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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 252 50 124 21

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Number of Best Scientists*: 206
Documents by Best Scientists*: 374
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 76
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.109
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Space Weather-the International Journal of Research and Applications?

Space Weather-the International Journal of Research and Applications investigates studies in Space weather, Meteorology, Ionosphere, Geomagnetic storm and Solar wind. While Space weather is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Coronal mass ejection, Atmospheric sciences, Space environment, Earth's magnetic field and Remote sensing. The concepts on Coronal mass ejection presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Astronomy, Solar flare, Astrophysics and Interplanetary spaceflight.

The majority of Astronomy studies are focused on the issues of Cosmic ray. In addition to Atmospheric sciences research, Space Weather-the International Journal of Research and Applications aims to explore topics under Solar cycle and Thermosphere. The research on Meteorology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Spacecraft, Climatology, Satellite and Geomagnetically induced current.

The Ionosphere works featured in it incorporate elements from Scintillation, Global Positioning System and Geodesy. The journal focuses on Geomagnetic storm as well as the interrelated topic of Geophysics. Topics in Solar wind were tackled in line with various other fields like Van Allen radiation belt, Magnetosphere and Computational physics.

  • Space weather (47.10%)
  • Meteorology (40.33%)
  • Ionosphere (16.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • International Reference Ionosphere 2016: From ionospheric climate to real‐time weather predictions (411 citations)
  • GPS and ionospheric scintillations (379 citations)
  • The 10.7 cm solar radio flux (F10.7) (258 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Space Weather-the International Journal of Research and Applications:

The journal papers investigate areas of study like Space weather, Meteorology, Earth's magnetic field, Geomagnetic storm and Solar wind. While Space weather is the focus of the published articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Solar flare, Coronal mass ejection, Satellite, Heliosphere and Remote sensing. The journal papers explore issues in Meteorology which can be linked to other research areas like Spacecraft, Space environment and Ionosphere.

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 Space Weather-the International Journal of Research and Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Louis J. Lanzerotti (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Antti Pulkkinen (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Delores J. Knipp (41 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nathan A. Schwadron (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daniel N. Baker (35 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 Space Weather-the International Journal of Research and Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Goddard Space Flight Center (195 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (101 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Colorado Boulder (100 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (77 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • The Catholic University of America (70 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 4.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.53% of all publications and 34.71% 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

  • Unveiling the Space Weather During the Starlink Satellites Destruction Event on 4 February 2022

    Unknown

    (2022)
    127 Citations
  • Significant Ionospheric Hole and Equatorial Plasma Bubbles After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption

    Unknown

    (2022)
    113 Citations
  • The Flare Irradiance Spectral Model - Version 2 (FISM2)

    Phillip C Chamberlin;Francis G. Eparvier;Victoria Knoer;H. Leise

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Thermospheric Neutral Density Variation During the “SpaceX” Storm: Implications From Physics‐Based Whole Geospace Modeling

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Distribution and Occurrence Frequency of dB/dt Spikes During Magnetic Storms 1980–2020

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • CMEs and SEPs During November‐December 2020: A Challenge for Real‐Time Space Weather Forecasting

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • GOLD Mission's Observation About the Geomagnetic Storm Effects on the Nighttime Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) and Equatorial Plasma Bubbles (EPB) During a Solar Minimum Equinox

    (2023)
    35 Citations
  • 3‐D Regional Ionosphere Imaging and SED Reconstruction With a New TEC‐Based Ionospheric Data Assimilation System (TIDAS)

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • CME Evolution in the Structured Heliosphere and Effects at Earth and Mars During Solar Minimum

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Multilayered Sporadic E Response to the Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21, 2020

    Jin Wang;Xiaomin Zuo;Yang-Yi Sun;Tao Yu

    (2021)
    31 Citations

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