Radio Science

Top Research Topics at Radio Science?

Radio Science tackles a plethora of topics, such as Optics, Ionosphere, Remote sensing, Computational physics and Radar. The Optics study featured in it draws connections with the study of Antenna (radio). While Radio Science focused on Ionosphere, it was also able to explore topics like Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Electron density and Geodesy.

The research on Atmospheric sciences discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Latitude. It explores topics in Remote sensing which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Satellite and Global Positioning System. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Computational physics, it also covered topics in Amplitude, Radio wave and Plasma.

The in-depth study on Radar also explores topics in the intersecting field of Doppler effect. Scattering study tackled is connected to the field of Mathematical analysis. The research on Mathematical analysis featured in it combines topics in other fields like Field (physics), Geometry and Classical mechanics.

• Optics (29.20%)
• Ionosphere (21.61%)
• Remote sensing (16.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Satellite radar interferometry: Two-dimensional phase unwrapping (1730 citations)
• International Reference Ionosphere 2000 (1170 citations)
• A global mapping technique for GPS‐derived ionospheric total electron content measurements (934 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Radio Science:

The most cited articles mostly deal with topics like Optics, Remote sensing, Ionosphere, Radar and Computational physics. The works on Optics tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Microwave and Antenna (radio). While the published articles focused on Ionosphere, they were also able to explore topics like Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences and Geodesy.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Optics
• Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Ionosphere, Remote sensing, Radar, Optics and Computational physics are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The journal focuses on Ionosphere but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as GNSS applications, Meteorology and Geodesy. The work on Remote sensing tackled in it brings together disciplines like Space (mathematics), Range (statistics), Radio occultation and Ionosonde.

It deals with Radar in conjunction with Acoustics and similar fields in Antenna (radio). It investigates Optics research which frequently intersects with Synthetic aperture radar. The study on Computational physics presented in it intersects with the topics under Transient (oscillation).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Gain Enhancement of Wideband Circularly Polarized UWB Antenna Using FSS (6 citations)
• Modeling Center-of-Mass of the Ionosphere From the Slab-Thickness (2 citations)
• A Metasurface Based Gain Enhanced Dual Band Patch Antenna Using SRRs With Defected Ground Structure (2 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Radio Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• James R. Wait (93 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Shoichiro Fukao (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mamoru Yamamoto (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Susumu Kato (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Toshitaka Tsuda (41 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Radio Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (100 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Air Force Research Laboratory (84 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Naval Research Laboratory (84 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
• California Institute of Technology (73 papers) published 2 papers 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.69% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.28% of all publications and 54.32% 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.