Class information for:
Level 1: DESERTIFICATION//LAND DEGRADATION//AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
10131 1089 45.2 44%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
3 4 PLANT SCIENCES//AGRONOMY//FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1882812
15 3       ECOLOGY//FORESTRY//BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 124126
309 2             JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS//RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 18464
10131 1                   DESERTIFICATION//LAND DEGRADATION//AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION 1089

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 DESERTIFICATION authKW 1591108 20% 26% 216
2 LAND DEGRADATION authKW 839519 13% 21% 145
3 AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION authKW 450168 2% 94% 17
4 KARST ROCKY DESERTIFICATION authKW 412920 2% 82% 18
5 UNCCD authKW 315423 1% 75% 15
6 SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT authKW 227072 2% 30% 27
7 DESERTIFICATION RISK authKW 212032 1% 69% 11
8 SAHEL authKW 202427 6% 11% 66
9 MEDALUS authKW 171732 1% 88% 7
10 ESAI authKW 168229 1% 100% 6

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Remote Sensing 13832 15% 0% 168
2 Environmental Sciences 11078 48% 0% 528
3 Imaging Science & Photographic Technology 8091 12% 0% 134
4 Soil Science 4329 12% 0% 132
5 Ecology 3312 20% 0% 221
6 Environmental Studies 2609 9% 0% 98
7 Geography, Physical 1758 7% 0% 76
8 Geography 1695 6% 0% 65
9 Water Resources 1305 10% 0% 107
10 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary 1131 13% 0% 139

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 ARNATUR 140191 0% 100% 5
2 STUDY PLANT SOIL INTERACT CRA RPS 140181 1% 50% 10
3 ENVIRONM STAT UNIT 126169 1% 75% 6
4 CHAIR UNESCO GN 112153 0% 100% 4
5 UNIT CLIMATOL METEOROL PL AGR CRA CMA 94618 1% 38% 9
6 SECRETARIAT DESERTNET INT DNI 89721 0% 80% 4
7 CENT OFF CROP ECOL 84115 0% 100% 3
8 PUBL ADM WORKSHOP ENVIRONM GOVERNANCE SUS 84115 0% 100% 3
9 UNIT CLIMATOL METEOROL PL AGR 63079 1% 38% 6
10 DESERT DESERTIFICAT 56651 3% 7% 30

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT 167281 8% 7% 82
2 JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 73148 10% 2% 107
3 SOLID EARTH 15396 1% 4% 15
4 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING 12853 6% 1% 66
5 REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT 6907 4% 1% 39
6 GEOGRAFISK TIDSSKRIFT-DANISH JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY 6543 1% 4% 6
7 LAND USE POLICY 6339 2% 1% 23
8 ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES 5686 3% 1% 35
9 REMOTE SENSING 4998 2% 1% 24
10 WORLD WATCH 4004 0% 14% 1

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 DESERTIFICATION 1591108 20% 26% 216 Search DESERTIFICATION Search DESERTIFICATION
2 LAND DEGRADATION 839519 13% 21% 145 Search LAND+DEGRADATION Search LAND+DEGRADATION
3 AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION 450168 2% 94% 17 Search AEOLIAN+DESERTIFICATION Search AEOLIAN+DESERTIFICATION
4 KARST ROCKY DESERTIFICATION 412920 2% 82% 18 Search KARST+ROCKY+DESERTIFICATION Search KARST+ROCKY+DESERTIFICATION
5 UNCCD 315423 1% 75% 15 Search UNCCD Search UNCCD
6 SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT 227072 2% 30% 27 Search SUSTAINABLE+LAND+MANAGEMENT Search SUSTAINABLE+LAND+MANAGEMENT
7 DESERTIFICATION RISK 212032 1% 69% 11 Search DESERTIFICATION+RISK Search DESERTIFICATION+RISK
8 SAHEL 202427 6% 11% 66 Search SAHEL Search SAHEL
9 MEDALUS 171732 1% 88% 7 Search MEDALUS Search MEDALUS
10 ESAI 168229 1% 100% 6 Search ESAI Search ESAI

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 MBOW, C , BRANDT, M , OUEDRAOGO, I , DE LEEUW, J , MARSHALL, M , (2015) WHAT FOUR DECADES OF EARTH OBSERVATION TELL US ABOUT LAND DEGRADATION IN THE SAHEL?.REMOTE SENSING. VOL. 7. ISSUE 4. P. 4048 -4067 43 68% 6
2 SALVATI, L , ZITTI, M , PERINI, L , (2016) FIFTY YEARS ON: LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF LAND SENSITIVITY TO DESERTIFICATION IN ITALY.LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT. VOL. 27. ISSUE 2. P. 97 -107 23 82% 10
3 LIU, SL , WANG, T , KANG, WP , DAVID, M , (2015) SEVERAL CHALLENGES IN MONITORING AND ASSESSING DESERTIFICATION.ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. VOL. 73. ISSUE 11. P. 7561 -7570 40 62% 2
4 TOMBOLINI, I , COLANTONI, A , RENZI, G , SATERIANO, A , SABBI, A , MORROW, N , SALVATI, L , (2016) LOST IN CONVERGENCE, FOUND IN VULNERABILITY: A SPATIALLY-DYNAMIC MODEL FOR DESERTIFICATION RISK ASSESSMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN AGRO-FOREST DISTRICTS.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. VOL. 569. ISSUE . P. 973 -981 29 78% 0
5 YOU, HY , (2017) ORIENTING ROCKY DESERTIFICATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LAND USE: AN ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING TOOL TO GUIDE THE CONSERVATION POLICY.LAND USE POLICY. VOL. 61. ISSUE . P. 171 -184 40 53% 0
6 YUE, YJ , LI, M , ZHU, AX , YE, XY , MAO, R , WAN, JH , DONG, J , (2016) LAND DEGRADATION MONITORING IN THE ORDOS PLATEAU OF CHINA USING AN EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND BP-ANN-BASED APPROACH.SUSTAINABILITY. VOL. 8. ISSUE 11. P. - 31 69% 0
7 XUE, ZJ , QIN, ZD , LI, HJ , DING, GW , MENG, XW , (2013) EVALUATION OF AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION FROM 1975 TO 2010 AND ITS CAUSES IN NORTHWEST SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA.GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE. VOL. 107. ISSUE . P. 102-108 27 79% 8
8 XU, DY , LI, CL , SONG, X , REN, HY , (2014) THE DYNAMICS OF DESERTIFICATION IN THE FARMING-PASTORAL REGION OF NORTH CHINA OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN ACTIVITY.CATENA. VOL. 123. ISSUE . P. 11 -22 28 72% 9
9 BRANDT, M , MBOW, C , DIOUF, AA , VERGER, A , SAMIMI, C , FENSHOLT, R , (2015) GROUND- AND SATELLITE-BASED EVIDENCE OF THE BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS BEHIND THE GREENING SAHEL.GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. VOL. 21. ISSUE 4. P. 1610 -1620 28 58% 17
10 VOGT, JV , SAFRIEL, U , VON MALTITZ, G , SOKONA, Y , ZOUGMORE, R , BASTIN, G , HILL, J , (2011) MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF LAND DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATION: TOWARDS NEW CONCEPTUAL AND INTEGRATED APPROACHES.LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT. VOL. 22. ISSUE 2. P. 150 -165 22 85% 57

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 9212 PASTORALISM//PASTORALISTS//MAASAI
2 24821 HERDER COMMUNITIES//GRASSLAND DEGRADATION//GRASSLAND POLICY
3 1309 PHENOLOGY//NDVI//LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY
4 33579 OLIVE GROVES//DSSCFA//INVEST FORMAC AGR GRANADA
5 17378 SLOPING LAND CONVERSION PROGRAM//LOESS PLATEAU//SOIL DESICCATION
6 16442 TARIM RIVER//XINJIANG ECOL GEOG//OASIS ECOL DESERT ENVIRONM
7 8285 WEST AFRICAN MONSOON//AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES//SAHEL
8 8868 CHANGE DETECTION//UNSUPERVISED CHANGE DETECTION//MULTITEMPORAL IMAGES
9 23834 DEHESA//MONTADO//ECOGESFOR
10 15953 VEGETATION PATTERN//TIGER BUSH//FAIRY CIRCLES

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