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Australian Journal of Botany
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Australian Journal of Botany

0067-1924

Published by: Csiro Publishing

https://www.publish.csiro.au/bt

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 250 35 49 8
Ecology and Evolution 395 66 69 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 112
Documents by Best Scientists*: 109
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 77
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.328
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Australian Journal of Botany?

The concepts of Botany, Plant ecology, Ecology, Paleobotany and Lichen are tackled in the journal. The work on Botany tackled in it brings together disciplines like Forest management and Cell and molecular biology. Australian Journal of Botany encompasses Cell and molecular biology studies in the context of Plant development as a whole.

Australian Journal of Botany explores research in Eucalyptus and overlapping concepts in Myrtaceae to expand the discourse in Plant ecology. Research on Ecology presented in it focuses, in particular, on Range (biology), Habitat, Species richness, Rainforest and Woodland. Australian Journal of Botany holds forums on Paleobotany that merges themes from other disciplines such as Pollen and Southern Hemisphere.

Australian Journal of Botany is focused mainly on Pollen, particularly Pollinator. It focuses on Lichen but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Taxon, Taxonomy (biology), Genus and Algae. The study on Germination featured in it expounds on the topic of Dormancy in particular.

  • Botany (99.73%)
  • Plant ecology (30.93%)
  • Ecology (25.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2552 citations)
  • New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (1886 citations)
  • ‘Breathing’ of the terrestrial biosphere: lessons learned from a global network of carbon dioxide flux measurement systems (851 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Australian Journal of Botany:

The published papers primarily tackle Botany, Plant ecology, Ecology, Paleobotany and Lichen. The journal publications link adjacent topics like Botany with Forest management. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Paleobotany that incorporate concepts from other fields like Pollen and Southern Hemisphere.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in Australian Journal of Botany mainly cover the fields of Botany, Threatened species, Vegetation classification, Ecology and Vegetation. Botany research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Forest management, Endangered species and Agronomy. Australian Journal of Botany addresses concerns in the field of Forest management by exploring it in line with topics in Cell and molecular biology which intersect with Plant science, Lichen and Mycology subjects.

The study of Plant science encompasses disciplines such as Plant ecology, as well as fields such as Paleobotany, all of which overlap with one another. Issues in Threatened species were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Biodiversity hotspot, Biodiversity, Ecology (disciplines), Urbanization and Functional ecology. The journal facilitates discussions on Vegetation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Glacial period, Pollen, Pleistocene, Germination and Sampling (statistics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A threatened ecological community: Research advances and priorities for Banksia woodlands (4 citations)
  • Australian vegetation classification and the International Vegetation Classification framework: an overview with case studies (3 citations)
  • Vegetation change in semi-permanent or ephemeral montane marshes (lagoons) of the New England Tablelands Bioregion (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 Australian Journal of Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jamie B. Kirkpatrick (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kingsley W. Dixon (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brad M. Potts (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert S. Hill (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Derek Eamus (33 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 Australian Journal of Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (145 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Australia (98 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Tasmania (67 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (65 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Adelaide (49 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, 34.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.81% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 41.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.35% of all publications and 12.90% 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

  • A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems

    B. J. Wigley;B. J. Wigley;T. Charles-Dominique;G. P. Hempson;N. Stevens;N. Stevens

    (2020)
    73 Citations
  • Corrigendum to: A threatened ecological community: research advances and priorities for Banksia woodlands

    Alison L. Ritchie;Lauren N. Svejcar;Bronwyn M. Ayre;Julian Bolleter

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Resprouting strategies of three native shrub Cerrado species from a morphoanatomical and chemical perspective

    Gabriela Santos da Silva;Alexandre Ferraro;Claudio Lima de Aguiar;Beatriz Appezzato-da-Gloria

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • A threatened ecological community: Research advances and priorities for Banksia woodlands

    Alison L. Ritchie;Lauren N. Svejcar;Bronwyn M. Ayre;Julian Bolleter

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Seed dormancy alleviation by warm stratification progressively widens the germination window in Mediterranean climate Rutaceae

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • The origins and evolutionary history of xerophytic vegetation in Australia

    Margaret Byrne;Daniel J. Murphy

    (2020)
    14 Citations

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