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Aquatic Biology
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Aquatic Biology

1864-7782

Published by: Inter-Research Science

https://www.int-res.com/journals/ab/ab-home/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 568 11 8 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 57
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.215
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aquatic Biology?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Ecology, Fishery, Zoology, Botany and Habitat. In the Ecology research discussed, Predation, Benthic zone, Trophic level, Abundance (ecology) and Biomass (ecology) are all tackled. Many of the studies tackled connect Predation with a similar field of study like Foraging.

The journal explores research in Fishery and the adjacent study of Otolith. The studies in Zoology featured incorporate elements of Juvenile and Larva. Topics in Botany were tackled in line with various other fields like Environmental chemistry and Nutrient.

Habitat research discussed connects with the study of Species richness. Aquatic Biology focuses on Coral reef as well as the interrelated topic of Coral.

  • Ecology (54.05%)
  • Fishery (19.52%)
  • Zoology (15.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Effects of increased seawater pCO2 on early development of the oyster Crassostrea gigas (257 citations)
  • Effects of ocean acidification on the immune response of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (194 citations)
  • Cost-efficient sampling of fish assemblages: comparison of baited video stations and diver video transects (173 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aquatic Biology:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Ecology, Fishery, Zoology, Botany and Algae. The journal articles aim to address concerns in Ecology, specifically in the areas of Ocean acidification, Habitat, Benthic zone, Intertidal zone and Predation. Issues in Fishery were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Juvenile, Foraging and Transect.

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:

The journal focuses on Zoology, Ecology, Larva, Botany and Posidonia oceanica. Zoology research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cytochrome b, Microscopy, Schizothorax, Flock and Cyprinidae. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Ecology and the similar topic of Mixotroph.

Some problems in Larva that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Paternal care, Reproduction, Mudskipper, Periophthalmus variabilis and Biological dispersal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Geometric morphometric analyses define riverine and lacustrine species flocks of Himalayan snowtrout (Cyprinidae: Schizothorax) in Nepal (2 citations)
  • Freshwater jellyfish in northern temperate lakes: Craspedacusta sowerbii in British Columbia, Canada (1 citations)
  • Maintaining and storing encapsulated cells for propagation of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile (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.

The top authors publishing in Aquatic Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Félix L. Figueroa (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rory P. Wilson (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anna Metaxas (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nathalie Korbee (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Eric Scheibling (6 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 Aquatic Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Málaga (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dalhousie University (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (8 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 55.56% 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

  • Exposure to boat noise in the field yields minimal stress response in wild reef fish

    E. Staaterman;E. Staaterman;A. J. Gallagher;P. E. Holder;C. H. Reid

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Female reproductive output in a Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus population

    Monica Francesca Blasi;Chiara Bruno;Luigi Boitani

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Freshwater jellyfish in northern temperate lakes: Craspedacusta sowerbii in British Columbia, Canada

    Florian Lüskow;Pablo J. López-González;Evgeny A. Pakhomov

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Soft corals and microplastics interaction: first evidence in the alcyonacean species Coelogorgia palmosa

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Geometric morphometric analyses define riverine and lacustrine species flocks of Himalayan snowtrout (Cyprinidae: Schizothorax) in Nepal

    Binod Regmi;Marlis R. Douglas;David R. Edds;Michael E. Douglas

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Impaired larval development at low salinities could limit the spread of the non-native crab Hemigrapsus takanoi in the Baltic Sea

    Ola Salah El Din Mohamed Nour;Ola Salah El Din Mohamed Nour;Christian Pansch;Mark Lenz;Martin Wahl

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Ground-truthing daily and lunar patterns of coral reef fish call rates on a U.S. Virgin Island reef

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Trophic niche partitioning in marine wood-borers revealed by stable isotope analysis

    François Charles;Pascal Riera;Pierre-Guy Sauriau;François Lantoine

    (2020)
    4 Citations

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