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Theoretical and Applied Climatology
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Theoretical and Applied Climatology

0177-798X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/704

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 154 235 346 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 395
Documents by Best Scientists*: 547
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 124
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.799
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Theoretical and Applied Climatology?

Theoretical and Applied Climatology mainly tackles studies in Climatology, Precipitation, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences and Climate change. The journal explores issues in Climatology which can be linked to other research areas like Period (geology) and Climate model. Some problems in Precipitation that were presented in Theoretical and Applied Climatology overlapped with concepts under Drainage basin, Structural basin, Evapotranspiration and Physical geography.

It covers Evapotranspiration research under the subject of Hydrology. Wind speed, Atmospheric temperature and Planetary boundary layer are all topics related to Meteorology research discussed. Atmospheric sciences study tackled is connected to the field of Atmosphere.

In addition to Climate change research, the journal aims to explore topics under Trend analysis and Water resources.

  • Climatology (55.17%)
  • Precipitation (29.73%)
  • Meteorology (18.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • GPCC's new land surface precipitation climatology based on quality-controlled in situ data and its role in quantifying the global water cycle (842 citations)
  • Statistical bias correction for daily precipitation in regional climate models over Europe. (684 citations)
  • Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle projections for the 21st century (637 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Theoretical and Applied Climatology:

The journal articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Climatology, Precipitation, Meteorology, Climate change and Atmospheric sciences. The most cited publications with studies in Climatology featured incorporate elements of Climate model and Trend analysis. The subject of Structural basin, which is connected to the field of Drainage basin, serves as the foundation of the Precipitation research featured in the published articles.

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

  • Statistics
  • Ecology
  • Climate change

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Climatology, Precipitation, Climate change, Atmospheric sciences and Physical geography. While work presented in Theoretical and Applied Climatology provided substantial information on Climatology, it also covered topics in Climate model, Downscaling and Trend analysis. Theoretical and Applied Climatology explores topics in Precipitation which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Structural basin, Evapotranspiration, Surface runoff, Water resources and Spatial distribution.

The close relationship between Wind speed and Relative humidity and Statistics is one of the points of interest dissected in Evapotranspiration research. The research on Climate change tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Arid and Agriculture. Some problems in Atmospheric sciences that were presented in Theoretical and Applied Climatology overlapped with concepts under Vegetation and Water content.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Integrating multicriteria decision-making analysis for a GIS-based settlement area in the district of Atakum, Samsun, Turkey (19 citations)
  • Analysing the trend of rainfall in Asir region of Saudi Arabia using the family of Mann-Kendall tests, innovative trend analysis, and detrended fluctuation analysis (13 citations)
  • Appraising trends and forecasting of hydroclimatic variables in the north and northeast regions of Bangladesh (10 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 Theoretical and Applied Climatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Andreas Matzarakis (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Vijay P. Singh (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Qiang Zhang (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yaoming Ma (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Mark R. Jury (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 Theoretical and Applied Climatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (476 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 20 less than at the previous edition,
  • China Meteorological Administration (156 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (148 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (113 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (89 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 11.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.67% of all publications and 62.60% 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

  • Integrating multicriteria decision-making analysis for a GIS-based settlement area in the district of Atakum, Samsun, Turkey

    Cem Kilicoglu;Mehmet Cetin;Burak Aricak;Hakan Sevik

    (2021)
    94 Citations
  • Identifying the suitable habitats for Anatolian boxwood (Buxus sempervirens L.) for the future regarding the climate change

    (2022)
    84 Citations
  • Effect of the surface temperature of surface materials on thermal comfort: a case study of Iskenderun (Hatay, Turkey)

    Elif Bozdogan Sert;Efdal Kaya;Fatih Adiguzel;Mehmet Cetin

    (2021)
    77 Citations
  • Spatiotemporal trends in reference evapotranspiration and its driving factors in Bangladesh

    Jannatun Nahar Jerin;H. M. Touhidul Islam;Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam;Shamsuddin Shahid

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • Defining suitable areas for bioclimatic comfort for landscape planning and landscape management in Hatay, Turkey

    Fatih Adiguzel;Mehmet Cetin;Efdal Kaya;Mesut Simsek

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Performance evaluation of CMIP6 global climate models for selecting models for climate projection over Nigeria

    Mohammed Sanusi Shiru;Eun-Sung Chung

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • Determining the relationships between climatic elements and thermal comfort and tourism activities using the tourism climate index for urban planning: a case study of Izmir Province

    Fatih Adiguzel;Elif Bozdogan Sert;Yucel Dinc;Mehmet Cetin

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • GCM selection and temperature projection of Nigeria under different RCPs of the CMIP5 GCMS

    Mohammed Sanusi Shiru;Eun Sung Chung;Shamsuddin Shahid;Noraliani Alias

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Trends of extreme air temperature and precipitation and their impact on corn and soybean yields in Nebraska, USA

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Impact of climate change on the staple food crops yield in Ethiopia: implications for food security

    (2021)
    45 Citations

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