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Journal of Soils and Sediments
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Journal of Soils and Sediments

1439-0108

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11368

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 204 80 102 18
Environmental Sciences 208 171 221 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 484
Documents by Best Scientists*: 566
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 17
SCIMAGO H-index: 104
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.94
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Soils and Sediments?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Sediment, Agronomy and Hydrology. The Soil water research discussed is included in the broader subject of Soil science. Journal of Soils and Sediments holds forums on Environmental chemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Organic matter, Contamination, Soil contamination, Environmental remediation and Pollution.

Sediment research presented in Journal of Soils and Sediments encompasses a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Total organic carbon, Pollutant and Erosion. The Ecology study tackling the subject of Ecosystem is the focus of Journal of Soils and Sediments. Some problems in Agronomy that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Soil carbon, Biochar, Nutrient and Soil fertility.

Most of the works presented in Journal of Soils and Sediments deals with Nutrient but it intersects with the subject of Phosphorus. Drainage basin and Surface runoff are some of the facets of Hydrology tackled in the journal.

  • Soil water (35.93%)
  • Environmental chemistry (35.67%)
  • Sediment (20.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Water Framework Directive (466 citations)
  • Successes and limitations of phytotechnologies at field scale: outcomes, assessment and outlook from COST Action 859 (273 citations)
  • Review on iron availability in soil: interaction of Fe minerals, plants, and microbes (265 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Soils and Sediments:

The most cited articles investigate studies in Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Agronomy, Sediment and Hydrology. The most cited publications address concerns in Soil water which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Organic matter and Environmental remediation. While Environmental chemistry is the key highlight in the journal publications, thet also covered some subjects on Pollution and Mining engineering.

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 Soils and Sediments (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zhihong Xu (112 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ji-Zheng He (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hailong Wang (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jianming Xu (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Henner Hollert (35 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 Soils and Sediments (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (617 papers) published 68 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Griffith University (129 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (120 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Northwest A&F University (70 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (52 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 9.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.54% of all publications and 43.59% 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

  • Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes

    Adrian L. Collins;Martin Blackwell;Pascal Boeckx;Charlotte-Anne Chivers;Charlotte-Anne Chivers

    (2020)
    196 Citations
  • Soil erosion and sediment dynamics in the Anthropocene: a review of human impacts during a period of rapid global environmental change

    Philip N. Owens

    (2020)
    177 Citations
  • Antibiotics in poultry manure and their associated health issues: a systematic review

    Juma Muhammad;Juma Muhammad;Juma Muhammad;Sardar Khan;Jian Qiang Su;Abd El Latif Hesham

    (2020)
    123 Citations
  • Sustainable reuse of dredged sediments as pavement materials by cement and fly ash stabilization

    Naphol Yoobanpot;Pitthaya Jamsawang;Peerapong Simarat;Pornkasem Jongpradist

    (2020)
    121 Citations
  • Soil and microbial biomass stoichiometry regulate soil organic carbon and nitrogen mineralization in rice-wheat rotation subjected to long-term fertilization

    Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf;Cheng Hu;Lei Wu;Yinghua Duan

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • An effective biochar-based slow-release fertilizer for reducing nitrogen loss in paddy fields

    Da Dong;Cheng Wang;Lukas Van Zwieten;Hailong Wang

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Characterization of phosphorus engineered biochar and its impact on immobilization of Cd and Pb from smelting contaminated soils

    Jing Ren;Zixuan Zhao;Amjad Ali;Weidou Guan

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Spatial distribution, eco-environmental risks, and source characterization of heavy metals using compositional data analysis in riverine sediments of a Himalayan river, Northern Pakistan

    Unknown

    (2023)
    74 Citations

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