Acta Botanica Brasilica

Top Research Topics at Acta Botanica Brasilica?

The discussions in Acta Botanica Brasilica mainly cover the fields of Botany, Ecology, Forestry, Floristics and Species richness. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Botany as it also encompasses Horticulture. Acta Botanica Brasilica primarily discusses Ecology topics, particularly Vegetation, Taxon, Species diversity, Basal area and Plant community.

Most of the Germination studies addressed also intersect with Seedling.

• Botany (39.91%)
• Ecology (24.05%)
• Forestry (10.35%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Uso e diversidade de plantas medicinais em Santo Antonio do Leverger, MT, Brasil (193 citations)
• Conhecimento botânico tradicional e conservação em uma área de caatinga no estado de Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil (185 citations)
• Conhecimento popular sobre plantas medicinais em comunidades rurais de mata atlântica - Itacaré, BA, Brasil (168 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Botanica Brasilica:

The published papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Ecology, Botany, Forestry, Floristics and Vegetation. The most cited publications explore research in Botany and the adjacent study of Horticulture. While Forestry is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Introduced species, Gallery forest, Environmental protection and Myrtaceae.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Botany
• Ecology
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Ecology, Macrophyte, Aquatic plant, Botany and Species richness. While the journal focused on Macrophyte, it was also able to explore topics like Enzyme assay, Biomass (ecology), Decomposer, Lignin and Litter. The work on Aquatic plant tackled in it brings together disciplines like Context (language use) and Aquatic ecosystem.

It focuses on Botany as well as the interrelated topic of Soil water. In it, Abundance (ecology), Biodiversity, Ruderal species, Plant community and Bamboo are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Species richness research. Concepts in Bryopsis, as well as related topics in Genus, are covered in the Taxon research presented in Acta Botanica Brasilica.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Niche differentiation between a native and an invasive species of submersed macrophyte in a subtropical reservoir (2 citations)
• Maintenance of wetland plant communities: the role of the seed bank in regeneration of native plants (2 citations)
• Biomass production of the aquatic macrophyte Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron (Pteridaceae) in nutrient addition treatments (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Acta Botanica Brasilica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Vania Gonçalves-Esteves (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kátia Cavalcanti Pôrto (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jeanine Maria Felfili (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos (20 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Acta Botanica Brasilica (based on the number of publications) are:

• Federal University of Pernambuco (169 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (146 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Sao Paulo State University (143 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Brasília (120 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of São Paulo (120 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 33.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 72.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 5.56% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.