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Animal Biology
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Animal Biology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 550 17 14 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 19
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.272
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Animal Biology?

The aim of Animal Biology is to expand the discussion of research in Ecology, Zoology, Anatomy, Internal medicine and Endocrinology. The journal covers various topics on Ecology such as Habitat, Predation, Foraging and Lizard. The Zoology research presented places emphasis on topics like Mating, Sexual dimorphism and Sexual selection.

  • Ecology (27.17%)
  • Zoology (22.25%)
  • Anatomy (7.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Innovation and social learning: individual variation and brain evolution * (105 citations)
  • Biomechanical aspects of peak performance in human swimming (105 citations)
  • Phenotypic plasticity: its role in trophic radiation and explosive speciation in cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae) (72 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Animal Biology:

Ecology, Zoology, Habitat, Predation and Animal science are the main subjects of interest in the most cited articles. While the published articles focused on Ecology, they were also able to explore topics like Fishery and Cichlid. The works on Zoology tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Phylogenetic tree, Sexual maturity, Phylogenetics, Phylogenetic Pattern and Phenotypic plasticity.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Animal Biology mainly tackles studies in Food science, Zoology, Antioxidant, Ecology and Nuclear chemistry. While Animal Biology focused on Food science, it was also able to explore topics like Sheep wool, Streptomyces levoris and Chemical composition. The studies in Mating under the umbrella field of Zoology overlap with concepts in Field (physics).

It explores topics in Antioxidant which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Endocrinology, Homeostasis and Goose. Animal Biology explores research in Ecology and the adjacent study of Perturbation (geology). In the journal, Sperm, Glutamic acid and Action (philosophy) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Nuclear chemistry research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life (10 citations)
  • Development of technology and doses of native and immobilized invertase in beekeeping (0 citations)
  • Prooxidant-antioxidant homeostasis and reproductive capacity of boars under the influence of copper citrate (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 Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Biotechnologies named after S. Z. Gzhytsky, Pekarska str., Lviv , Ukraine (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wen Bo Liao (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rui Diogo (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • V. V. Vlizlo (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Feed Additives, Donetska str., Lviv , Ukraine (11 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 Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • China West Normal University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sao Paulo State University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Antwerp (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yunnan Normal University (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (12 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, 81.48% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 40.00% of all publications and 40.00% 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

  • The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life

    Auke-Florian Hiemstra;Auke-Florian Hiemstra;Liselotte Rambonnet;Barbara Gravendeel;Barbara Gravendeel;Menno Schilthuizen;Menno Schilthuizen

    (2021)
    116 Citations
  • Selective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary bees

    Olli J. Loukola;Olli J. Loukola;Elia Gatto;Elia Gatto;Ana C. Híjar-Islas;Lars Chittka

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Developmental speed affects ecological stoichiometry and adult fat reserves in Drosophila melanogaster

    Indrikis A. Krams;Ronalds Krams;Ronalds Krams;Priit Jõers;Māris Munkevics;Māris Munkevics

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Seasonal analysis of the gut microbiota in adult and young captive Asian black bears in northeast China

    Junhong Su;Junhong Su;Junhong Su;Linghao Li;Yueying Wang;Xiao-xia Ma

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Influence of biotic and abiotic factors on adult Odonata (Insecta) in Amazon streams

    Lenize Batista Calvão;Lenize Batista Calvão;Carina Kaory Sasahara de Paiva;Joás da Silva Brito;Ana Luisa Fares;Ana Luisa Fares

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Effects of temperature on growth and development of amphibian larvae across an altitudinal gradient in the Tibetan Plateau

    Li Qing Peng;Min Tang;Jia Hong Liao;Shi Yuan Liang

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Correlated evolution between herbivory and gastrointestinal tract in a prolific lizard adaptive radiation

    Daniel Pincheira-Donoso

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Tree rubbing by Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus) in conifer plantations in Okutama Mountain in Japan

    Yoh Ogawa;Kahoko Tochigi;Tomoko Naganuma;Bainah Sari Dewi

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Breeding ecology of Kessler’s thrush (Turdus kessleri) in the western Sichuan plateau

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Stable isotopes indicate reduced body condition of caribou in disturbed areas

    (2022)
    2 Citations

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