Journal of Operational Oceanography

Top Research Topics at Journal of Operational Oceanography?

Climatology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Data assimilation and Ocean current are the subjects of interest in the journal. The studies in Climatology featured incorporate elements of Altimeter and Temperature salinity diagrams. Some problems in Meteorology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Current (stream) and Sea level.

Most of the Current (stream) studies addressed also intersect with Remote sensing. Journal of Operational Oceanography explores research in Oceanography and the adjacent study of Mediterranean sea. BENGAL is part of Bay studies tackled in the journal.

Aside from BENGAL, it also covered works in the field of Cyclone.

• Climatology (39.33%)
• Meteorology (36.82%)
• Oceanography (24.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Ocean Reanalyses Intercomparison Project (ORA-IP) (155 citations)
• An operational ocean forecast system incorporating NEMO and SST data assimilation for the tidally driven European North-West shelf (113 citations)
• The MyOcean IBI Ocean Forecast and Reanalysis Systems: operational products and roadmap to the future Copernicus Service (94 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Operational Oceanography:

The main points discussed in the journal publications deal with Meteorology, Climatology, Data assimilation, Sea surface temperature and Oceanography. The works on Meteorology tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Ocean current and Satellite data. The studies on Climatology discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Altimeter and Ocean forecasting.

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

• Oceanography
• Statistics
• Meteorology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Operational Oceanography investigates areas of study like Climatology, Oceanography, Ocean current, Marine engineering and Bay. The work on Climatology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Sea state, Data assimilation and Peninsula. In the journal, Range (biology), Predictability, Sea-surface height and Storm surge are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Data assimilation research.

Many of the research works in Oceanography, specifically Mooring, Antarctic sea ice, Free drift and Climate system, closely connected to disciplines like Maritime safety. The studies on Ocean current discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Environmental forcing, Operational oceanography and Ocean observations. Issues in Bay were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Seawater, Monsoon, Thermal front and Flow (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Strategies for simulating the drift of marine debris (11 citations)
• Spatio-temporal variation in sea state parameters along virtual ship route paths (6 citations)
• Extrapolating Eulerian ocean currents for improving surface drift forecasts (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Operational Oceanography (based on the number of publications) are:

• Matthew Martin (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gary B. Brassington (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Fabrice Hernandez (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Joaquín Tintoré (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yann Drillet (8 papers) published 1 paper 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Operational Oceanography (based on the number of publications) are:

• Met Office (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Bureau of Meteorology (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• IFREMER (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (13 papers) absent at the last 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, 11.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 37.50% 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.