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Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan. 2nd ser.)

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Published by: Seismological Society of Japan

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/zisin/51/1/_contents/-char/en

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 669 16 15 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 16
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
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Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan?

Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan primarily focuses on research topics in Seismology, Geophysics, Geodesy, Aftershock and Distribution (number theory). It primarily discusses Seismology topics, particularly Fault (geology), Seismic wave, Induced seismicity, Foreshock and Tectonics.

  • Seismology (44.81%)
  • Geophysics (10.50%)
  • Geodesy (7.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • On the Amplitude Characteristics of Microtremor (Part 2) (339 citations)
  • Automated Seismic Moment Tensor Determination by Using On-line Broadband Seismic Waveforms (171 citations)
  • A Method for Reading and Checking Phase Time in Auto-Processing System of Seismic Wave Data (169 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Seismology, Geophysics, Geodesy, Magnitude (mathematics) and Geometry. Seismology study tackled in the published papers is connected to the field of Deformation (meteorology). The most cited publications focus on Geodesy but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Microearthquake which is concerned with Observatory.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistics
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Seismology, Oceanography, Typhoon, Peninsula and Seismic wave. The research on Seismology featured in Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan combines topics in other fields like Geodetic datum, Seafloor spreading, Intensity (heat transfer), GNSS applications and Distribution (number theory). While Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan focused on Typhoon, it was also able to explore topics like Seismometer, Ocean bottom, Microseism and Bay.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Studies about the Impacts of Upward Fluid Migration on the Earthquake Occurrence: Constrains from Seismicity Triggered by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: ——2011年東北地方太平洋沖地震に誘発された地震活動による拘束—— (0 citations)
  • The Shadow Zone Explained with Illustrations and Trigonometric Functions (0 citations)
  • The b Value in the Seismic Activity around Foci of Large Crustal Earthquakes before and after Their Occurrence (0 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 Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hitoshi Takeuchi (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Akira Hasegawa (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tokutaro Hatori (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masayuki Takemura (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Akio Yoshida (30 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kyoto University (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nagoya University (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Japan Meteorological Agency (6 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 70.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Imaging of S Wave Reflection Boundaries in the Crust Obtained from a Dense Seismic Array at the Northern Part of Ibaraki and Iwaki Area

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Urgent Joint Seismic Observation Data of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes: ——地震学的解析の基礎的資料として——

    Azusa Shito;Azusa Shito;Ayaho Mitsuoka;Satoshi Matsumoto;Takeshi Matsushima

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Turbidity Current in the Northern Suruga Bay Recorded by Ocean Bottom Seismographs after Passing Typhoon No. 24 in 2018

    Hisatoshi Baba;Nagisa Nakao;Takahito Nishimiya;Masanao Shinohara

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • 気象災害であった可能性が高い1092年(寛治六年)の越後の大波

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Triple Seismic Zone Revisited

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • The Cruxes of “Physics of Seismic Ground Motion”

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • 深発地震の地震波動伝播シミュレーションに基づく北海道下マントルウェッジの内部減衰構造

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Estimation of Site Amplification Factors among Seismic Networks around Aomori Prefecture by Means of Coda-wave Amplitude

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Aftershock Activity of the 2015 M 7.1 Earthquake and Back-Arc Rifting in the Northern Okinawa Trough

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • Photoelastic Experimental Approach Using Agar Gel to Simulate a Stress Field of Fluid Injection Induced Earthquakes

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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