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Nature Geoscience
H-index 95

Nature Geoscience

1752-0894

Published by: Springer

https://www.nature.com/ngeo/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 3 948 550 76
Environmental Sciences 19 646 323 85

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1880
Documents by Best Scientists*: 794
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 91
SCIMAGO H-index: 280
SCIMAGO SJR: 5.138
Impact Factor: 16.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nature Geoscience?

The main research concerns discussed in Nature Geoscience are Climatology, Oceanography, Atmospheric sciences, Earth science and Seismology. The journal explores topics in Climatology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Global warming, Climate change, Climate model and Precipitation. The study on Oceanography presented in it intersects with the topics under Glacial period.

Issues in Atmospheric sciences were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Atmosphere and Greenhouse gas. It investigates Seismology research which frequently intersects with Slip (materials science). While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Subduction, it also covered topics in Plate tectonics and Mantle (geology).

While it focused on Mantle (geology), it was also able to explore topics like Petrology and Crust. While Ice sheet is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Cryosphere and Ice stream. Geodynamics is a major topic of Tectonics research presented in Nature Geoscience.

  • Climatology (17.13%)
  • Oceanography (16.72%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (11.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon (2409 citations)
  • Tropical cyclones and climate change (2057 citations)
  • How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world (1708 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature Geoscience:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Climatology, Oceanography, Climate change, Atmospheric sciences and Biogeochemistry. The Climatology research tackled in the journal articles is interrelated with Precipitation which concerns subjects like Hydrology (agriculture). The published articles facilitate discussions on Oceanography that incorporate concepts from other fields like Glacial period and Carbon dioxide.

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

  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Climate change

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Climate change, Oceanography, Atmospheric sciences, Climatology and Seismology. Nature Geoscience addresses concerns in Climate change which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Carbon cycle and Greenhouse gas. The study of Oceanography encompasses disciplines such as Glacial period, as well as fields such as Physical geography, all of which overlap with one another.

Diel vertical migration, Atmosphere and Aerosol are some topics wherein Atmospheric sciences research discussed in Nature Geoscience have an impact. The work on Climatology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Climate model and Latitude. The research on Subduction tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Mantle (geology) and Plate tectonics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium (30 citations)
  • Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources (20 citations)
  • Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability (20 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 Nature Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alicia Newton (82 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Anna Armstrong (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Amy Whitchurch (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tamara Goldin (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philippe Ciais (26 papers) published 3 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 Nature Geoscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • California Institute of Technology (146 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (127 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • ETH Zurich (126 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (120 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (115 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 1.28% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.58% of all publications and 33.12% 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

  • Global patterns of terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

    Enzai Du;Enzai Du;César Terrer;César Terrer;Adam F. A. Pellegrini;Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström

    (2020)
    1186 Citations
  • Risk of pesticide pollution at the global scale

    Fiona H. M. Tang;Manfred Lenzen;Alexander McBratney;Federico Maggi

    (2021)
    1076 Citations
  • Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet

    M. Morlighem;Eric Rignot;Tobias Binder;Donald Blankenship

    (2020)
    979 Citations
  • Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources

    Judith A. Rosentreter;Judith A. Rosentreter;Alberto V. Borges;Bridget R. Deemer;Meredith A. Holgerson;Meredith A. Holgerson

    (2021)
    911 Citations
  • Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Merritt R. Turetsky;Benjamin W. Abbott;Miriam C. Jones;Katey Walter Anthony

    (2020)
    892 Citations
  • Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity

    Johannes Lehmann;Johannes Lehmann;Colleen M. Hansel;Christina Kaiser;Markus Kleber

    (2020)
    846 Citations

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