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Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
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Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

1742-2132

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1742-2140

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 505 15 18 5
Engineering and Technology 1323 8 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 54
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.43
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Geophysics and Engineering?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Seismology, Algorithm, Mineralogy, Inversion (meteorology) and Mathematical analysis. Seismic wave is a primary topic of Seismology research in the journal. Most of the Algorithm studies addressed also intersect with Mathematical optimization.

Topics in Mineralogy explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Porosity and Anisotropy.

  • Seismology (12.04%)
  • Algorithm (11.41%)
  • Mineralogy (10.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Estimating permeability using median pore-throat radius obtained from mercury intrusion porosimetry (116 citations)
  • Statistical correlations of shear wave velocity and penetration resistance for soils (114 citations)
  • Relationships between permeability, porosity and pore throat size in carbonate rocks using regression analysis and neural networks (100 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Geophysics and Engineering:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Algorithm, Inversion (meteorology), Seismology, Geotechnical engineering and Mathematical analysis. While the most cited papers focused on Algorithm, they were also able to explore topics like Attenuation, Noise reduction and Mathematical optimization. The most cited publications explore research in Seismology alongside concepts in Electrical resistivity tomography and other areas of study in Ground-penetrating radar.

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

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering investigates areas of study like Acoustics, Seismology, Mathematical analysis, Mining engineering and Coal mining. Acoustics research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Logging while drilling, Tomography, Spectral ratio and Attenuation. The work on Seismology tackled in Journal of Geophysics and Engineering brings together disciplines like Structure (category theory) and Seismic trace.

The featured Mathematical analysis research zeroes in on concepts in Finite difference method and Fourier transform but also tackles themes under Inversion (discrete mathematics), Wave simulation and Multiple. In addition to Mining engineering research, the journal aims to explore topics under Quantum tunnelling, Movement (music), Transient (oscillation) and Warning system. The studies on Coal mining discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Pipeline (computing), Solver, Face (geometry) and Petroleum engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • 3D finite-element modeling of effective elastic properties for fracture density and multiscale natural fractures (1 citations)
  • Anisotropic frequency-dependent characteristics of PP- and PS-waves in partially saturated double-porosity rocks (1 citations)
  • Extracting angle domain common image gather with variable density acoustic-wave equation (1 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 Geophysics and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xiang-Yang Li (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yanghua Wang (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mrinal K. Sen (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xingyao Yin (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Francesco Soldovieri (14 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 Geophysics and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • China University of Petroleum (226 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Mining and Technology (96 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (93 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sinopec (78 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (53 papers) published 3 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, 1.75% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 57.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.86% of all publications and 17.86% 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

  • Deep carbonate reservoir characterisation using multi-seismic attributes via machine learning with physical constraints

    Yuanyuan Chen;Luanxiao Zhao;Jianguo Pan;Chuang Li

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Production decline analysis of shale gas based on a probability density distribution function

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Brittle mineral prediction based on rock-physics modelling for tight oil reservoir rocks

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • An immersed boundary method with iterative symmetric interpolation for irregular surface topography in seismic wavefield modelling

    Xiang Li;Gang Yao;Fenglin Niu;Fenglin Niu;Di Wu

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Model development and analysis of coal permeability based on the equivalent characteristics of dual-porosity structure

    Haijun Guo;Haijun Guo;Kai Wang;Kai Wang;Yuanping Cheng;Liang Yuan

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Seismic pre-stack AVA inversion scheme based on lithology constraints

    Shuang Xiao;Jing Ba;Qiang Guo;J M Carcione

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Explicit Q expressions for inhomogeneous P- and SV-waves in isotropic viscoelastic media

    Xu Liu;Stewart Greenhalgh;Bing Zhou;Huijian Li

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Comparing different approaches of time-lapse seismic inversion

    Daiane R Rosa;Juliana M C Santos;Rafael M Souza;Dario Grana

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Analytical spontaneous imbibition model for confined nanofractures

    Fanhui Zeng;Qiang Zhang;Jianchun Guo;Yu Zhang

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Guided ultrasonic wavefield cross-correlation with a curved array for high-resolution plate inspection

    Luan T Nguyen;Erik H Saenger

    (2020)
    4 Citations

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