| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology and Evolution | 301 | 50 | 48 | 12 |
| Plant Science and Agronomy | 312 | 14 | 20 | 6 |
The main points discussed in Alpine Botany deals with Ecology, Plant ecology, Botany, Alpine plant and Growing season. In the Ecology research discussed, Species richness, Vegetation, Range (biology), Biodiversity and Climate change are all tackled. Shrub, Grassland and Physical geography are some topics wherein Vegetation research discussed in the journal have an impact.
The research on Range (biology) featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Ecotone, Species distribution and Introduced species. It explores issues in Plant ecology which can be linked to other research areas like Agronomy, Phenology, Habitat, Plant community and Pollinator. The presented Habitat research focuses mostly on Endemism and, on occasion, topics in Biogeography.
The Botany research presented in Alpine Botany explores the relationship between Altitude and the closely related topic of Inflorescence. The journal connects the study in Alpine plant with the closely related area of Species diversity. Issues in Growing season were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Elevation, Perennial plant and Shoot, Horticulture.
The main research concerns discussed in the published papers are Ecology, Plant ecology, Species richness, Alpine plant and Habitat. The journal publications feature Ecology research that overlaps with concepts in Elevation. The most cited publications encompass Plant ecology studies in the context of Botany as a whole.
The journal focuses largely on the fields of Plant ecology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Endemism and Growing season. Some problems in Plant ecology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Agronomy, Phenology, Ecology (disciplines), Specific leaf area and Abiotic component. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Ecology and the similar topic of Phylogeography.
While Biodiversity is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Species richness and Environmental resource management, Mountainous terrain and Mediterranean climate. The journal deals with Endemism in conjunction with Habitat and similar fields in Range (biology), Parallel evolution, Colonisation, Extinction and Flora. The study of Growing season encompasses disciplines such as Shoot, as well as fields such as Ecotone, Inflorescence, Ranunculus glacialis, Vegetative reproduction and Perennial plant, all of which overlap with one another.
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 Alpine Botany (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Alpine Botany (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 11.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 58.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.83% of all publications and 12.50% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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