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Ocean Science
H-index 27

Ocean Science

1812-0784

Published by: Copernicus Publications

https://www.ocean-science.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 110 181 207 26
Environmental Sciences 306 93 96 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 305
Documents by Best Scientists*: 271
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 76
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.392
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ocean Science?

The objective of Ocean Science is to combine knowledge in the areas of Climatology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences and Sea surface temperature. While work presented in Ocean Science provided substantial information on Climatology, it also covered topics in Eddy and Sea level. Most of the Eddy studies addressed also intersect with Anticyclone.

The study on Sea level presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Altimeter. It focused on Oceanography research but expanded to cover Structural basin. The journal holds forums on Meteorology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Argo, Remote sensing and Mediterranean sea.

Sea surface temperature research discussed connects with the study of Temperature salinity diagrams. The research on Salinity discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Seawater.

  • Climatology (37.24%)
  • Oceanography (34.68%)
  • Meteorology (13.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • El Niño in a changing climate: a multi-model study (352 citations)
  • Formulation of an ocean model for global climate simulations (303 citations)
  • DUACS DT2014: the new multi-mission altimeter data set reprocessed over 20years (245 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ocean Science:

The journal articles cover a variety of subjects, including Climatology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Sea surface temperature and Mediterranean sea. While Climatology is the key highlight in the most cited articles, thet also covered some subjects on Sea level and Altimeter and Climate change. The featured Oceanography studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Structural basin but also cover areas of interest in Salinity.

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

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Ocean Science focuses on Oceanography, Atmospheric sciences, Mesoscale meteorology, Climatology and Sea surface temperature. While the journal focused on Oceanography, it was also able to explore topics like Nutrient and Advection. The studies on Atmospheric sciences discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Atmosphere, Mixed layer, Latitude and Ocean gyre.

Ocean Science addresses concerns in Mesoscale meteorology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Amplitude, Phytoplankton and Anticyclone. The concepts on Climatology presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Climate model, Ocean general circulation model and Ekman transport. Sea surface temperature research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Sea ice concentration and Data assimilation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • FES2014 global ocean tide atlas: design and performance (12 citations)
  • Antarctic Bottom Water and North Atlantic Deep Water in CMIP6 models (10 citations)
  • Properties of surface water masses in the Laptev and the East Siberian seas in summer 2018 from in situ and satellite data (5 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 Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Toste Tanhua (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Henk A. Dijkstra (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Laurent Bertino (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Rainer Feistel (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ilker Fer (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • IFREMER (52 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (51 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (41 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 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, 8.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.18% 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 23.53% of all publications and 29.41% 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

  • FES2014 global ocean tide atlas: design and performance

    Florent H. Lyard;Damien J. Allain;Mathilde Cancet;Loren Carrère

    (2021)
    506 Citations
  • Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry

    Unknown

    (2021)
    144 Citations
  • Water masses in the Atlantic Ocean: characteristics and distributions

    Mian Liu;Mian Liu;Toste Tanhua

    (2021)
    118 Citations
  • Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26°N

    Ben I. Moat;David A. Smeed;Eleanor Frajka-Williams;Damien G. Desbruyères

    (2020)
    107 Citations
  • Plastics in the Indian Ocean – sources, transport, distribution, and impacts

    (2022)
    80 Citations
  • The new CNES-CLS18 Global Mean Dynamic Topography

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • Beaching patterns of plastic debris along the Indian Ocean rim

    Mirjam van der Mheen;Erik van Sebille;Charitha Pattiaratchi

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • A 30-year reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation shows no decline

    Emma L. Worthington;Ben I. Moat;David A. Smeed;Jennifer V. Mecking

    (2021)
    63 Citations

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