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Journal of Geographical Sciences
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Journal of Geographical Sciences

1009-637X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11442

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 232 49 81 22
Earth Science 306 28 29 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 113
Documents by Best Scientists*: 140
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 87
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.285
Impact Factor: 5.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Geographical Sciences?

Journal of Geographical Sciences mainly tackles studies in China, Hydrology, Nature Conservation, Physical geography and Climatology. The journal explores issues in China which can be linked to other research areas like Economic growth, Urbanization, Land use, Economic geography and Agriculture. The Land use study featured in it draws connections with the study of Environmental resource management.

The studies on Hydrology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Structural basin, Sediment and Vegetation. The Vegetation study featured falls within the wider field of Ecology. The research on Physical geography featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Plateau, Spatial distribution and Common spatial pattern.

The research on Climatology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Period (geology), Climate change and Precipitation. Specifically, studies on Global warming are prevalent in the Climate change works discussed.

  • China (25.56%)
  • Hydrology (24.24%)
  • Nature Conservation (16.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Spatiotemporal characteristics, patterns, and causes of land-use changes in China since the late 1980s (803 citations)
  • Spatial patterns and driving forces of land use change in China during the early 21st century (509 citations)
  • Land consolidation: An indispensable way of spatial restructuring in rural China (211 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Geographical Sciences:

The journal publications mainly tackle studies in China, Hydrology, Climatology, Precipitation and Land use. The most cited papers explore topics in China which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Environmental protection, Agriculture, Nature Conservation, Urbanization and Physical geography. The journal papers explore issues in Hydrology which can be linked to other research areas like Yangtze river and Soil water.

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

  • Ecology
  • China
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are China, Physical geography, Climate change, Plateau and Land use. While Journal of Geographical Sciences focused on China, it was also able to explore topics like Economic geography, Nature Conservation, Regional science, Spatial ecology and Gross domestic product. While Physical geography is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Arid and Period (geology).

Research in Precipitation and the interrelating topic of Global warming and Forest ecology were among the subjects of interest in the Climate change studies discussed in Journal of Geographical Sciences. The study of Driving factors and how it intertwines with concepts under Beijing and Urbanization were explored in the presented Plateau research. The journal focuses on Land use but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Per capita and Urban planning.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Geomorphology-oriented digital terrain analysis: Progress and perspectives (10 citations)
  • Application of geographically weighted regression model in the estimation of surface air temperature lapse rate (3 citations)
  • Revealing ecosystem services relationships and their driving factors for five basins of Beijing (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 Geographical Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jiyuan Liu (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yansui Liu (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yili Zhang (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Liu Jiyuan (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hualou Long (16 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 Geographical Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (446 papers) published 34 papers at the last edition, 20 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (139 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (109 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (61 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Northwest Normal University (43 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 17.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 69.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.58% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.58% of all publications and 15.15% 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

  • Spatio-temporal evolution and influencing factors of urban green development efficiency in China

    Unknown

    (2020)
    350 Citations
  • China’s rural revitalization and development: Theory, technology and management

    Yansui Liu;Yuzhu Zang;Yuanyuan Yang

    (2020)
    302 Citations
  • Development of land use transitions research in China

    Hualou Long;Yi Qu;Shuangshuang Tu;Yingnan Zhang

    (2020)
    93 Citations
  • Urban expansion patterns and their driving forces based on the center of gravity-GTWR model: A case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration

    Haijun Wang;Bin Zhang;Yaolin Liu;Yanfang Liu

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • Population, urbanization and economic scenarios over the Belt and Road region under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

    Cheng Jing;Hui Tao;Tong Jiang;Yanjun Wang

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Geomorphological regionalization theory system and division methodology of China

    Nan Wang;Weiming Cheng;Baixue Wang;Qiangyi Liu

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Sustainable poverty alleviation and green development in China’s underdeveloped areas

    (2022)
    69 Citations
  • Construction of ecological security patterns and ecological restoration zones in the city of Ningbo, China

    (2022)
    69 Citations
  • A review of the balance of regional development in China from the perspective of development geography

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Characteristics and progress of land use/cover change research during 1990–2018

    (2022)
    62 Citations

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