Urban Climate

Top Research Topics at urban climate?

Urban climate mainly deals with areas of study such as Urban heat island, Climate change, Meteorology, Urban climate and Atmospheric sciences. Climatology, Urban planning, Urbanization, Intensity (heat transfer) and Physical geography are some topics wherein Urban heat island research discussed in it have an impact. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Climatology but it intersects with the subject of Precipitation.

While Physical geography is the focus of urban climate, it also provided insights into the studies of Land cover, Land use and Land surface temperature. It facilitates discussions on Climate change that incorporate concepts from other fields like Environmental protection, Environmental planning, Environmental resource management, Vulnerability and Adaptation (computer science). Studies on Meteorology discussed in it link to the field of Urban climatology.

Issues in Atmospheric sciences were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Air pollution, Thermal and Aerosol. Thermal comfort research in urban climate involves the investigation of Microclimate studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Vegetation. Urban climate explores issues in Air quality index which can be linked to other research areas like Particulates and Pollutant.

• Urban heat island (26.79%)
• Climate change (15.86%)
• Meteorology (15.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Instruments and methods in outdoor thermal comfort studies – The need for standardization (213 citations)
• Urbanization and its environmental effects in Shanghai, China (161 citations)
• Progress in observing and modelling the urban boundary layer (161 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at urban climate:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Urban heat island, Urban climate, Meteorology, Environmental resource management and Climate change. In addition to Urban heat island research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Climatology, Albedo, Urbanization, Intensity (heat transfer) and Urban morphology. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Meteorology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Air pollution, Microclimate and Atmospheric sciences.

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 urban climate (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chao Ren (20 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Alberto Martilli (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Gerald Mills (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Edward Ng (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Benjamin Bechtel (11 papers) published 1 paper 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 urban climate (based on the number of publications) are:

• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (26 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong (25 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Arizona State University (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Hong Kong (18 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Reading (17 papers) published 1 paper 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, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 65.48% 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.