| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics | 31 | 135 | 197 | 41 |
Space Science Reviews explores disciplines such as Astrophysics, Astronomy, Planetary science, Solar wind and Astrobiology. The journal investigates Astrophysics research which frequently intersects with Magnetic field. It explores topics in Astronomy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Coronal mass ejection and Heliosphere.
The research on Planetary science tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Mars Exploration Program, Spacecraft, Solar System, Atmospheric sciences and Planet. The work tackled in Space Science Reviews goes beyond the discipline of Spacecraft as it also encompasses Remote sensing. The journal holds forums on Solar wind that merges themes from other disciplines such as Computational physics and Magnetosphere.
Many of the studies tackled connect Magnetosphere with a similar field of study like Ionosphere. Issues in Astrobiology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Atmosphere and Terrestrial planet. The work on Corona tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Coronal loop and Nanoflares.
The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Planetary science, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Solar wind and Magnetosphere. The published articles address concerns in Astrophysics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Particle acceleration and Magnetic field. The most cited publications focus on Astronomy but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Coronal mass ejection which is concerned with Corona.
The concepts of Planetary science, Astrobiology, Mars Exploration Program, Solar wind and Spacecraft are tackled in Space Science Reviews. Planetary science studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Astronomy. The featured Astrobiology studies mainly concentrate on Terrestrial planet but also cover areas of interest in Exoplanet.
The concepts on Mars Exploration Program presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Detector, Optics and Remote sensing. The Solar wind works featured in it incorporate elements from Magnetic reconnection, Plasmoid and Magnetosphere. The presented Interplanetary magnetic field research focuses mostly on Ionosphere and, on occasion, topics in Computational physics.
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 Space Science Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Space Science Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 7.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 56.76% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.92% of all publications and 14.86% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
T. Kleine;G. Budde;C. Burkhardt;T. S. Kruijer
(2020)J. F. Bell;J. N. Maki;G. L. Mehall;M. A. Ravine
(2021)Marco Padovani;Alexei V. Ivlev;Daniele Galli;Stella S. R. Offner
(2020)Mélanie Chevance;J. M. Diederik Kruijssen;Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni;Fumitaka Nakamura;Fumitaka Nakamura
(2020)V. M. Nakariakov;V. M. Nakariakov;V. M. Nakariakov;S. A. Anfinogentov;P. Antolin;R. Jain
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