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Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
H-index 8

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

1578-665X

Published by: Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/?lang=en

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 453 25 34 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 29
Documents by Best Scientists*: 38
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.378
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Animal Biodiversity and Conservation?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Humanities, Ecology, Forestry, Habitat and Zoology. Abundance (ecology), Species richness, Mediterranean climate, Biodiversity and Threatened species are Ecology topics of special interest in Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Species richness and the similar topic of Species diversity.

  • Humanities (33.70%)
  • Ecology (32.42%)
  • Forestry (12.09%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Modeling nest survival data: a comparison of recently developed methods that can be implemented in MARK and SAS (328 citations)
  • Occupancy as a surrogate for abundance estimation (170 citations)
  • DENSITY: software for analysing capture-recapture data from passive detector arrays (158 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Animal Biodiversity and Conservation:

The journal publications explore disciplines such as Ecology, Habitat, Humanities, Abundance (ecology) and Species richness. Studies on Ecology discussed in the published papers link to the field of Metapopulation. The Humanities works featured in the published articles incorporate elements from Flight initiation, Aquatic organisms, Population Decrease, Management implications and Stenella attenuata.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • IUCN Red List

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation primarily tackles Humanities, Ecology, Forestry, Mediterranean climate and Wildlife. While the journal primarily focused on Humanities, it also opened dialogues on the discipline of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Habitat, Abundance (ecology) and Cloud forest research are fields of study within Ecology but they also intertwine with concepts in Animal species and Puma.

The research on Forestry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Wild boar, Cerdocyon thous and Wetland. The studies on Mediterranean climate discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Scree, West African Spanish mackerel, Physical geography and Spanish mackerel. Many of the studies tackled connect Wildlife with a similar field of study like Mesopredator release hypothesis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A contribution to the earthworm diversity (Clitellata, Moniligastridae) of Kerala, a component of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India, using integrated taxonomy (1 citations)
  • Interspecific sexual selection, a new theory for an old practice: the increase of artificial biodiversity through creation of modern, standardized breeds (1 citations)
  • A comparison of the diet of urban and forest great tits in a Mediterranean habitat (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 Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alejandro Martínez-Abraín (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Juan Carlos Senar (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Raimundo Real (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • José Carlos Báez (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vicente M. Ortuño (5 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 Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Spanish National Research Council (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Valencia (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Málaga (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bavarian Forest National Park (3 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, 23.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.25% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.75% of all publications and 25.00% 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

  • Changes in the nocturnal activity of birds during the COVID–19 pandemic lockdown in a neotropical city

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Seasonal change in pupation behaviour and pupal mortality in a swallowtail butterfly

    (2024)
    14 Citations
  • Landform resources for territorial nettle-feeding Nymphalid butterflies: biases at different spatial scales

    (2024)
    13 Citations
  • Dietary plasticity in an invasive species and implications for management: the case of the monk parakeet in a Mediterranean city

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Bold or shy? Examining the risk–taking behavior and neophobia of invasive and non–invasive house sparrows

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Recommendations for the management of sarcoptic mange in free–ranging Iberian ibex populations

    José Espinosa Cerrato;J. M. Pérez;A. Raéz-Bravo;P. Fandos

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • ‘Some like it alien’: predation on invasive ring–necked parakeets by the long–eared owl in an urban area

    Emiliano Mori;L. Malfatti;M. Le Louarn;D. Hernández Brito

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • A contribution to the earthworm diversity (Clitellata, Moniligastridae) of Kerala, a component of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India, using integrated taxonomy

    S. S. Thakur;A. R. Lone;S. K. Tiwari;S. K. Jain

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Long distance dispersal of monk parakeets

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • A higher incidence of moult–breeding overlap in great tits across time is linked to an increased frequency of second clutches: a possible effect of global warming?

    Iris Solís;J.J. Sanz;L. Imba;Elena Álvarez

    (2021)
    6 Citations

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