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Ocean Modelling
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Ocean Modelling

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 160 91 124 22
Environmental Sciences 244 82 108 21
Engineering and Technology 974 13 17 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 202
Documents by Best Scientists*: 215
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 106
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.906
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ocean Modelling?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Climatology, Meteorology, Mechanics, Oceanography and Advection. It focuses on Climatology as well as the interrelated topic of Atmospheric sciences. The studies in Meteorology featured incorporate elements of Grid and Wind wave.

While Ocean Modelling focused on Mechanics, it was also able to explore topics like Breaking wave, Classical mechanics and Dissipation. The research on Classical mechanics discussed in Ocean Modelling draws on the closely related field of Mathematical analysis. Ocean Modelling primarily discusses Oceanography topics, particularly Continental shelf, Estuary and Thermohaline circulation.

Eddy research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Baroclinity and Mesoscale meteorology. Ocean Modelling encompasses presentations on Sea ice, specifically Sea ice thickness, Arctic ice pack, Antarctic sea ice, Sea ice concentration and Cryosphere. The work on Turbulence addressed in Ocean Modelling expands to the thematically related Mixed layer.

  • Climatology (30.75%)
  • Meteorology (22.94%)
  • Mechanics (18.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The regional oceanic modeling system (ROMS): a split-explicit, free-surface, topography-following-coordinate oceanic model (3016 citations)
  • An oceanic general circulation model framed in hybrid isopycnic-Cartesian coordinates (913 citations)
  • The Max-Planck-Institute global ocean/sea ice model with orthogonal curvilinear coordinates (746 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ocean Modelling:

The journal publications primarily tackle Climatology, Meteorology, Advection, Sea ice and Mechanics. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Climatology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Climate model and Atmospheric sciences. The published papers focus on Meteorology but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Wind wave which is concerned with Wave model.

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

  • Statistics
  • Oceanography
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Ocean Modelling are Mechanics, Atmospheric sciences, Forcing (mathematics), Oceanography and Ocean current. Issues in Mechanics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Breaking wave, Dissipation and Tensor. The tackled Tensor research is interrelated with Isopycnal which concerns subjects like Advection.

It facilitates discussions on Forcing (mathematics) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Current (stream), Sea surface temperature, Surge and Sea level. Research in the field of Climatology was used to conduct the presented Ocean current study. Ocean Modelling links adjacent topics like Climatology with Temperature salinity diagrams.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A two-layer non-hydrostatic landslide model for tsunami generation on irregular bathymetry. 2. Numerical discretization and model validation (4 citations)
  • Assimilation of significant wave height from distributed ocean wave sensors. (4 citations)
  • A two-layer non-hydrostatic landslide model for tsunami generation on irregular bathymetry. 1. Theoretical basis (4 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 Modelling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tamay M. Özgökmen (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Stephen M. Griffies (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gurvan Madec (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eric Deleersnijder (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Sergey Danilov (24 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 Modelling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory (66 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Miami (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (56 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (56 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Université catholique de Louvain (55 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 2.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.25% of all publications and 40.00% 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

  • Simulating storm surge and compound flooding events with a creek-to-ocean model: Importance of baroclinic effects

    Fei Ye;Yinglong J. Zhang;Haocheng Yu;Weiling Sun

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • JRA55-do-based repeat year forcing datasets for driving ocean-sea-ice models

    K.D. Stewart;K.D. Stewart;W.M. Kim;S. Urakawa;A.McC. Hogg;A.McC. Hogg

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • On the interplay between horizontal resolution and wave drag and their effect on tidal baroclinic mode waves in realistic global ocean simulations

    Maarten C. Buijsman;Gordon R. Stephenson;Joseph K. Ansong;Brian K. Arbic

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Numerical modelling of hydraulic control, solitary waves and primary instabilities in the Strait of Gibraltar

    Margaux Hilt;Francis Auclair;Rachid Benshila;Lucie Bordois

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • The wave climate of Bass Strait and South-East Australia

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • The sensitivity of a depth-coordinate model to diapycnal mixing induced by practical implementations of the isopycnal tracer diffusion scheme

    L. Shogo Urakawa;Hiroyuki Tsujino;Hideyuki Nakano;Kei Sakamoto

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Modelling landfast sea ice and its influence on ocean-ice interactions in the area of the Totten Glacier, East Antarctica

    Guillian Van Achter;Thierry Fichefet;Hugues Goosse;Charles Pelletier

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Vertical processes and resolution impact ice shelf basal melting: A multi-model study

    David E. Gwyther;Kazuya Kusahara;Kazuya Kusahara;Xylar S. Asay-Davis;Xylar S. Asay-Davis;Michael S. Dinniman

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Validation and inter-comparison of models for landslide tsunami generation

    (2022)
    35 Citations

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