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Archives of Natural History

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Published by: Edinburgh University Press

https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/anh

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 713 13 31 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 39
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 15
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.181
Impact Factor: 0.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Archives of Natural History?

Archives of Natural History covers a variety of subjects, including Art history, Environmental ethics, Classics, Natural history and Archaeology. The journal focused on Art history research but expanded to cover Naturalism. The in-depth study on Classics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Zoology.

  • Art history (23.72%)
  • Environmental ethics (11.75%)
  • Classics (11.60%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The first record of Marcgrave's capuchin in Europe: South American monkeys in Italy during the early sixteenth century (53 citations)
  • Natural history in Britain in the eighteenth century1 (34 citations)
  • On parallel lines: natural history and biology from the late Victorian period. (24 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Archives of Natural History:

The most cited articles mostly deal with topics like Zoology, Natural history, Art history, Ancient history and Archaeology. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Natural history, it also covers topics in Environmental ethics, Duty, Professionalization and Library science. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Art history that incorporate concepts from other fields like Joke and Contempt.

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

  • World War II
  • Ecology
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Art history, Natural history, Archaeology, Classics and Anthropology. The Art history works featured in Archives of Natural History incorporate elements from Conchology and PARRY. The journal facilitates discussions on Natural history that incorporate concepts from other fields like Bedbugs, Naturalism, Subject (philosophy) and Ancient history.

Studies on Archaeology discussed in the journal link to the field of Entomology. Classics and Passions are closely related fields of research discussed in it. The concepts on Anthropology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Identity (philosophy), Provenance, Titi monkey and Depiction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Cuidados de enfermagem ao recém nascido nos distintos cenários: revisão integrativa (1 citations)
  • LEDERER, Roger J. Birds: ornithology and the great bird artists (0 citations)
  • MASON, Ian J. and PFITZNER, Gilbert H. Passions in ornithology: a century of Australian egg collectors (0 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 Archives of Natural History (based on the number of publications) are:

  • E. Charles Nelson (155 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Herman Reichenbach (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alwyne Wheeler (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gerhard C. Cadée (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Davis (22 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 Archives of Natural History (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American Museum of Natural History (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University Marine Biological Station Millport (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Museum of Natural History (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Hertfordshire (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Natural History Museum (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, 62.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 23.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.38% of all publications and 38.46% 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

  • Persistent spatial gaps in ornithological study in Australia, 1901-2011

    Michael A. Weston;Maree R. Yarwood;Desley A. Whisson;Matthew R. E. Symonds

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • MASON, Ian J. and PFITZNER, Gilbert H. Passions in ornithology: a century of Australian egg collectors

    Tim R. Birkhead

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • When did Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied, first describe Felis macroura?

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Hamilton Mack Laing's specimen of a whooping crane, Grus americana

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Evidence that Temminck described Felis aurata in 1825, not 1827

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Casey Albert Wood and The fundus oculi of birds (1917)

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Restoration of two great auk (Pinguinus impennis) eggs: Bourman Labrey's egg and the Scarborough egg

    T. R. Birkhead;G. Axon;J. R. Middleton

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • PARRY, James and GREENWOOD, Jeremy. Emma Turner: a life looking at birds

    Pat Monaghan

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • The dispersal of Vivian Vaughan Davies Hewitt’s collection of great auk (Pinguinus impennis) eggs

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • The abortive edition of John Martyn's Methodus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium (c.1729)

    Christopher D. Preston

    (2020)
    1 Citations

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