Antarctic Science

Top Research Topics at Antarctic Science?

The journal investigates studies in Oceanography, Ecology, Paleontology, Peninsula and Sea ice. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Oceanography, it also covered topics in Glacial period and Sediment. The in-depth study on Glacial period also explores topics in the intersecting field of Glacier.

The work on Ecology addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Zoology. Cretaceous, Sedimentary rock, Cenozoic and Gondwana are some of the study areas of Paleontology discussed. Research on Sea ice presented in it focuses, in particular, on Antarctic sea ice, Arctic ice pack and Fast ice.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Antarctic sea ice and the similar topic of Ice stream. Ice shelf study tackled is connected to the field of Ice sheet.

• Oceanography (31.71%)
• Ecology (20.24%)
• Paleontology (10.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Foraging ecology of southern elephant seals in relation to the bathymetry and productivity of the Southern Ocean (430 citations)
• Antarctic climate change and the environment (354 citations)
• Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environment. (298 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Antarctic Science:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Oceanography, Ecology, Sea ice, Ice shelf and Benthic zone. The most cited papers aim to address concerns in Oceanography, specifically in the areas of Continental shelf, Arctic ice pack, Bay, Ice sheet and Iceberg. Issues in Climatology were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Snow and Climate change.

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

• Ecology
• Genus
• Paleontology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Oceanography, Glacier, Glacial period, Zoology and Ecology are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Oceanography research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Environmental niche modelling and Peninsula. Research in George (robot) and the interrelating topic of Paleontology were among the subjects of interest in the Peninsula studies discussed in it.

The journal tackles studies in Climate change and the interrelated subject of Sediment and Meltwater to gain insights into Glacier. The Glacial period works featured in it incorporate elements from Massif, Landform and Ice sheet. The research on Ecology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Diversity (politics) and Genetic structure, Genetic diversity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Assessing colonies of Antarctic shags by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (4 citations)
• A debris-covered glacier at Kerguelen (49°S, 69°E) over the past 15 000 years (4 citations)
• Taxonomy 2.0: computer-aided identification tools to assist Antarctic biologists in the field and in the laboratory (4 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 Antarctic Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• David W.H. Walton (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter Convey (33 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• John L. Smellie (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Steven L. Chown (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Kevin A. Hughes (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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 Antarctic Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• British Antarctic Survey (123 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Natural Environment Research Council (111 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Australian Antarctic Division (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Tasmania (75 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (64 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, 52.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.82% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 31.82% of all publications and 27.27% 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.