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Quaternary Science Reviews

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 17 1056 1357 48
Environmental Sciences 100 240 422 36

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1485
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1616
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 34
SCIMAGO H-index: 221
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.334
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Quaternary Science Reviews?

The journal focuses on Holocene, Glacial period, Oceanography, Paleontology and Physical geography. It holds forums on Holocene that merges themes from other disciplines such as Ecology, Climate change, Climatology and Radiocarbon dating. It features Climatology research that overlaps with concepts in Precipitation.

The study of Glacial period, which falls within the realm of Geomorphology, was the main focus of the presentations. The Oceanography study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Sediment. Pleistocene, Quaternary, Chronology, Sedimentary rock and Fluvial are Paleontology topics of special interest in it.

The field of Archaeology is the anchor for the Pleistocene studies presented in the journal. It addresses concerns in Physical geography which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Paleoclimatology and Stadial. Topics in Ice sheet explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Ice stream, Arctic ice pack, Ice shelf, Ice-sheet model and Antarctic sea ice.

  • Holocene (30.30%)
  • Glacial period (26.13%)
  • Oceanography (24.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Insolation values for the climate of the last 10 million years (3008 citations)
  • Sea-level and deep water temperature changes derived from benthic foraminifera isotopic records (1555 citations)
  • Terrestrial in situ cosmogenic nuclides: theory and application (1400 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Quaternary Science Reviews:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Holocene, Glacial period, Oceanography, Climatology and Paleontology. The published articles with studies in Holocene featured incorporate elements of Ecology, Radiocarbon dating and Physical geography. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Glacial period that incorporate concepts from other fields like Glacier and Quaternary.

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

  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Quaternary Science Reviews is organized to address concerns in the fields of Holocene, Physical geography, Glacial period, Oceanography and Pleistocene. The Holocene research discussed in the journal can contribute to the expansion of the discourse in closely related subjects like

  • Precipitation which connect with Climatology,
  • δ18O, which have a strong connection to Stalagmite.. Physical geography research presented in Quaternary Science Reviews encompasses a variety of subjects, including Younger Dryas, Climate change, Paleoclimatology, Vegetation and Stadial.

The work on Glacial period tackled in it brings together disciplines like Glacier and Ice sheet. It explores topics in Oceanography which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Marine isotope stage and Sediment. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Pleistocene, it also covered topics in Paleoecology, Quaternary and Cave.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Southern Ocean during the ice ages: A review of the Antarctic surface isolation hypothesis, with comparison to the North Pacific (10 citations)
  • The Zealandia Switch: Ice age climate shifts viewed from Southern Hemisphere moraines (9 citations)
  • Holocene regional population dynamics and climatic trends in the Near East: A first comparison using archaeo-demographic proxies (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 Quaternary Science Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gifford H. Miller (64 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Melanie J. Leng (63 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hai Cheng (61 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • R. Lawrence Edwards (45 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • John T. Andrews (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than 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 Quaternary Science Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (334 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (326 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Durham University (253 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (198 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (191 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 3.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.72% of all publications and 37.24% 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

  • An updated radiocarbon-based ice margin chronology for the last deglaciation of the North American Ice Sheet Complex

    April S. Dalton;April S. Dalton;Martin Margold;Chris R. Stokes;Lev Tarasov

    (2020)
    408 Citations
  • Climate change, vegetation history, and landscape responses on the Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene: A comprehensive review

    Fahu Chen;Jifeng Zhang;Jianbao Liu;Xianyong Cao

    (2020)
    320 Citations
  • The variable European Little Ice Age

    Unknown

    (2022)
    159 Citations
  • The origins of Amazonian landscapes: Plant cultivation, domestication and the spread of food production in tropical South America

    Jose Iriarte;Sarah Elliott;S. Yoshi Maezumi;Daiana Alves

    (2020)
    153 Citations
  • A data-model comparison pinpoints Holocene spatiotemporal pattern of East Asian summer monsoon

    Haiwei Zhang;Haiwei Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Ashish Sinha

    (2021)
    134 Citations
  • The Southern Ocean during the ice ages: A review of the Antarctic surface isolation hypothesis, with comparison to the North Pacific

    Daniel M. Sigman;François Fripiat;François Fripiat;Anja S. Studer;Preston C. Kemeny

    (2021)
    119 Citations
  • Palaeoclimate perspectives on the Indian Ocean Dipole

    Nerilie J. Abram;Jessica A. Hargreaves;Nicky M. Wright;Kaustubh Thirumalai

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • The Zealandia Switch: Ice age climate shifts viewed from Southern Hemisphere moraines

    George H. Denton;Aaron E. Putnam;Joellen L. Russell;David J.A. Barrell

    (2021)
    102 Citations

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