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Journal of Environmental Sciences

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 76 330 521 44
Chemistry 123 367 709 48
Engineering and Technology 294 77 94 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 941
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1304
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 25
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 6.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Environmental Sciences-china?

The foci of Journal of Environmental Sciences-china are Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering, Inorganic chemistry, Adsorption and Hydrology. While Environmental chemistry is the focus of Journal of Environmental Sciences-china, it also provided insights into the studies of Organic matter, Pollutant, Soil water, Sediment and Pollution. The journal centers on topics in Environmental engineering, with a focus on Wastewater.

The journal investigates Inorganic chemistry research which frequently intersects with Catalysis. Some problems in Adsorption that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Chemical engineering, Aqueous solution and Nuclear chemistry. The presentations discussing Hydrology offer insights in topics such as Water quality and Surface runoff.

  • Environmental chemistry (17.08%)
  • Environmental engineering (9.19%)
  • Inorganic chemistry (9.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Progress in carbon dioxide separation and capture: a review. (1563 citations)
  • A review on the generation, determination and mitigation of Urban Heat Island (862 citations)
  • Entropy method for determination of weight of evaluating indicators in fuzzy synthetic evaluation for water quality assessment. (456 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Environmental Sciences-china:

The published articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Environmental chemistry, Adsorption, Inorganic chemistry, Environmental engineering and Wastewater. Soil water, Soil contamination, Contamination, Pollutant and Pollution are some topics wherein Environmental chemistry research discussed in the published papers has an impact. The Adsorption research presented in the journal papers focuses mostly on Nuclear chemistry and, on occasion, topics in Chromatography.

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

  • Ecology
  • World War II
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Environmental Sciences-china are Environmental chemistry, Chemical engineering, Adsorption, Nuclear chemistry and Catalysis. The journal explores topics in Environmental chemistry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Pollutant, Nitrogen, Wastewater, Pollution and Nitrate. It deals with Wastewater in conjunction with Sewage treatment and similar fields in Effluent.

The journal facilitates discussions on Adsorption that incorporate concepts from other fields like Water treatment, Carbon, Self-healing hydrogels and Metal. Nuclear chemistry research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Phosphate, Ion, Metal ions in aqueous solution, Aqueous solution and Reaction mechanism. The work on Catalysis tackled in Journal of Environmental Sciences-china brings together disciplines like Inorganic chemistry, Decomposition, NOx and Degradation (geology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater systems and related environments in Wuhan: April to May of 2020 (6 citations)
  • Construction of MoS2 nanoarrays and MoO3 nanobelts: Two efficient adsorbents for removal of Pb(II), Au(III) and Methylene Blue (5 citations)
  • Construction of ternary CuO/CuFe2O4/g-C3N4 composite and its enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride with persulfate under simulated sunlight (3 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 Environmental Sciences-china (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sang-Kyu Kam (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Woo-Sik Jung (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hwa-Woon Lee (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Min Yang (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dongseog Kim (50 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 Environmental Sciences-china (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1528 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 77 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ain Shams University (745 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (279 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (277 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tongji University (187 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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 2022 edition, 2.75% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.15% of all publications and 33.02% 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

  • In situ preparation of g-C3N4/Bi4O5I2 complex and its elevated photoactivity in Methyl Orange degradation under visible light.

    Zhe Feng;Lin Zeng;Qingle Zhang;Shifeng Ge

    (2020)
    265 Citations
  • Significant concurrent decrease in PM 2.5 and NO 2 concentrations in China during COVID-19 epidemic

    Biwu Chu;Shuping Zhang;Jun Liu;Qingxin Ma

    (2021)
    211 Citations
  • Overview of key operation factors and strategies for improving fermentative volatile fatty acid production and product regulation from sewage sludge

    Wei Fang;Xuedong Zhang;Panyue Zhang;Jijun Wan

    (2020)
    196 Citations
  • S-scheme heterojunction of crystalline carbon nitride nanosheets and ultrafine WO3 nanoparticles for photocatalytic CO2 reduction

    Unknown

    (2023)
    185 Citations
  • Recent advances in catalytic decomposition of ozone

    Xiaotong Li;Jinzhu Ma;Hong He

    (2020)
    184 Citations
  • A review of removal technology for antimony in aqueous solution.

    Xiaojing Long;Xin Wang;Xuejun Guo;Mengchang He

    (2020)
    174 Citations
  • Construction of Ag2CO3/BiOBr/CdS ternary composite photocatalyst with improved visible-light photocatalytic activity on tetracycline molecule degradation.

    Unknown

    (2023)
    169 Citations
  • Adsorption and membrane separation for removal and recovery of volatile organic compounds.

    (2022)
    133 Citations
  • Construction of ternary CuO/CuFe2O4/g-C3N4 composite and its enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride with persulfate under simulated sunlight

    Lei Wang;Xiaolei Ma;Guofang Huang;Rui Lian

    (2022)
    129 Citations

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