Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Top Research Topics at Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics?

The journal investigates areas of study like Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Ecology (disciplines), Ecosystem and Zoology. Many of the studies tackled connect Ecology with a similar field of study like Biological dispersal. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics addresses concerns in Evolutionary biology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Genetics, Population genetics, Natural selection, Phylogenetics and Systematics.

Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree are closely related fields of research discussed in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.

• Ecology (57.64%)
• Evolutionary biology (19.75%)
• Ecology (disciplines) (10.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems (9404 citations)
• Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change (5887 citations)
• Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity (5040 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Ecology (disciplines), Biological dispersal and Habitat. The most cited papers focus on different Ecology studies like Ecosystem, Herbivore, Competition (biology), Predation and Biodiversity. Aside from discussions in Evolutionary biology, the journal papers also deal with the subject of Population genetics which intersects with Gene flow disciplines.

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

• Ecology
• Genus
• Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics facilitates discussions on Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetics, Perspective (graphical) and Biodiversity. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics facilitated discussions that integrated Ecology and Chemical interaction. The Evolutionary biology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Macroevolution, Molecular evolution and Lineage (evolution).

While Phylogenetics is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Genome, Theoretical computer science and DNA sequencing. It explores topics in Biodiversity which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ordovician and Abiotic component. While it focused on Ecosystem, it was also able to explore topics like Plant community, Seed dispersal and Global change.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The Ecological Importance of Allelopathy (2 citations)
• Evolution in Cities (1 citations)
• Dynamics of Ecological Communities Following Current Retreat of Glaciers (1 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 Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Daniel Simberloff (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Daniel H. Janzen (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Philip W. Hedrick (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harold A. Mooney (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael J. Donoghue (4 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 Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of California, Davis (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• University of California, Santa Barbara (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Smithsonian Institution (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Santa Cruz (11 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, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.00% 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.