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Journal of Ocean University of China
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Journal of Ocean University of China

1672-5182

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11802

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 501 17 24 5
Environmental Sciences 689 23 23 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 102
Documents by Best Scientists*: 125
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.319
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Ocean University of China?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Oceanography, Climatology, Ecology, Food science and Bay. Many of the studies tackled connect Oceanography with a similar field of study like Sediment. It is mostly focused on Climatology, specifically Sea surface temperature.

  • Oceanography (12.28%)
  • Climatology (9.22%)
  • Ecology (7.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Reconsidering melt-water pulses 1A and 1B: Global impacts of rapid sea-level rise (95 citations)
  • Heavy metal bioaccumulation and toxicity with special reference to microalgae (88 citations)
  • Adsorption of heavy metal ions, dyes and proteins by chitosan composites and derivatives — A review (73 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Ocean University of China:

The published papers investigate studies in Oceanography, Food science, Biochemistry, Ecology and Chromatography. The journal articles explore issues in Oceanography which can be linked to other research areas like Phytoplankton, Climatology, El Niño Southern Oscillation and Seasonality. The most cited publications focus on Biochemistry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Bacteria and Nitrogen.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Ocean University of China tackles a plethora of topics, such as Gene, Environmental chemistry, Zoology, Food science and Bay. Gene research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Genetics. The Environmental chemistry works, particularly on Total organic carbon are tackled in Journal of Ocean University of China.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Multi-Waves, Breathers, Periodic and Cross-Kink Solutions to the (2+1)-Dimensional Variable-Coefficient Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon-Kotera-Sawada Equation (4 citations)
  • Application of Improved Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm in Ship Weather Routing (3 citations)
  • Comparison of the Digestion and Absorption Characteristics of Docosahexaenoic Acid-Acylated Astaxanthin Monoester and Diester in Mice (2 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 Ocean University of China (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shuanglin Dong (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kangsen Mai (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Qi Li (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sheng Dong (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Guanpin Yang (23 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 Ocean University of China (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ocean University of China (1160 papers) published 58 papers at the last edition, 28 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (201 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (90 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • State Oceanic Administration (86 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Ocean University (66 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 7.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 74.80% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.76% of all publications and 6.50% 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

  • Grain-Size Distribution of Surface Sediments in the Bohai Sea and the Northern Yellow Sea: Sediment Supply and Hydrodynamics

    Ping Yuan;Houjie Wang;Xiao Wu;Naishuang Bi

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Organic Carbon Deposition on the Inner Shelf of the East China Sea Constrained by Sea Level and Climatic Changes Since the Last Deglaciation

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Harvesting Microalgae Biomass Using Sulfonated Polyethersulfone (SPES)/PES Porous Membranes in Forward Osmosis Processes

    Qi Zhou;Yang Yang;Xiaojuan Wang;Qun Wang

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Effect of Long-Term Low-Salinity Culture on the Survival, Growth, and Nutrient Composition of Mud Crab Scylla paramamosain

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Influence Factors on Photochemical Production of Methyl Iodide in Seawater

    Yan Chen;Shanshan Liu;Guipeng Yang;Zhen He

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • High-Resolution Geochemical Records in the Inner Shelf Mud Wedge of the East China Sea and Their Indication to the Holocene Monsoon Climatic Changes and Events

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Acoustic Prediction and Risk Evaluation of Shallow Gas in Deep-Water Areas

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • The Role of Bottom Currents on the Morphological Development Around a Drowned Carbonate Platform, NW South China Sea

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Astronomical Cycles of the Late Permian Lopingian in South China and Their Implications for Third-Order Sea-Level Change

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Global-Scale Diversity and Distribution Characteristics of Reef-Associated Symbiodiniaceae via the Cluster-Based Parsimony of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 Sequences

    Sanqiang Gong;Guangjun Chai;Wei Sun;Fengli Zhang

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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