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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 787 23 30 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 82
Documents by Best Scientists*: 71
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
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SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Past Global Changes Magazine?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Climatology, Oceanography, Physical geography, Land use and Paleontology. Proxy (climate) is a focus of the presented Climatology works and it dives deep in Proxy (climate). Oceanography research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Sea ice.

The research on Physical geography discussed in Past Global Changes Magazine draws on the closely related field of Holocene. It primarily discusses Land use topics, particularly Land resources and Land cover.

  • Climatology (28.43%)
  • Oceanography (15.20%)
  • Physical geography (10.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • LandCover6k: Global anthropogenic land-cover change and its role in past climate (17 citations)
  • Holocene climate change and its context for the future (15 citations)
  • Summer North Atlantic Oscillation (SNAO)variability on decadal to palaeoclimate time scales (12 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Past Global Changes Magazine:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Climatology, Oceanography, Glacial period, North Atlantic oscillation and Volcano. In addition to Climatology research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Global warming, Land cover and Environmental resource management. Glacier, Proxy (climate) and Holocene are some topics wherein Glacial period research discussed in the journal articles has an impact.

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 Past Global Changes Magazine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Gell (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Boris Vannière (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sebastian Wagner (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jürg Luterbacher (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Evan J. Gowan (4 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 Past Global Changes Magazine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Niels Bohr Institute (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bern (2 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Multiple baselines for restoration ecology

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • The value of long-term history of small and fragmented old-growth forests for restoration ecology

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Modeling past plant species distributions in mountainous areas: a way to improve our knowledge of future climate change impacts?

    Louis François;Alain Hambuckers

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP): 30th anniversary

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • PMIP key dates and achievements over the last 30 years

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Fire history of an inhabited Earth: Experiences from the PAGES Global Paleofire Working Group

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Past and future contexts for climate and water-cycle variability, and consequences for the biosphere

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Mineral dust in PMIP simulations: A short review

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Simulating the Common Era: The Past2k working group of PMIP

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Land-cover and land-use change through the Holocene: Wrapping up the PAGES LandCover6k working group

    (2022)
    1 Citations

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