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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 765 5 5 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 120
Documents by Best Scientists*: 162
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 81
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.355
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biochemical Systematics and Ecology?

The main points discussed in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology deals with Botany, Chemotaxonomy, Ecology, Genetic diversity and Zoology. The Botany study featured in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology draws connections with the study of Flavonoid. Research in Chemotaxonomy discussed is concerned with the study of Taxonomy (biology) as a whole.

While the journal focused on Genetic diversity, it was also able to explore topics like Genetics, Microsatellite and Genetic variation. Phylogenetic tree, Allele, Locus (genetics) and Gene are all areas of Genetics tackled in the journal. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Zoology as it also encompasses Genetic distance.

Most of the works presented in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology deals with Genus but it intersects with the subject of Phytochemical.

  • Botany (58.66%)
  • Chemotaxonomy (16.09%)
  • Ecology (11.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Chemotaxonomy of aerobic Actinomycetes: Phospholipid composition (721 citations)
  • Insect mitochondrial control region: a review of its structure, evolution and usefulness in evolutionary studies (455 citations)
  • Biological activities of sesquiterpene lactones (425 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biochemical Systematics and Ecology:

The most cited publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Botany, Chemotaxonomy, Essential oil, Ecology and Lamiaceae. In the Botany research discussed in the journal articles, Chemotype, Asteraceae, Genus, Sesquiterpene and Taxon are all tackled. The study of Ecology in the published articles encompasses disciplines such as Zoology, as well as fields such as Genetic diversity, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology generally zeroes in on subjects such as Phytochemical, Botany, Chemical constituents, Genus and Stereochemistry. The Phytochemical works featured in it incorporate elements from Phenolic acid, Glycoside, Alkaloid, Caprifoliaceae and Triterpenoid. It features studies on Botany, including topics such as Essential oil.

In the journal, Fabaceae and Flavonoid are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Chemical constituents research. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology connects the study in Genus with the closely related area of Ericaceae. The work on Stereochemistry tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Stigmasterol, Anthraquinones and Fatty acid.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Preliminary investigation on chemical composition and bioactivity of differently obtained extracts from Symphytum aintabicum Hub.- Mor. &Wickens (5 citations)
  • Key taste components in two wild edible Boletus mushrooms using widely targeted metabolomics (3 citations)
  • Carotenoids of hemipteran insects, from the perspective of chemo-systematic and chemical ecological studies (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 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter G. Waterman (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Satyajit D. Sarker (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bruce A. Bohm (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeffrey B. Harborne (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ben-Erik Van Wyk (37 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 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (225 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (93 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Royal Botanic Gardens (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (63 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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, 9.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.35% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.78% of all publications and 72.17% 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

  • Effects of drought stress on phenolic accumulation in greenhouse-grown olive trees (Olea europaea)

    Beligh Mechri;Meriem Tekaya;Mohamed Hammami;Hechmi Chehab

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Variation in essential oil composition within and among Tunisian Thymus algeriensis Boiss et Reut. (Lamiaceae) populations: Effect of ecological factors and incidence on antiacetylcholinesterase and antioxidant activities

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Epicuticular wax variability of Juniperus deltoides R.P. Adams from the central Balkan – Ecology and chemophenetics

    Nemanja Rajčević;Tanja Dodoš;Jelica Novaković;Pedja Janaćković

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Genetic structure and essential oil composition in wild populations of Salvia multicaulis Vahl.

    Seyed Mehdi Talebi;Mehry Askary;Nariman Khalili;Alex Matsyura;Alex Matsyura

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Variability of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities of ten Ceratonia siliqua L. provenances

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Occurrence of flavonoids in different Lamiaceae taxa for a preliminary study on their evolution based on phytochemistry

    Claudio Frezza;Alessandro Venditti;Claudia Giuliani;Sebastiano Foddai

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Preliminary investigation on chemical composition and bioactivity of differently obtained extracts from Symphytum aintabicum Hub.- Mor. &Wickens

    Gokhan Zengin;Kouadio Ibrahim Sinan;Gunes Ak;Simone Angeloni

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Genotypic diversity in willow (Salix spp.) is associated with chemical and morphological polymorphism, suggesting human-assisted dissemination in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Hussein Muklada;Hussein Muklada;Rachel Davidovich-Rikanati;Dustin G. Wilkerson;Joshua D. Klein

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Taxonomic significance of the distribution of constituents of leaf cuticular waxes of Croton species (Euphorbiaceae)

    Bruna Silvestroni Pimentel;Giuseppina Negri;Inês Cordeiro;Lucimar Barbosa Motta

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Chemical variability on Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm. essential oil with respect to different comminution methods

    (2022)
    7 Citations

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