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Journal of Physical Oceanography
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Journal of Physical Oceanography

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 120 167 370 25
Environmental Sciences 184 108 225 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 303
Documents by Best Scientists*: 547
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 172
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.504
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Physical Oceanography?

Journal of Physical Oceanography generally zeroes in on subjects such as Climatology, Oceanography, Mechanics, Meteorology and Ocean current. Journal of Physical Oceanography features Climatology research that overlaps with concepts in Ocean gyre. The in-depth study on Oceanography also explores topics in the intersecting field of Eddy.

Eddy research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Anticyclone and Mesoscale meteorology. The research on Mechanics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Classical mechanics and Dissipation. While the primary focus in the journal is Meteorology, it also dissects topics surrounding Wind wave and Breaking wave as a whole.

While Ocean current is the focus of Journal of Physical Oceanography, it also provided insights into the studies of Geostrophic wind and Atmospheric sciences, Forcing (mathematics). The Atmospheric sciences study featured in it draws connections with the study of Mixed layer. The studies on Baroclinity discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Stratification (water), Instability, Geophysics, Barotropic fluid and Rossby wave.

  • Climatology (33.50%)
  • Oceanography (26.83%)
  • Mechanics (21.92%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Isopycnal mixing in ocean circulation models (2552 citations)
  • Open Ocean Momentum Flux Measurements in Moderate to Strong Winds (2226 citations)
  • Normal Monthly Wind Stress Over the World Ocean with Error Estimates (1714 citations)

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

Climatology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Ocean current and Mechanics are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The study on Climatology presented in the published articles is investigated in conjunction with research in Ocean gyre. The works on Mechanics tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Classical mechanics and Dissipation.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Oceanography
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Oceanography, Atmospheric sciences, Mechanics, Geophysics and Turbulence. The journal facilitates the exploration of Oceanography in relation to the field of South china. It explores issues in Atmospheric sciences which can be linked to other research areas like Mixing (physics), Ocean current, Eddy and Surface (mathematics).

The research on Mechanics featured in it combines topics in other fields like Inertial wave and Nonlinear system. Geophysics study tackled is connected to the field of Dynamics (mechanics). Studies on Turbulence discussed in it link to the field of Boundary layer.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Role of Curvature in Modifying Frontal Instabilities. Part II: Application of the Criterion to Curved Density Fronts at Low Richardson Numbers (9 citations)
  • The Role of Curvature in Modifying Frontal Instabilities. Part I: Review of Theory and Presentation of a Nondimensional Instability Criterion (9 citations)
  • Submesoscale Currents in the Subtropical Upper Ocean Observed by Long-Term High-Resolution Mooring Arrays (7 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 Physical Oceanography (based on the number of publications) are:

  • James C. McWilliams (116 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Joseph Pedlosky (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bo Qiu (65 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • John Marshall (60 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • James N. Moum (57 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Physical Oceanography (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (776 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Washington (404 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, San Diego (334 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Oregon State University (295 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (284 papers) published 9 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 2021 edition, 1.95% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.96% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.88% of all publications and 25.37% 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

  • The Submesoscale Kinetic Energy Cascade: Mesoscale Absorption of Submesoscale Mixed Layer Eddies and Frontal Downscale Fluxes

    René Schubert;Jonathan Gula;Richard John Greatbatch;Burkard Baschek

    (2020)
    139 Citations
  • Genesis and Decay of Mesoscale Baroclinic Eddies in the Seasonally Ice-Covered Interior Arctic Ocean

    Gianluca Meneghello;John Marshall;Camille Lique;Pål Erik Isachsen;Pål Erik Isachsen

    (2021)
    81 Citations
  • The Scale of Submesoscale Baroclinic Instability Globally

    Jihai Dong;Baylor Fox-Kemper;Hong Zhang;Changming Dong

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Submesoscale Fronts and Their Dynamical Processes Associated with Symmetric Instability in the Northwest Pacific Subtropical Ocean

    Zhiyou Jing;Baylor Fox-Kemper;Haijin Cao;Ruixi Zheng

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Reconstructing Upper-Ocean Vertical Velocity Field from Sea Surface Height in the Presence of Unbalanced Motion

    Bo Qiu;Shuiming Chen;Patrice Klein;Hector Torres

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Instabilities and Multiscale Interactions Underlying the Loop Current Eddy Shedding in the Gulf of Mexico

    Yang Yang;Robert H. Weisberg;Yonggang Liu;X. San Liang

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • The Wave Climate of the Southern Ocean

    Ian R. Young;Emmanuel Fontaine;Qingxiang Liu;Alexander V. Babanin

    (2020)
    56 Citations

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