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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

0567-7920

Published by: Instytut Paleobiologii PAN

https://www.app.pan.pl/home.html

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 316 61 67 11
Ecology and Evolution 734 8 9 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 78
Documents by Best Scientists*: 94
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.665
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Acta Palaeontologica Polonica?

The journal primarily tackles Paleontology, Cretaceous, Genus, Zoology and Ecology. Topics in Paleontology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Fauna and Anatomy. The Anatomy works, particularly on Skull are tackled in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.

  • Paleontology (61.85%)
  • Cretaceous (14.19%)
  • Genus (13.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals (232 citations)
  • Remarks on the evolution Of Ordovician conodonts (223 citations)
  • Classification of fossil eggshells of amniotic vertebrates (139 citations)

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

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Paleontology, Cretaceous, Anatomy, Zoology and Ecology. The journal publications address concerns in Paleontology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Fauna and Genus. Issues in Cretaceous were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Mammal and Mesozoic.

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

  • Genus
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica focuses on Paleontology, Cretaceous, Ecology, Archaeology and Zoology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica focuses on Paleontology research which is adjacent to topics in Systematics. While work presented in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica provided substantial information on Cretaceous, it also covered topics in Archipelago and Skeleton (computer programming).

The journal explores research in Diversity (politics) and overlapping concepts in Pleistocene and Floian to expand the discourse in Ecology. The journal explores topics in Archaeology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Sagittaria, Los Colorados Formation and Asteroid. The studies on Zoology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Facultative, Oyster, Neogene and Physeteroidea.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Palaeoneurology and palaeobiology of the dinocephalian therapsid Anteosaurus magnificus (5 citations)
  • The glyptodont Eleutherocercus solidus from the late Neogene of north-western Argentina: morphology, chronology, and phylogeny (2 citations)
  • First aphidiine wasp from the Sakhalinian amber (2 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 Palaeontologica Polonica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Grzegorz Racki (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrzej Baliński (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Adam Urbanek (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexander O. Averianov (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Palaeontologica Polonica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Polish Academy of Sciences (204 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • American Museum of Natural History (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Warsaw (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (27 papers) published 2 papers 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, 66.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 47.37% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.05% of all publications and 15.79% 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

  • The first ornithosuchid from Brazil and its macroevolutionary and phylogenetic implications for Late Triassic faunas in Gondwana

    Rodrigo T. Muller;M. Belen von Baczko;Julia B. Desojo;Sterling J. Nesbitt

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Lower–Middle Cambrian faunas and stratigraphy from northern Siberia

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Isolated theropod teeth associated with a sauropod skeleton from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina

    Jorge G. Meso;Christophe Hendrickx;Mattia A. Baiano;Juan I. Canale

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Femoral histology and growth patterns of the ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus sibiricus from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia

    Pavel P. Skutschas;Semyon S. Morozov;Alexander O. Averianov;Sergey V. Leshchinskiy

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • First palaeoscolecid from the Cambrian (Miaolingian, Drumian) Marjum Formation of western Utah

    Wade Leibach;Rudy Lerosey-Aubril;Anna Whitaker;James Schiffbauer

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Mollusks and a crustacean from early Oligocene methane-seep deposits in the Talara Basin, northern Peru

    Steffen Kiel;Frida Hybertsen;Matúš Hyžný;Adiël A Klompmaker

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Recurrent volcanic activity recorded in araucarian wood from the Lower Cretaceous Springhill Formation, Patagonia, Argentina: Palaeoenvironmental interpretations

    Georgina M. Del Fueyo;Martín A. Carrizo;Daniel Gustavo Poiré;Maiten A. Lafuente Diaz

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Palaeoneurology and palaeobiology of the dinocephalian therapsid Anteosaurus magnificus

    Julien Benoit;Ashley Kruger;Sifelani Jirah;Vincent Fernandez

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • New information on ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Portugal

    Filippo Maria Rotatori;Miguel Moreno-Azanza;Octávio Mateus

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • A probable oligochaete from an Early Triassic Lagerstätte of the southern Cis-Urals and its evolutionary implications

    Dmitry Shcherbakov;Tarmo Timm;Alexander Tzetlin;Olev Vinn

    (2020)
    12 Citations

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