What the Cited and Citing Environments Reveal of "Advances in Atmospheric Sciences"?

TL;DR

This study analyzes the citation patterns of 'Advances in Atmospheric Sciences' to understand its influence and international engagement using social network analysis, revealing its active participation but limited visibility.

Contribution

It applies social network analysis to examine the journal's citing and cited environments, highlighting its international connections and areas for increased academic visibility.

Findings

Active participation in international journal environment

Tendency to cite international papers

Room for increased academic visibility

Abstract

The networking ability of journals reflects their academic influence among peer journals. This paper analyzes the cited and citing environments of the journal--Advances in Atmospheric Sciences--using methods from social network analysis. The journal has been actively participating in the international journal environment, but one has a tendency to cite papers published in international journals. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences is intensely interrelated with international peer journals in terms of similar citing pattern. However, there is still room for an increase in its academic visibility given the comparatively smaller reception in terms of cited references.