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Aquatic Sciences
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Aquatic Sciences

1015-1621

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/27

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 212 156 173 16
Earth Science 331 25 31 11
Environmental Sciences 397 62 56 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 260
Documents by Best Scientists*: 226
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 91
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.642
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Aquatic Sciences?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Ecology, Hydrology, Environmental chemistry, Ecosystem and Phytoplankton. The journal covers various topics on Ecology such as Habitat, Trophic level, Species richness, Benthic zone and Biodiversity. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Habitat, apply to Floodplain as well.

Issues in Hydrology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Sediment and Nutrient. Nutrient research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Eutrophication. Some problems in Environmental chemistry that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Organic matter and Water column.

The journal focuses on Ecosystem but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Biomass (ecology) and Aquatic ecosystem. Botany, Algae and Plankton, Oceanography, Zooplankton are some topics wherein Phytoplankton research discussed in Aquatic Sciences have an impact. The Dissolved organic carbon study featured in Aquatic Sciences draws connections with the study of Colored dissolved organic matter.

  • Ecology (38.90%)
  • Hydrology (29.30%)
  • Environmental chemistry (15.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Canonical correspondence analysis and related multivariate methods in aquatic ecology (1385 citations)
  • A global boom in hydropower dam construction (946 citations)
  • Response of aquatic plants to abiotic factors: a review (473 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Aquatic Sciences:

The most cited publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Hydrology, Environmental chemistry, Phytoplankton and Dissolved organic carbon. The journal papers explore topics in Hydrology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Sediment and Eutrophication. The most cited papers explore issues in Dissolved organic carbon which can be linked to other research areas like Organic matter, Total organic carbon and Colored dissolved organic matter.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Aquatic Sciences mostly deals with topics like Ecology, Ecosystem, Nutrient, Macrophyte and Habitat. As a part of the journal, discussions in Ecology involve topics like Zooplankton, Trophic level, Biomass (ecology), Biodiversity and Floodplain. The overlapping concepts between Sediment and Substrate (marine biology) are the key highlights of Ecosystem study.

The journal facilitates discussions on Nutrient that incorporate concepts from other fields like Environmental chemistry, Aquatic ecosystem, Organic matter and Phosphorus. The Habitat works featured in Aquatic Sciences incorporate elements from Climate change and STREAMS. Watershed research discussed in it aim to provide more information in the subject of Hydrology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Total phosphorus and climate are equally important predictors of water quality in lakes (4 citations)
  • Macrophytes enhance reach-scale metabolism on a daily, seasonal and annual basis in agricultural lowland streams (4 citations)
  • Inhibited vertical mixing and seasonal persistence of a thin cyanobacterial layer in a stratified lake (3 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 Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Christopher T. Robinson (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Bernhard Wehrli (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alfred Wüest (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Klement Tockner (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barbara Sulzberger (11 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 Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (116 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Leibniz Association (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • ETH Zurich (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (41 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (36 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, 6.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.90% of all publications and 47.89% 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

  • Lake browning may fuel phytoplankton biomass and trigger shifts in phytoplankton communities in temperate lakes

    Oscar E. Senar;Irena F. Creed;Irena F. Creed;Charles G. Trick;Charles G. Trick

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Nowhere to swim: interspecific responses of prairie stream fishes in isolated pools during severe drought

    Garrett W. Hopper;Garrett W. Hopper;Keith B. Gido;Casey A. Pennock;Skyler C. Hedden

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Untangling the determinants of macrophyte beta diversity in tropical floodplain lakes: insights from ecological uniqueness and species contributions

    Ully Mattilde Pozzobom;Jani Heino;Maiara Tábatha da Silva Brito;Victor Lemes Landeiro

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Ecological uniqueness and species richness of zooplankton in subtropical floodplain lakes

    Maiara Tábatha da Silva Brito;Jani Heino;Ully Mattilde Pozzobom;Victor Lemes Landeiro

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Does browning affect the identity of limiting nutrients in lakes

    Peter D. F. Isles;Anders Jonsson;Irena F. Creed;Ann-Kristin Bergström

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Internal phosphorus loading due to sediment anoxia in shallow areas: implications for lake aeration treatments

    Olga Tammeorg;Olga Tammeorg;Gertrud Nürnberg;Juha Niemistö;Marina Haldna

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Unravelling patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity of Amazon stream fish

    Naraiana Loureiro Benone;Cecília Gontijo Leal;Luciana Lameira dos Santos;Thiago Pereira Mendes

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Dynamics of dissolved organic matter in headwaters: comparison of headwater streams with contrasting DOM and nutrient composition

    Ophelie Fovet;David M. Cooper;Davey L. Jones;Davey L. Jones;Timothy G. Jones

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Hydrological, geochemical and land use drivers of greenhouse gas dynamics in eleven sub-tropical streams

    Luke F. Andrews;Praktan D. Wadnerkar;Shane A. White;Xiaogang Chen;Xiaogang Chen

    (2021)
    21 Citations

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