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Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
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Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 175 119 152 21
Environmental Sciences 311 66 64 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 199
Documents by Best Scientists*: 208
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.872
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Progress in Earth and Planetary Science?

The topics of Hydrogeology, Planetary science, Atmospheric sciences, Biogeosciences and Climatology are the focal point of discussions in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. The Hydrogeology works featured in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science incorporate elements from Seismology, Fault (geology) and Petrology. It encompasses presentations on Seismology, specifically Subduction and Tectonics.

While Progress in Earth and Planetary Science focused on Planetary science, it was also able to explore topics like Geophysics and Mars Exploration Program. It holds forums on Atmospheric sciences that merges themes from other disciplines such as Atmosphere and Ionosphere. While Progress in Earth and Planetary Science primarily focused on Biogeosciences, it also opened dialogues on the discipline of Oceanography.

Some problems in Climatology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Global warming, Climate change, Climate model and Precipitation.

  • Hydrogeology (18.02%)
  • Planetary science (13.51%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (12.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Non-hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model: description and development (205 citations)
  • Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon and its potential linkage with uplift of the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau (95 citations)
  • DYAMOND: the DYnamics of the Atmospheric general circulation Modeled On Non-hydrostatic Domains (81 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Progress in Earth and Planetary Science:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Atmospheric sciences, Planetary science, Ionosphere, Geophysics and Biogeosciences. The published articles address concerns in Atmospheric sciences which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Hydrogeology, Latent heat, Precipitation and Boundary layer. Landslide, Typhoon, Climatology and Sediment are some topics wherein Hydrogeology research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

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

  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Oceanography

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science was organized to reinforce research efforts on Hydrogeology, Planetary science, Biogeosciences, Atmospheric sciences and Geochemistry. Issues in Hydrogeology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Sea surface temperature, Seismology, Fault (geology), Flood myth and Terrace (geology). Progress in Earth and Planetary Science explores issues in Sea surface temperature which can be linked to other research areas like Subduction, Salinity, Pelagic zone and Latitude.

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science focuses on Planetary science but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Amplitude, Atmosphere, Solar System and Mantle (geology). The work on Atmospheric sciences tackled in it brings together disciplines like Leaf area index, Satellite, Energy flux, Diffraction and Equator. The studies on Geochemistry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of δ18O, Turbidity current and Submarine canyon.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans (20 citations)
  • Development of high-resolution future ocean regional projection datasets for coastal applications in Japan (6 citations)
  • A review of the SCOSTEP’s 5-year scientific program VarSITI—Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact (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 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ryuji Tada (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Makoto Okada (9 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yasufumi Iryu (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bjorn O. Mysen (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Takuya Itaki (8 papers) published 1 paper 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 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (113 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (94 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (42 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (41 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tohoku University (39 papers) published 4 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, 3.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 65.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.91% of all publications and 14.55% 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

  • Two decades of Earth system modeling with an emphasis on Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC)

    Michio Kawamiya;Tomohiro Hajima;Kaoru Tachiiri;Shingo Watanabe

    (2020)
    109 Citations
  • A review on slow earthquakes in the Japan Trench

    Unknown

    (2023)
    109 Citations
  • d4PDF: large-ensemble and high-resolution climate simulations for global warming risk assessment

    Masayoshi Ishii;Nobuhito Mori

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • Applications of soft computing models for predicting sea surface temperature: a comprehensive review and assessment

    Masoud Haghbin;Ahmad Sharafati;Ahmad Sharafati;Davide Motta;Nadhir Al-Ansari

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Ensemble flash flood predictions using a high-resolution nationwide distributed rainfall-runoff model: case study of the heavy rain event of July 2018 and Typhoon Hagibis in 2019

    Takahiro Sayama;Masafumi Yamada;Yoshito Sugawara;Dai Yamazaki

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Subducted oceanic crust as the origin of seismically slow lower-mantle structures

    Timothy D. Jones;Ross R. Maguire;Ross R. Maguire;Peter E. van Keken;Jeroen Ritsema

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • From desert to monsoon: irreversible climatic transition at ~ 36 Ma in southeastern Tibetan Plateau

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Anthropogenic climate change has changed frequency of past flood during 2010-2013

    Yukiko Hirabayashi;Haireti Alifu;Dai Yamazaki;Yukiko Imada

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Deep mantle melting, global water circulation and its implications for the stability of the ocean mass

    Shun ichiro Karato;Bijaya Karki;Jeffrey Park

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Sensitivity study for ICON tidal analysis.

    Chihoko Y. Cullens;Thomas J. Immel;Colin C. Triplett;Yen-Jung Wu

    (2020)
    37 Citations

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