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Ocean Dynamics
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Ocean Dynamics

1616-7341

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10236

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 252 49 80 15
Environmental Sciences 426 38 53 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 104
Documents by Best Scientists*: 126
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 71
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.661
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ocean Dynamics?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Climatology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Current (stream) and Mechanics. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Climatology, it also covered topics in Eddy and Sea level. While Ocean Dynamics focused on Eddy, it was also able to explore topics like Anticyclone and Mesoscale meteorology.

It facilitated presentations on Oceanography research, particularly Bay, Upwelling, Estuary, Submarine pipeline and Continental shelf. The featured Estuary studies mainly concentrate on Hydrology but also cover areas of interest in Sediment and Sediment transport. Data assimilation is a focus of the presented Meteorology works and it dives deep in Data assimilation.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Data assimilation, apply to Ensemble Kalman filter as well. The Mechanics works, particularly on Turbulence are tackled in the journal. The work on Turbulence addressed in Ocean Dynamics expands to the thematically related Atmospheric sciences.

  • Climatology (30.81%)
  • Oceanography (29.98%)
  • Meteorology (12.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Ensemble Kalman Filter: theoretical formulation and practical implementation (2982 citations)
  • Modelling the global ocean tides: modern insights from FES2004 (1176 citations)
  • Impact of partial steps and momentum advection schemes in a global ocean circulation model at eddy-permitting resolution (550 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ocean Dynamics:

The most cited publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Climatology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Estuary and Ocean current. The journal articles explore issues in Climatology which can be linked to other research areas like Current (stream) and Sea level. While the journal papers focused on Oceanography, they were also able to explore topics like Sediment and Advection.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistics
  • Oceanography

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Ocean Dynamics was organized to reinforce research efforts on Oceanography, Current (stream), Atmospheric sciences, Climatology and Bay. The studies on Oceanography discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Plume and Eddy. The research on Current (stream) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Coastal management, Ocean current and Downscaling.

Ocean Dynamics holds forums on Atmospheric sciences that merges themes from other disciplines such as Turbulence, Length scale, Flux and Reproduction. Climatology research is the primary subject tackled in Ocean Dynamics with a focus on Indian Ocean Dipole. Ocean Dynamics mainly concentrates on Bay but also investigates its connection with concepts in disciplines such as

  • Monsoon that connect with fields like Regional Ocean Modeling System, Mixed layer, Sea surface temperature and Seasonality,
  • Baroclinity which intersects with area such as Flow (psychology), Pressure gradient, Shoal and Surface layer..

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Trends and variability of ocean waves under RCP8.5 emission scenario in the Mediterranean Sea (7 citations)
  • Hindcasting of tropical cyclone winds and waves (2 citations)
  • Determining the dependence of the power supply to the ocean on the length and time scales of the dynamics between the meso-scale and the synoptic scale, from satellite data (2 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 Ocean Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Emil V. Stanev (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tal Ezer (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alan M. Davies (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henk M. Schuttelaars (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eric Deleersnijder (21 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 Ocean Dynamics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Delft University of Technology (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ocean University of China (53 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Oldenburg (44 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, 14.93% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.04% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.32% of all publications and 49.12% 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

  • Physical drivers of pelagic sargassum bloom interannual variability in the Central West Atlantic over 2010–2020

    (2022)
    69 Citations
  • Multi-platform model assessment in the Western Mediterranean Sea: impact of downscaling on the surface circulation and mesoscale activity

    Eva Aguiar;Baptiste Mourre;Mélanie Juza;Emma Reyes

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Seasonal variations in the water residence time in the Bohai Sea using 3D hydrodynamic model study and the adjoint method

    Chongxin Luo;Lei Lin;Jie Shi;Zhe Liu;Zhe Liu

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Sea-state contributions to sea-level variability in the European Seas

    Antonio Bonaduce;Joanna Staneva;Sebastian Grayek;Jean-Raymond Bidlot

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Super-resolution data assimilation

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • The imprint of the ENSO activities on the South China Sea wave climate

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Structure and dynamics of undercurrents in the western boundary current of the Bay of Bengal

    Pavanathara Augustine Francis;Abraham Kaduvathazham Jithin;Abraham Kaduvathazham Jithin;Abhisek Chatterjee;Arnab Mukherjee

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Analysis of the changing patterns of seasonal flooding along the U.S. East Coast

    Tal Ezer

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Low-frequency sea level variability and impact of recent sea ice decline on the sea level trend in the Arctic Ocean from a high-resolution simulation

    Kai Xiao;Meixiang Chen;Qiang Wang;Xuezhu Wang;Xuezhu Wang

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Changes in tidal asymmetry in the German Wadden Sea

    (2022)
    19 Citations

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