Annales de Paleontologie

Top Research Topics at Annales De Paleontologie?

The discussions in Annales De Paleontologie mainly cover the fields of Paleontology, Genus, Taxon, Cretaceous and Ecology. It focuses on Paleontology as well as the interrelated topic of Fauna. It is concerned with the study of Genus and Zoology in general.

Aptian is the primary subject of Cretaceous works presented in the journal.

• Paleontology (42.59%)
• Genus (13.36%)
• Taxon (13.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• On the origin of high growth rates in archosaurs and their ancient relatives: Complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a “phylogenetic signal” in bone histology (116 citations)
• Late Cretaceous crocodile remains from Naskal (India): comparisons and biogeographic affinities (114 citations)
• On the bone histology of some Triassic pseudosuchian archosaurs and related taxa (112 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annales De Paleontologie:

The journal articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Paleontology, Anatomy, Cretaceous, Taxon and Humanities. The most cited publications with studies in Paleontology featured incorporate elements of Biological dispersal, Fauna and Type species. The Taxon research tackled in the most cited papers is interrelated with Genus which concerns subjects like Cladistics and Glyptodon.

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

• Genus
• Paleontology
• Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Annales De Paleontologie was organized to reinforce research efforts on Paleontology, Cenomanian, Structural basin, Fauna and Genus. Annales De Paleontologie primarily discusses Paleontology topics, particularly Taxon, Group (stratigraphy), Aptian, Assemblage (archaeology) and Biozone. The studies in Taxon featured incorporate elements of Biological dispersal, Cladistics and Carbonate platform.

It explores research in Cenomanian alongside concepts in Biostratigraphy and other areas of study in Dinoflagellate. In the journal, Ecological succession and Cretaceous are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Fauna research. Research on Genus presented in Annales De Paleontologie concerns the broader topic of Zoology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• First partial cranium of Togocetus from Kpogamé (Togo) and the protocetid diversity in the Togolese phosphate basin (1 citations)
• Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera, Pelecinidae) support the hypothesis of an Asian origin of the family (1 citations)
• Les faunes coralliennes de l’Oligocène de Malte : biodiversité et paléoenvironnement (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 Annales De Paleontologie (based on the number of publications) are:

• Didier Néraudeau (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Martin Pickford (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Eric Buffetaut (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Haiyan Tong (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Madani Benyoucef (9 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Annales De Paleontologie (based on the number of publications) are:

• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (81 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Rennes (38 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Paris (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Collège de France (20 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, 9.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 42.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 26.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.05% of all publications and 10.53% 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.