EDP Sciences Bibliometric Report

Introduction

This report provides a comprehensive analytics report of the publisher EDP Sciences including basic bibliometric information, citation data, impact metrics, top journals, publication keywords, etc., over recent years. The Crossref database (up to the end of 2021) processed by ScienceGate has been used for this report as the source of data.

EDP Sciences has published 310670 documents so far, receiving a total of 2130688 citations. These numbers are equal to 0.25% and 0.19% of the total documents and citations in the scientific community, respectively. EDP Sciences has a score of 6.86 as a number of citations per document based on all recorded data. There are different types of documents published by EDP Sciences. In this regard, Journal Article, Chapter, Proceedings Article, Book, Report, and Monograph a with the total document number of 305420, 126, 4498, 618, 1, and 7 have the largest share, respectively. These numbers are equal to 98.31%, 0.04%, 1.45%, 0.20%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the total documents published in EDP Sciences so far, respectively. EDP Sciences has been an active publisher from 1872-2021.

Basic Bibliometric Information

This section provides the bibliometrics data of EDP Sciences over the last 11 years, including the number of published documents, total citations, citations per document, and scaled number of citations per document by year. Share of EDP Sciences documents and citations among all published scientific documents are also presented here. EDP Sciences has the highest annual number of publications in 2018, with 22495 published documents. Most annual citations are also received in 2010, with 101261 citations. The highest citations per document’s scores, scaled by the number of years ahead, are associated with 2020, with scores of 0.31.

Document Types

There are different types of documents published by publishers. In this section, the yearly publication data of EDP Sciences are presented by document type, including Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports.

The number of published documents by EDP Sciences are 305420, 4498, 618, 126, 7, and 1 for Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.33%, 0.06%, 0.07%, 0.00%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the whole published Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports in the database so far, respectively.

The number of received citations by Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports of EDP Sciences are 2127371, 3242, 24, 47, 1, and 3, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.20%, 0.02%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the citations received by whole Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports of the database so far, respectively.

The h-index value for published Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports by EDP Sciences are 312, 14, 3, 4, 1, and 1, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3201, 615, 793, 588, 760, and 253, respectively.

The g-index value for published Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports by EDP Sciences are 34, 5, 2, 3, 1, and 1, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 129, 50, 60, 48, 60, and 29, respectively.

The score of citations per document for published Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports by EDP Sciences are 6.965, 0.721, 0.039, 0.373, 0.143, and 3.000, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 11.521, 2.540, 8.593, 1.016, 9.566, and 1.416, respectively.

The highest number of annually published Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports by EDP Sciences are 22392, 416, 543, 60, 3, and 1, respectively. The corresponding year of maximum publication for Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports are 2018, 2013, 2020, 2015, 2020, and 2012, respectively.

The highest number of annual received citations by Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports published in EDP Sciences are 101076, 496, 7, 40, 1, and 3, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum received citations for Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports are 2010, 2013, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2012, respectively.

The highest values of citations per number of document for Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports published in EDP Sciences are 18.39, 1.19, 7.00, 1.21, 0.33, and 3.00, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum values of citations per document for Journal Articles, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, Monographs, and Reports are 2010, 2013, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2012, respectively.

Impact Metrics

Various metrics and indicators are used to evaluate the impact and quality of publishers and journals. Here, h-index, g-index, and i-index are selected as impact evaluation metrics of the publisher EDP Sciences.

H-index

H-index indicates the number of articles published by a journal/publisher, h, that have been cited at least h times. h5-index and h10-index are the h-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. h-index, h10-index, and h5-index of the documents published by EDP Sciences, are 312, 165, and 89, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3269, 1489, and 795, respectively.

G-index

The g-index indicator is the first g papers of a publisher/journal (sorted by the highest to the lowest number of citations) that have cumulatively received at least g^2 citations. Again, g5-index and g10-index are the g-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. G-index, g10-index, and g5-index of the documents published by EDP Sciences are 34, 23, and 17, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 131, 80, and 55, respectively.

I-n index

I-n index shows the number of publications of a publisher/journal with at least n citations. Read another post here for more detailed information on different research impact metrics. It is to be noted that, i10-index, i25-index, i50-index, i100-index, i250-index, i500-index, i1000-index, i2500-index, i5000-index, and i10000-index of the documents published by EDP Sciences, are 46933, 20834, 8711, 2862, 490, 121, 40, 7, 2, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 21796896, 10617845, 4822066, 1785083, 390499, 114230, 31648, 5505, 1423, and 355, respectively.

Top Journals

This section provides the basic bibliometrics data of the EDP Sciences top journals, including the number of published documents, total citations, and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each journal among all published documents by EDP Sciences is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top journals are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

The Top 5 journals of EDP Sciences based on the number of published documents are Astronomy and Astrophysics, E3S Web of Conferences, MATEC Web of Conferences, EPJ Web of Conferences, and Le Journal de Physique Colloques. The numbers of documents published so far by these top 5 journals are 40694, 32239, 27012, 19257, and 15208, respectively. These numbers are equal to 13.099%, 10.377%, 8.695%, 6.199%, and 4.895% of the total documents published by EDP Sciences so far, respectively.

Concerning the number of received citations, the top 5 journals of EDP Sciences are Astronomy and Astrophysics, Journal de Physique, Journal de Chimie Physique, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, and Veterinary Research. The total number of citations received so far by these top 5 journals are 40694, 4648, 10432, 1567, and 2071, respectively. These numbers are equal to 1.910%, 0.218%, 0.490%, 0.074%, and 0.097% of the total citations received by EDP Sciences publications so far, respectively.

Regarding the number of citations received per document, the top 5 journals of EDP Sciences are Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Journal de Physique Lettres, Journal de Physique, and Veterinary Research. The numbers of citations received per published document so far by these top 5 journals are 37.766, 28.875, 26.035, 24.376, and 23.150, respectively.

Top Keywords

The Most used keywords are of particular importance for reviewing a publisher. This section provides detailed information about basic bibliometrics data of top used keywords in EDP Sciences. The metrics used here are the number of documents, citations and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each keyword among whole published documents is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top keywords are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

According to the number of published documents, the top 10 keywords of the publisher EDP Sciences are x ray, the impact, the world, case study, the future, magnetic field, finite element, sustainable development, mechanical properties, and high resolution, respectively. The number of published documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 3956, 2878, 2100, 1802, 1748, 1717, 1698, 1588, 1366, and 1302, respectively.

Based on the number of received citations, the top 10 keywords of the publisher EDP Sciences are x ray, star formation, gamma ray, magnetic field, high resolution, low mass, star forming, milky way, main sequence, and magnetic fields, respectively. The number of citations received by the documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 3956, 1287, 829, 1717, 1302, 583, 639, 448, 507, and 698, respectively.

Concerning the score of received citations per document, the top 10 keywords of the publisher EDP Sciences are milky way, low mass, gamma ray, star forming, main sequence, star formation, x ray, near infrared, black hole, and magnetic fields, respectively. The score of citations received per document in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 30.004, 25.978, 22.610, 22.028, 21.998, 21.149, 17.864, 17.275, 16.321, and 15.490, respectively.