Amphibia - Reptilia

Top Research Topics at Amphibia-reptilia?

Amphibia-reptilia investigates areas of study like Ecology, Zoology, Lizard, Habitat and Predation. Range (biology), Larva, Amphibian, Reproduction and Bufo are all areas of Ecology tackled in the journal. Discussions in Amphibia-reptilia are anchored in the subject of Zoology and the similar topic of Anatomy.

Predator is a major topic of Predation research presented in it.

• Ecology (53.08%)
• Zoology (40.33%)
• Lizard (10.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book. Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynchocephalia. Compiled by BRIAN GROOMBRIDGE, assisted by LISSIE WRIGHT, of the IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. - Published by IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 426 pages (440 citations)
• Improving data analysis in herpetology: Using Akaike's information criterion (AIC) to assess the strength of biological hypotheses (311 citations)
• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fauna and Flora of Korea (296 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Amphibia-reptilia:

The most cited articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Ecology, Zoology, Habitat, Predation and Lizard. Bufo, Amphibian, Larva, Reproduction and Foraging are among the areas of Ecology tackled in the most cited articles. The most cited articles explore research in Sexual maturity and overlapping concepts in Sexual dimorphism to expand the discourse in Zoology.

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

• Ecology
• Genus
• Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Amphibia-reptilia is to combine knowledge in the areas of Zoology, Ecology, Squamata, Genus and Anguis. It holds forums on Zoology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Range (biology), Lithobates, Endemism and Invasive species. Lithobates research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Predation and Predator.

The study on Ecology presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Scale (ratio). In addition to Squamata research, it aims to explore topics under Evolutionary biology, Lacertidae, Colubridae, Coelognathus and Genetic divergence. The study of Microlophus and how it intertwines with concepts under Lizard were explored in the presented Sexual dimorphism research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Associated costs of mitigation-driven translocation in small lizards (2 citations)
• Genetic divergence of the Sunda ratsnake (Coelognathus subradiatus) across the Lesser Sunda Islands (Squamata: Colubridae) (1 citations)
• The distribution and biogeography of slow worms (Anguis, Squamata) across the Western Palearctic, with an emphasis on secondary contact zones (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Amphibia-reptilia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Miguel Vences (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Marinus S. Hoogmoed (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Luca Luiselli (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• William E. Cooper (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Uwe Fritz (24 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 Amphibia-reptilia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Porto (53 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Russian Academy of Sciences (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• American Museum of Natural History (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.03% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.24% of all publications and 48.28% 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.