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Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
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Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

0177-7971

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/703

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 440 56 62 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 79
Documents by Best Scientists*: 82
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 75
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.616
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Climatology, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Precipitation and Mesoscale meteorology. The Climatology study featured in Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics draws parallels with the field of Convection. Meteorology and Remote sensing are closely related fields of research discussed in Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.

The study on Remote sensing presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Radar. The Atmospheric sciences works featured in Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics incorporate elements from Atmosphere and Aerosol. The journal features Mesoscale meteorology research that overlaps with concepts in Orography.

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics focuses on Tropical cyclone but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Typhoon and Cyclone. The Monsoon works, particularly on Monsoon of South Asia are tackled in it. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics features research on Planetary boundary layer in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Boundary layer.

  • Climatology (46.91%)
  • Meteorology (41.46%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (21.46%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A comprehensive meteorological modeling system?RAMS (1530 citations)
  • The East Asian summer monsoon: an overview (1105 citations)
  • The Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) – A multi-scale nonhydrostatic atmospheric simulation and prediction model. Part I: Model dynamics and verification (835 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics:

The journal papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Climatology, Meteorology, Precipitation, Atmospheric sciences and Mesoscale meteorology. The most cited articles address concerns in Climatology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Climate change and Climate model. The most cited articles explore issues in Mesoscale meteorology which can be linked to other research areas like Convection and Atmospheric model.

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

  • Meteorology
  • Statistics
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics explores disciplines such as Climatology, Precipitation, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences and Weather Research and Forecasting Model. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics explores topics in Climatology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Climate change, Orographic lift and Latitude. The close relationship between Satellite and Range (statistics) is one of the points of interest dissected in Precipitation research.

The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Meteorology as it also encompasses Satellite data. While work presented in Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics provided substantial information on Atmospheric sciences, it also covered topics in Turbulence, Atmosphere, Sink (geography) and Aerosol. While Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics focused on Weather Research and Forecasting Model, it was also able to explore topics like Numerical weather prediction, Mesoscale meteorology, Latent heat, Planetary boundary layer and Data assimilation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A review on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall, variability and its association with ENSO and IOD (20 citations)
  • A statistical analysis on the contribution of El Niño–Southern Oscillation to the rainfall and temperature over Bangladesh (12 citations)
  • Assessing current and future spatiotemporal precipitation variability and trends over Uganda, East Africa, based on CHIRPS and regional climate model datasets (9 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 Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lance M. Leslie (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • T. N. Krishnamurti (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yuh-Lang Lin (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • U. C. Mohanty (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Andrew Sturman (14 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 Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (96 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (81 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Florida State University (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (55 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (54 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, 13.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.68% of all publications and 50.54% 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

  • A statistical analysis on the contribution of El Niño–Southern Oscillation to the rainfall and temperature over Bangladesh

    Wahiduzzaman;Jing-Jia Luo

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Forecasting tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal using quasi-operational WRF and HWRF modeling systems: an assessment study

    Raghu Nadimpalli;Krishna K. Osuri;U. C. Mohanty;Ananda K. Das

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Evaluation of employing local climate zone classification for mesoscale modelling over Beijing metropolitan area

    Qingchen Mu;Shiguang Miao;Yongwei Wang;Yuhuan Li

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Identification and analysis of terrain-induced low-level windshear at Hong Kong International Airport based on WRF–LES combining method

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • Variability of diurnal temperature range over Pacific Island countries, a case study of Fiji

    Victor Ongoma;Mohammad Atiqur Rahman;Brian Ayugi;Fhereen Nisha

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Trends and variabilities of precipitation and temperature extremes over Southeast Asia during 1981–2017

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Effects of land surface inhomogeneity on convection-permitting WRF simulations over central Europe

    Sebastian Knist;Klaus Goergen;Clemens Simmer

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Seasonal dynamics of particulate matter pollution and its dispersion in the city of Delhi, India

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Structure characteristics of the vortices moving off the Tibetan Plateau

    Lun Li;Renhe Zhang;Renhe Zhang;Min Wen

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Quasi-operational forecast guidance of extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani over the Bay of Bengal using high-resolution mesoscale models

    Shyama Mohanty;Raghu Nadimpalli;U. C. Mohanty;M. Mohapatra

    (2021)
    14 Citations

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