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Mausam
H-index 10

Mausam

0252-9416

Published by: India Meteorological Department

https://metnet.imd.gov.in/imdmausam/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 480 46 81 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 82
Documents by Best Scientists*: 128
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.251
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Mausam?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Climatology, Monsoon, Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology and Hydrology. The journal is mostly focused on Climatology, specifically Troposphere. It is concerned with the study of Monsoon and Oceanography in general.

The study on Atmospheric sciences presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Atmosphere. The works on Meteorology deal in particular with Thunderstorm.

  • Climatology (31.50%)
  • Monsoon (24.25%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (15.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Development of a new high spatial resolution (0.25° × 0.25°) long period (1901-2010) daily gridded rainfall data set over India and its comparison with existing data sets over the region (555 citations)
  • Climate changes and trends over India (121 citations)
  • A power regression model for long range forecast of southwest monsoon rainfall over India (113 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mausam:

The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Climatology, Monsoon, Period (geology), Indian ocean and Bay. Climatology research in the most cited articles connects with the study of Global warming. The journal papers focus on Monsoon but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Regression analysis and Anomaly (natural sciences).

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

  • Statistics
  • Ecology
  • Meteorology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Mausam investigates areas of study like Climatology, Tropical cyclone, Meteorology, Indian ocean and Agronomy. Monsoon and Pre monsoon are some of the study areas of Climatology discussed. While the journal focused on Monsoon, it was also able to explore topics like Agriculture, Hurst exponent, Physical geography and Trend analysis.

The research on Tropical cyclone featured in Mausam combines topics in other fields like Assimilation (biology), BENGAL, Bay and Forecast verification. The Meteorology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Weather radar and Global Positioning System. The journal addresses concerns in Climate change which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Drainage basin and Hydrology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Comparison of recent rainfall trend in complex hilly terrain of sub-temperate region of Uttarakhand (1 citations)
  • Prediction of climate change scenarios in Varanasi District, U. P., India, using simulation models (1 citations)
  • Usefulness of monthly rainfall normals in agroclimatic mapping (0 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 Mausam (based on the number of publications) are:

  • S. K. Roy Bhowmik (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • U. C. Mohanty (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • H. R. Hatwar (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ajit Tyagi (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • D. R. Pattanaik (17 papers) published 2 papers 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 Mausam (based on the number of publications) are:

  • India Meteorological Department (271 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • Met Office (249 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (79 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Indian Institutes of Technology (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andhra University (23 papers) published 1 paper 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, 69.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.94% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.88% of all publications and 35.29% 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 Indian summer monsoon rainfall and ENSO

    Karumuri Ashok;Charan Teja Tejavath

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Main features of the westward-moving low pressure systems which form over the Indian region during the summer monsoon season and their relation to the monsoon rainfall

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Normal dates of onset/progress and withdrawal of southwest monsoon over India

    D S Pai;Bandgar Arti;Devi Sunitha;Musale Madhuri

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Evolution of operational extended range forecast system of IMD : Prospects of its applications in different sectors

    D. R. Pattanaik;A. K. Sahai;Raju Mandal;R. Phani Muralikrishna

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Recent advancements in prediction of tropical cyclone track over north Indian Ocean basin

    U. C. Mohanty;Raghu Nadimpalli;Shyama Mohanty;Krishna K. Osuri

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Drought monitoring over India through Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)

    M.V. Kamble;K. Ghosh;M. Rajeevan;R. P. Samui

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Dynamics of Amphan Cyclone and associated changes in ocean, land meteorological and atmospheric parameters

    Akshansha Chauhan;Ramesh P. Singh;Rajesh Kumar;Prasanjit Dash

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Predictive relationships between Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures and Indian summer monsoon rainfall

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • A review on the monthly and seasonal forecast of the Indian summer monsoon

    U. C. Mohanty;P. Sinha;M. R. Mohanty;R. K. S. Maurya

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Advance forecasting of cyclone track over north Indian Ocean using a global circulation model

    P. Goswami;A. Mandal;H. C. Upadhyaya;Frederic Hourdin

    (2021)
    12 Citations

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