Table 1
: Summary of the journal survey. The parameters are listed in the top row. The values shown are the averages for all samples. The average number of pages published annually between 1950 (or the year of inception, whichever is later) and 1997 is shown in the first column between brackets, for most journals. In some cases a journal is not available in a key year (1965-'80-'95), and in some years some journals published less than 30 papers.|
journal |
year (19) |
author's country a |
number of... b |
number of equations g |
clarity rating |
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|
samples |
authors |
pages |
figures |
tables |
0 |
1-5 |
6-20 |
>20 |
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|
Quart. J. Royal Meteor. Soc. (965) |
'50 |
UK (88%) |
26 |
1.1 |
14.0 |
4.8 |
3.0 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
1.6 |
|
'65 |
UK (43%), US (35%), Oz (15%) |
46 |
1.4 |
9.8 |
5.4 |
1.3 |
13 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
1.8 |
|
|
'80 |
UK (48%), US (20%), Oz (14%) |
50 |
2.0 |
17.4 |
7.1 |
1.7 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
10 |
1.8 |
|
|
'95 |
UK (40%), EU (24%), US (22%) |
50 |
2.5 |
23.6 |
12.7 |
1.4 |
6 |
5 |
9 |
10 |
1.8 |
|
|
'98 |
UK (43%), EU (30%), US (17%) |
30 |
2.6 |
22.6 |
10.5 |
1.9 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
10 |
2.0 |
|
|
Mon. Wea. Rev. (1554) |
'50 |
US (100%) |
30 |
1.3 |
5.6 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
26 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
|
'64 |
US (97%) |
30 |
1.5 |
9.6 |
9.3 |
2.0 |
22 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2.2 |
|
|
'80 |
US (87%) |
30 |
2.0 |
13.8 |
11.1 |
2.8 |
14 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
2.1 |
|
|
'95 |
US (60%), Ca (17%), Oz (8%) |
30 |
2.9 |
17.3 |
13.9 |
1.0 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
1.7 |
|
|
'98 |
US (77%), EU (10%), Ca (7%) |
30 |
2.5 |
19.8 |
17.0 |
1.9 |
13 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
1.9 |
|
|
J. Atmos. Sci. (2433) |
'65 |
US (80%), Oz (10%) |
30 |
1.4 |
9.6 |
6.8 |
2.0 |
12 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
1.6 |
|
'80 |
US (77%), Oz (13%) |
30 |
2.0 |
14.7 |
10.2 |
1.5 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
1.8 |
|
|
'95 |
US (70%), EU (17%) |
30 |
2.5 |
16.8 |
14.3 |
1.1 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
13 |
1.6 |
|
|
J. Appl. Meteor. (1479) |
'65 |
US (83%), EU (7%) |
30 |
1.6 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
2.3 |
16 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
2.5 |
|
'80 |
US (80%), EU (10%) |
30 |
2.3 |
9.5 |
7.8 |
1.7 |
11 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
2.4 |
|
|
'95 |
US (57%), EU (17%), CA (13%) |
30 |
3.3 |
15.0 |
11.2 |
2.7 |
12 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
2.1 |
|
|
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. (1340) |
'65 |
US (100%) |
30 |
1.4 |
6.5 |
2.9 |
0.4 |
28 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
|
'80 |
US (97%) |
30 |
1.7 |
7.7 |
5.4 |
1.7 |
27 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.1 |
|
|
'95 |
US (97%) |
30 |
4.1 |
12.8 |
9.6 |
1.7 |
18 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
2.0 |
|
|
Tellus A & B (725) |
'65 |
US (53%), Sc (23%), EU (17%) |
30 |
1.3 |
11.7 |
6.1 |
1.9 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
1.4 |
|
'80 |
US (33%), Sc (23%), EU (20%) |
30 |
1.9 |
10.6 |
6.2 |
1.8 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
1.8 |
|
|
'95 |
EU (53%), Ca (20%), US (17%) |
30 d |
2.8 |
15.0 |
9.2 |
2.7 |
10 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
1.7 |
|
|
Austr. Meteor. Mag. (235) |
'66 |
Oz (92%) |
12 |
1.2 |
13.4 |
5.3 |
2.1 |
17 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
2.3 |
|
'80 |
Oz (92%) |
13 |
1.4 |
13.5 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
21 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1.8 |
|
|
'95 |
Oz (100%) |
25 |
2.2 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
1.6 |
23 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
2.0 |
|
|
Atmos.-Ocean (543) |
'80 |
Ca (76%), US (14%) |
21 |
1.6 |
14.9 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
1 |
1.8 |
|
'95 |
Ca (83%), US (17%) |
29 |
4.0 |
26.0 |
10.8 |
2.3 |
16 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
1.8 |
|
|
Atmos. Res. (565) |
'65 |
US (29%), Fr (23%), UK (13%) |
11 |
1.4 |
10.3 |
4.9 |
2.1 |
17 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
2.0 |
|
'80 |
US (47%), Fr (23%), It (10%) |
30 |
2.2 |
14.5 |
6.9 |
0.8 |
14 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
2.4 |
|
|
'95 |
US (30%), Eu (30%), Ca (20%) |
30 |
2.5 |
12.6 |
6.2 |
1.6 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
2.4 |
|
|
Beitr. Phys. Atmos. (376) |
'65 |
De (87%) |
15 |
1.1 |
16.1 |
5.9 |
3.9 |
4 |
0 |
12 |
14 |
2.1 |
|
'80 |
De (73%), other EU (20%) |
30 |
1.7 |
16.9 |
7.7 |
2.1 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
2.2 |
|
|
'95 |
De (76%), other EU (10%) |
29 |
2.9 |
12.3 |
8.7 |
1.1 |
8 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
1.9 |
|
|
Theor. Appl. Climatol. (415) |
'65 |
EU (37%), US (17%), Oz (13%) |
30 |
1.3 |
10.2 |
5.2 |
2.9 |
10 |
12 |
4 |
4 |
0.9 |
|
'80 |
EU (53%), US (20%), Oz (13%) |
30 |
1.5 |
12.0 |
4.0 |
2.7 |
12 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2.0 |
|
|
'95 |
EU (60%), As (23%) |
30 |
2.5 |
10.7 |
7.1 |
3.3 |
15 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
2.6 |
|
|
Climatic Change (772) |
'80 |
US (55%), EU (20%), UK (15%) |
16 |
1.8 |
17 |
4.8 |
1.7 |
20 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
1.6 |
|
'95 |
US (43%), EU (23%), Oz (10%) |
30 |
2.3 |
20.2 |
5.3 |
3.4 |
23 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1.8 |
|
|
Mausam |
'65 |
In (95%) |
20 |
1.7 |
10.9 |
8.1 |
3.3 |
21 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
2.3 |
|
'83 |
In (100%) |
10 |
2.5 |
10.2 |
6.0 |
3.7 |
15 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
3.1 |
|
|
'95 |
In (87%) |
15 |
2.0 |
10.1 |
5.3 |
1.8 |
14 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
2.7 |
|
|
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan (648) |
'65 |
Jp (97%) |
29 |
1.4 |
11.7 |
9.1 |
0.6 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
2.3 |
|
'80 |
Jp (80%), US (13%) |
35 |
1.7 |
13.1 |
11.1 |
1.2 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
1.8 |
|
|
'95 |
Jp (83%), US (8%) |
50 |
3.5 |
16.1 |
11.6 |
1.0 |
19 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
2.2 |
|
|
Adv. Atmos. Sci. |
'85 |
Ch (97%), US (3%) |
30 |
1.9 |
10.2 |
5.6 |
1.0 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
8 |
2.2 |
|
'95 |
Ch (80%), In (13%) |
30 |
2.4 |
10.4 |
6.0 |
1.3 |
10 |
4 |
11 |
5 |
2.2 |
|
|
Bound.-Layer Meteor. (1387) |
'70-'71 |
US (50%), Ca (33%), EU (17%) |
30 |
1.7 |
14.6 |
7.7 |
1.3 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
11 |
2.3 |
|
'80 |
US (50%), Oz (20%), EU (20%) |
30 |
2.1 |
16.1 |
7.7 |
2.4 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
1.4 |
|
|
'95 |
EU (30%), US (20%), UK (20%) |
30 |
2.6 |
23.2 |
8.8 |
2.2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
13 |
2.4 |
|
|
Agr. For. Meteor. (1083) |
'65 |
US (20%), EU (20%), Af (17%) |
30 |
1.4 |
12.0 |
4.6 |
2.1 |
18 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1.9 |
|
'80 |
US (27%), Oz (20%), UK (20%) |
30 |
2.4 |
12.4 |
5.6 |
1.8 |
15 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
1.6 |
|
|
'95 |
EU (40%), UK (20%), US (17%) |
30 |
2.8 |
16.1 |
6.7 |
2.1 |
12 |
8 |
9 |
1 |
1.5 |
|
|
Atmos. Environ. (2291) |
'67 |
US (60%), UK (20%), Ca (7%) |
30 |
2.0 |
10.6 e |
4.3 |
2.7 |
21 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1.9 |
|
'80 |
US (60%), EU (13%), UK (8%) |
30 |
2.2 |
8.0 |
5.2 |
3.1 |
14 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
2.3 |
|
|
'95 |
EU (30%), US (27%), UK (13%) |
30 |
3.4 |
12.6 |
6.3 |
2.9 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
3 |
2.4 |
|
|
J. Air Waste Man. Ass. |
'80 |
US (87%) |
30 |
2.8 |
6.0 |
5.2 |
3.6 |
10 |
7 |
12 |
1 |
2.4 |
|
'95 |
US (75%), EU (10%) |
30 |
3.0 |
7.8 |
5.4 |
3.0 |
18 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
1.7 |
|
a
This is the country (or group of countries) of affiliation of first author, for the sampled articles only. Af = Africa; As = Asia; Ca = Canada; Ch = China; De = (West) Germany; EU = continental Europe (excludes the British Isles and Scandinavia, includes the former east block countries); Fr = France; In = India, Bangladesh, Pakistan; It = Italy; Jp = Japan; Oz = Australia and New Zealand; Sc = Scandinavia; UK = United Kingdom and Ireland; US = United States. The regions are ranked and if there is no clear dominance, only the top three regions are listed.b
The number of pages, figures, tables, and equations are counted in the article as well as any appendices. The paper's original counting or labeling system is used. For instance, a Figure 5 in a paper is counted as one only, even though it may consist of four graphs, 5(a) through 5(d). With regard to the number of authors, a few of the early papers were written by the 'staff' of an institute. In this case, the number of authors is arbitrarily set to 3.g
If the number of samples is less than 30, the numbers are pro-rated to be out of 30.d
15 samples from Series A and 15 from Series Be
Compared to the 1980 and 1995 issues, the 1967 issue has a page size that is about 30% smaller and a font size that is about 20% larger. So in comparable units, the average number of pages in 1967 is only 6.0.