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Aquatic Mammals
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Aquatic Mammals

0167-5427

Published by: European Association for Aquatic Mammals

https://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/index.php

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 520 33 39 6
Biology and Biochemistry 845 6 10 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 53
Documents by Best Scientists*: 60
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.286
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aquatic Mammals?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Fishery, Zoology, Oceanography, Ecology and Bottlenose dolphin. Aquatic Mammals focuses on Fishery but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Bay and Predation. Presentations on Ecology include those discussing Habitat and Marine mammal.

The majority of Sea lion studies presented zero in on Zalophus californianus. Sousa chinensis is a major topic of Indo-Pacific research.

  • Fishery (44.17%)
  • Zoology (16.26%)
  • Oceanography (16.06%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A review of social recognition in pinnipeds (129 citations)
  • Interspecies interactions between Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis and bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus , on Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas (128 citations)
  • A Decade of Live California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Strandings Along the Central California Coast: Causes and Trends, 1991-2000 (128 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aquatic Mammals:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Fishery, Oceanography, Ecology, Whale and Predation. While Fishery is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Bay and Foraging. The journal articles link adjacent topics like Ecology with Zoology.

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

  • Ecology
  • Internal medicine
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Fishery, Zoology, Bottlenose dolphin, Oceanography and Acoustics. The concepts on Fishery presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Population estimate, Pusa hispida and China. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on China, it also covered topics in Bay, Eumetopias jubatus, Sea lion, Reproductive ecology and Threatened species.

The Zoology works featured in Aquatic Mammals incorporate elements from Feresa attenuata, Pygmy killer whales, Minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis and Humpback whale. While Bottlenose dolphin is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Agarose gel electrophoresis, Juvenile, Capillary electrophoresis and Fishing. While the journal focused on Oceanography, it was also able to explore topics like Feeding behavior, Type (biology), Mixed species and Scale (ratio).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Exploration of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Under Human Care by Enzyme Immunoassay (3 citations)
  • Multimetastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens; Shaw, 1800) (1 citations)
  • The First Records of Antarctic Type B and C Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in Australian Coastal Waters (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 Mammals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ronald A. Kastelein (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Gregory D. Bossart (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Jefferson (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Lean Helder-Hoek (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Aquatic Mammals (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Instituto Politécnico Nacional (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Autonomous University of Baja California (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • The Marine Mammal Center (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Liège (5 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, 97.92% 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 100.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Assessing the Severity of Marine Mammal Behavioral Responses to Human Noise

    Brandon L. Southall;Douglas P. Nowacek;Ann E. Bowles;Valeria Senigaglia

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Cape Verde Islands: Migratory Patterns, Resightings, and Abundance

    Frederick W. Wenzel;Fredrick Broms;Pedro López-Suárez;Katia Lopes

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Injuries, malformations, and epidermal conditions in cetaceans of the Strait of Gibraltar

    Helena Herr;Patricia Burkhardt-Holm;Katharina Heyer;Ursula Siebert

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program in 2020: Celebrating 50 Years of Research, Conservation, and Education

    Randall S. Wells

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Population Viability Analysis and Comparison of Two Monitoring Strategies for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, to Inform Management

    Miguel Blázquez;Isabel Baker;Joanne M. O’Brien;Simon D. Berrow

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Post-release monitoring of a stranded and rehabilitated short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) reveals current-assisted travel

    Reny B Tyson Moore;David C. Douglas;Hendrik H. Nollens;Randall S. Wells

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Delphinid Mixed-Species Associations in the Oceanic Waters of the Western South Atlantic

    Renan C. de Lima;Juliana C. Di Tullio;Eduardo R. Secchi;Franciele R. Castro

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • An Unexpected Benefit from Drone-Assisted Fecal Sample Collection: Picking Up Subsurface Poop After It Floats to the Surface

    (2022)
    8 Citations

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