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Acta Geologica Polonica
H-index 5

Acta Geologica Polonica

0001-5709

Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences

https://journals.pan.pl/agp/123167

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 499 17 41 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 41
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.307
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Acta Geologica Polonica?

Acta Geologica Polonica primarily focuses on research topics in Paleontology, Cretaceous, Geochemistry, Structural basin and Fauna. Research on Paleontology presented in Acta Geologica Polonica focuses, in particular, on Ammonite, Facies, Devonian, Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy. Devonian and Carboniferous are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

The majority of Cretaceous studies presented zero in on Cenomanian. The studies on Geochemistry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Mineralogy and Geomorphology. The discussions emphasized the topic of Fauna in an attempt to further explore the field of Ecology.

  • Paleontology (64.91%)
  • Cretaceous (13.32%)
  • Geochemistry (12.74%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Upper Devonian conodonts, stratigraphy and facial development in the Holy Cross Mts (145 citations)
  • Pueblo, Colorado, USA, candidate Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Turonian Stage of the Cretaceous, and for the base of the Middle Turonian Substage, with a revision of the Inoceramidae (Bivalvia) (120 citations)
  • Turonian through Santonian deposits of the Central Polish Uplands; their facies development, inoceramid paleontology and stratigraphy (116 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Geologica Polonica:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Paleontology, Cretaceous, Facies, Fauna and Ammonite. The published articles primarily discuss Paleontology topics, particularly Biostratigraphy, Structural basin, Sequence (geology), Stratigraphy and Devonian. The journal papers hold forums on Cretaceous that merge themes from other disciplines such as Stage (stratigraphy) and Tectonics.

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

  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Ecology, Invertebrate, Paleoecology, Taxonomy (general) and Genus. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Genus, it also covered topics in Taxon, Barnacle, Balanomorpha, Thoracica and Balanus. The featured Thoracica research is covered under the field of Zoology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • In defence of invertebrate fossil taxonomy (0 citations)
  • A putative Tournaisian and Visean volcanic-sedimentary succession in the Lublin Basin, SE Poland: depositional processes, petrological characteristics and sequence stratigraphy (0 citations)
  • Acorn barnacles (Crustacea, Thoracica, Balanomorpha) from the Eocene and Oligocene of the Isle of Wight and Hampshire (United Kingdom) and Manche, northern France (0 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.

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

  • Andrzej Radwański (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William James Kennedy (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ireneusz Walaszczyk (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leszek Lindner (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Urszula Radwańska (25 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • University of Warsaw (215 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Polish Academy of Sciences (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jagiellonian University (25 papers) absent at the last 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, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 50.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Tectonic-climatic interactions during changes of depositional environments in the Carpathian foreland: An example from the Neogene of central Poland

    Marek Widera;Tomasz Zieliński;Lilianna Chomiak;Piotr Maciaszek

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Upper Albian, Cenomanian and Upper Turonian ammonite faunas from the Fahdène Formation of Central Tunisia and correlatives in northern Algeria

    William James Kennedy

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Upper upper Albian ( Mortoniceras rostratum Zone) cephalopods from Clansayes (Drôme, south-eastern France)

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Tectonic-climatic interactions during changes of depositional environments in the Carpathian foreland: An example from the Neogene of central Poland

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Roveacrinidae (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the Cenomanian and Turonian of North Africa (Agadir Basin and Anti-Atlas, Morocco, and central Tunisia): biostratigraphy and taxonomy

    Andrew Scott Gale

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • The microcrinoid taxonomy, biostratigraphy and correlation of the upper Fredericksburg and lower Washita groups (Cretaceous, middle Albian to lower Cenomanian) of northern Texas and southern Oklahoma, USA

    Andrew Scott Gale;Jenny Marie Rashall;William James Kennedy;Frank Koch Holterhoff

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Geological setting and lithological inventory of the Czarna Woda conglomerates (Magura Nappe, Polish Outer Carpathians)

    Nestor Oszczypko;Marta Oszczypko-Clowes;Barbara Olszewska

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Chevkinite-group minerals in Poland

    Krzysztof Nejbert;Bogusław Bagiński;Jakub Kotowski;Petras Jokubauskas

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Stratigraphy of the Albian−Cenomanian boundary interval in the Agadir Basin, Morocco: ammonites, microcrinoids, planktonic foraminifera

    Andrew Scott Gale;William James Kennedy;Maria Rose Petrizzo

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Stratigraphy of the Albian−Cenomanian boundary interval in the Agadir Basin, Morocco: ammonites, microcrinoids, planktonic foraminifera

    (2023)
    3 Citations

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