Original scientific paper

Bibliometric Analysis of Atmospheric Simulation Trends in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Journals

Jinfeng Li ; Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China
Yuanhang Zhang ; Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China
Xuesong Wang ; Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China
Yuh-Shan Ho ; Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China; Trend Research Centre, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the global scientific output of simulation research in “meteorology and atmospheric sciences” for the past 16 years and to assess the characteristics of the atmospheric simulation research patterns, tendencies and methods in the papers, from leading countries and institutes. Data were based on the online version of Science Citation Index, Web of Science from 1992 to 2007. Articles referring to atmospheric simulation were assessed by exponential regression fitting the trend of publication outputs with r2 = 0.9996, distribution of source countries, source institutes, source titles, author keywords, and keywords plus, and the four most cited articles in these years. By synthetic analysis of the three kinds of keywords, it was concluded that atmospheric simulation research related to “ozone”, “climate”, “circulation”, “transport”, “parameterization” and “assimilation” will be foci of atmospheric simulation research in the 21st century.

Keywords

atmospheric simulation; scientometrics; SCI; research trend; exponential model

Hrčak ID:

45477

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45477

Publication date:

11.12.2009.

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