Weather, Climate, and Society

Top Research Topics at Weather, Climate, and Society?

Weather, Climate, and Society mostly deals with topics like Climate change, Environmental resource management, Meteorology, Agriculture and Climatology. In addition to Climate change research, Weather, Climate, and Society aims to explore topics under Vulnerability, Perception and Adaptation (computer science). The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Environmental resource management as it also encompasses Weather and climate.

Weather, Climate, and Society encompasses presentations on Meteorology, specifically Tornado and Storm. It connects the study in Agriculture with the closely related area of Agroforestry.

• Climate change (26.23%)
• Environmental resource management (17.78%)
• Meteorology (12.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Water, Drought, Climate Change, and Conflict in Syria (405 citations)
• Moving toward the Deliberate Coproduction of Climate Science Knowledge (245 citations)
• Making Science Useful to Decision Makers: Climate Forecasts, Water Management, and Knowledge Networks (147 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Weather, Climate, and Society:

The most cited papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Climate change, Meteorology, Tornado, Environmental resource management and Climatology. The published articles address concerns in Climate change which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Social psychology and Politics. While Meteorology is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Demography, Census and Risk assessment.

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

• Law
• Statistics
• Climate change

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Weather, Climate, and Society are Perception, Environmental resource management, Climate change, Environmental health and Environmental planning. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Perception and Extreme weather. The study on Environmental resource management presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Adaptation (computer science).

Weather, Climate, and Society links adjacent topics like Environmental health with Occupational safety and health. It focused on Environmental planning research but expanded to cover Flood myth.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The benefits and challenges of implementing impact-based severe weather warning systems: Perspectives of weather, flood, and emergency management personnel (4 citations)
• ?Harnessing Local Forecasting Knowledge on Weather and Climate in Ghana: Documentation, Skills, and Integration with Scientific Forecasting Knowledge (4 citations)
• Understanding Visual Risk Communication Messages: An Analysis of Visual Attention Allocation and Think-Aloud Responses to Tornado Graphics (3 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 Weather, Climate, and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rebecca E. Morss (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Roberta Balstad (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Susan Joslyn (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Julie L. Demuth (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David M. Schultz (7 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 Weather, Climate, and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Oklahoma (25 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Arizona (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Washington (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Colorado Boulder (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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, 7.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.67% of all publications and 52.00% 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.