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Alcheringa
H-index 8

Alcheringa

0311-5518

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/talc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 422 30 44 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 51
Documents by Best Scientists*: 73
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 38
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.541
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Alcheringa?

The topics of Paleontology, Ecology, Genus, Fauna and Cretaceous are the focal point of discussions in Alcheringa. In the Paleontology research discussed, Biostratigraphy, Ordovician, Structural basin, Devonian and Paleozoic are all tackled. Alcheringa holds forums on Ecology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Pleistocene and Botany.

It focuses on Genus research as part of the broader topic of Zoology. Fauna research discussed connects with the study of Permian. The study on Cretaceous presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Mesozoic.

  • Paleontology (70.23%)
  • Ecology (20.19%)
  • Genus (18.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Stromatolite recognition in ancient rocks: an appraisal of irregularly laminated structures in an Early Archaean chert-barite unit from North Pole, Western Australia (208 citations)
  • Oxygen requirements, biology and phylogenetic significance of the late Precambrian worm Dickinsonia, and the evolution of the burrowing habit (162 citations)
  • The biology of Glossopteris : evidence from petrified seed-bearing and pollen-bearing organs (146 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Alcheringa:

The published articles primarily tackle Paleontology, Ecology, Fauna, Biostratigraphy and Genus. The published papers focus on different Paleontology studies like Ordovician, Cretaceous, Paleozoic, Structural basin and Group (stratigraphy). While Ecology is the key highlight in the published papers, thet also covered some subjects on Botany and Dicroidium.

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

  • Genus
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Alcheringa is organized to address concerns in the fields of Paleontology, China, Ordovician, Zoology and Archaeology. Structural basin, Group (stratigraphy), Biostratigraphy, Peramelemorphia and Bandicoot are all subfields of Paleontology research that were featured in it. It facilitates discussions on Biostratigraphy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ecological succession and Paleogene, Cretaceous.

China research presented in Alcheringa encompasses a variety of subjects, including Ecology and Katian. Genus studies in the realm of Zoology interact with fields like Wadeichthys. The work on Archaeology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Taxonomy (biology), Devonian, Yarravia and Fauna.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceous‒early Paleocene interval in the Zagros basin (southeastern Tethys), Iran (2 citations)
  • Trilobites from the mid-Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Amadeus Basin, central Australia (1 citations)
  • A new Tithonian ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from Coahuila in northeastern Mexico (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.

The top authors publishing in Alcheringa (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dong Ren (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Guang Rong Shi (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Benjamin P. Kear (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter A. Jell (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Michael Archer (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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Alcheringa (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of New South Wales (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Australian Museum (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Queensland (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Australian National University (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Sydney (24 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • Palynological-age determination of Early Cretaceous vertebrate-bearing beds along the south Victorian coast of Australia, with implications for the spore-pollen biostratigraphy of the region

    Barbara E. Wagstaff;Stephen J. Gallagher;W. Michael Hall;Vera A. Korasidis

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • New anhanguerian pterosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • In-place operculum demonstrates that the Middle Cambrian Protowenella is a hyolith and not a mollusc

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • A review of Australia’s Mesozoic fishes

    Rodney W. Berrell;Catherine Boisvert;Kate Trinajstic;Mikael Siversson

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Marine invertebrate fossils from the Permian–Triassic boundary beds of two core sections in the northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Can vertebral remains differentiate more than one species of Australian Cretaceous ichthyosaur

    Vikram Vakil;Gregory E. Webb;Alex G. Cook

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Multiple hypotheses about two mammalian upper dentitions from the Early Cretaceous of Australia

    Thomas H. Rich;Timothy F. Flannery;Alistair R. Evans;Matt White

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • A new Cretaceous fossil mammal locality from the Bass Coast of southeastern Australia

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Labechiid stromatoporoids from the Middle Ordovician Machiakou Formation of North China and their implications for the early development of stromatoporoids

    (2022)
    6 Citations

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