude. Research in Ionosphere tackled falls within the umbrella of Geophysics.

While Geophysics is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Electric field and Thunderstorm, Radiation, Atomic physics and Ion. The research on Computational physics featured in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics combines topics in other fields like Van Allen Probes, Electron density and Magnetosphere. Topics in Atmosphere were tackled in line with various other fields like Radiative transfer and Radiative forcing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The impact of cold electrons and cold ions in magnetospheric physics (7 citations)
  • Artificial Neural Network based thermal anomalies associated with earthquakes in Pakistan from MODIS LST (7 citations)
  • HYPERS simulations of solar wind interactions with the Earth's magnetosphere and the Moon (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 Solar-Terrestrial Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • A. H. Manson (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael J. Rycroft (73 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Chris Meek (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert A. Vincent (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Toshitaka Tsuda (49 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 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (336 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (288 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (262 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute for Space Research (250 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Physical Research Laboratory (194 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 5.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.25% of all publications and 53.42% 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

  • RMSE is not enough: Guidelines to robust data-model comparisons for magnetospheric physics

    Michael W. Liemohn;Alexander D. Shane;Abigail R. Azari;Alicia K. Petersen;Alicia K. Petersen

    (2021)
    147 Citations
  • Impact of mixing layer height on air quality in winter

    B.S. Murthy;R. Latha;Arpit Tiwari;Aditi Rathod

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Long term trends of mesopheric ice layers: A model study

    Franz-Josef Lübken;Gerd Baumgarten;Uwe Berger

    (2021)
    53 Citations
  • Two decades of long-term observations of polar mesospheric echoes at 69°N

    Ralph Latteck;Toralf Renkwitz;Jorge L. Chau

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • The impact of cold electrons and cold ions in magnetospheric physics

    Gian Luca Delzanno;Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael G. Henderson;Pedro Alberto Resendiz Lira

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Winds and tides of the Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere: One year of meteor-radar observations over Rothera (68°S, 68°W) and comparisons with WACCM and eCMAM

    Shaun M. Dempsey;Shaun M. Dempsey;Neil P. Hindley;Tracy Moffat-Griffin;Corwin J. Wright

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Trends in the polar summer mesosphere temperature and pressure altitude from satellite observations

    Scott M. Bailey;Brentha Thurairajah;Mark E. Hervig;David E. Siskind

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Dust storm ‘hot spots’ and Transport Pathways Affecting the Arabian Peninsula

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • Long-term trend and solar cycle in the middle atmosphere temperature revealed from merged HALOE and SABER datasets

    Tao Li;Jia Yue;Jia Yue;James M. Russell;Xi Zhang

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Assessing the impact of middle atmosphere observations on day-to-day variability in lower thermospheric winds using WACCM-X

    Fabrizio Sassi;John P. McCormack;Jennifer L. Tate;David D. Kuhl

    (2021)
    28 Citations

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