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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 86 323 473 41

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 386
Documents by Best Scientists*: 521
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 174
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.558
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society?

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society focuses on Meteorology, Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Mechanics and Convection. The in-depth study on Meteorology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Remote sensing. The research on Climatology featured in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society combines topics in other fields like Latitude and Precipitation.

While work presented in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society provided substantial information on Atmospheric sciences, it also covered topics in Planetary boundary layer, Boundary layer and Atmosphere. It is focused mainly on Mechanics, particularly Turbulence.

  • Meteorology (31.28%)
  • Climatology (26.77%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (23.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system (17224 citations)
  • The ERA‐40 re‐analysis (6115 citations)
  • Correction of flux measurements for density effects due to heat and water vapour transfer (3495 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society:

The most cited publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Meteorology, Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Mechanics and Convection. The study on Meteorology presented in the most cited papers is investigated in conjunction with research in Remote sensing. The journal articles focus on Climatology research which is adjacent to topics in Precipitation.

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

  • Statistics
  • Meteorology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Climatology, Data assimilation, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences and Numerical weather prediction. Topics in Climatology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Arctic and Precipitation. Covariance, Kalman filter, Assimilation (biology), Remote sensing and Algorithm are some topics wherein Data assimilation research discussed in the journal have an impact.

The journal explores research in Meteorology and the adjacent study of Grid. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Numerical weather prediction, apply to Scale (ratio) as well. The discussions emphasized the topic of Convection in an attempt to further explore the field of Mechanics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Using machine learning to correct model error in data assimilation and forecast applications (8 citations)
  • An evaluation of surface meteorology and fluxes over the Iceland and Greenland Seas in ERA5 reanalysis: The impact of sea ice distribution (8 citations)
  • Convection-permitting modelling improves simulated precipitation over the central and eastern Tibetan Plateau (8 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 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Roger K. Smith (89 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Brian J. Hoskins (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Keith A. Browning (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tim Palmer (57 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • John Latham (56 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 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Met Office (1161 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Reading (667 papers) published 34 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (487 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (264 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (255 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 1.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.28% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.18% of all publications and 33.47% 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

  • The ERA5 global reanalysis

    Hans Hersbach;Bill Bell;Paul Berrisford;Shoji Hirahara

    (2020)
    26819 Citations
  • The ERA5 global reanalysis: Preliminary extension to 1950

    Bill Bell;Hans Hersbach;Adrian Simmons;Paul Berrisford

    (2021)
    597 Citations
  • An evaluation of ERA5 precipitation for climate monitoring

    Unknown

    (2022)
    474 Citations
  • Sugar, gravel, fish and flowers: Mesoscale cloud patterns in the trade winds

    Bjorn Stevens;Sandrine Bony;Hélène Brogniez;Laureline Hentgen

    (2020)
    196 Citations
  • The impact of Aeolus wind retrievals on ECMWF global weather forecasts

    Michael P. Rennie;Lars Isaksen;Fabian Weiler;Jos de Kloe

    (2021)
    189 Citations
  • Evaluation of the Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation in global climate models for the SPARC QBO‐initiative

    A. C. Bushell;J. A. Anstey;N. Butchart;Y. Kawatani

    (2020)
    119 Citations
  • Convection-permitting modelling improves simulated precipitation over the central and eastern Tibetan Plateau

    Puxi Li;Puxi Li;Kalli Furtado;Tianjun Zhou;Haoming Chen

    (2021)
    108 Citations
  • Differences between the 2018 and 2019 stratospheric polar vortex split events

    Amy H. Butler;Zachary D. Lawrence;Zachary D. Lawrence;Simon H. Lee;Samuel P. Lillo;Samuel P. Lillo

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Hourly 4D‐Var in the Met Office UKV operational forecast model

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • An evaluation of surface meteorology and fluxes over the Iceland and Greenland Seas in ERA5 reanalysis: The impact of sea ice distribution

    Ian A. Renfrew;C. Barrell;A.D. Elvidge;J.K. Brooke

    (2021)
    66 Citations

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