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Biodiversity
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Biodiversity

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbid20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 548 18 16 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 24
Documents by Best Scientists*: 22
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 32
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.336
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biodiversity?

The journal investigates areas of study like Biodiversity, Ecology, Agroforestry, Environmental resource management and Habitat. The journal focuses on Biodiversity but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Agriculture, Livelihood, Wildlife, Environmental protection and Ecosystem. The Ecology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Diversity (politics).

The research on Agroforestry featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Agricultural biodiversity and Crop. Issues in Environmental resource management were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Poverty and Natural resource economics.

  • Biodiversity (41.02%)
  • Ecology (36.38%)
  • Agroforestry (18.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Pollinating Flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production (146 citations)
  • Costa Rica's Area de Conservación Guanacaste: a long march to survival through non-damaging biodevelopment. (93 citations)
  • Biodiversity loss and emerging infectious disease: An example from the rodent-borne hemorrhagic fevers (92 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biodiversity:

The journal publications investigate areas of study like Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental resource management, Climate change and Arctic. The journal articles with studies in Biodiversity featured incorporate elements of Agroforestry, Protected area, Invertebrate, Biome and Generalist and specialist species. The studies on Environmental resource management discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Convention on Biological Diversity, Corporate governance, Measurement of biodiversity, Interoperability and Data science.

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

  • Ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Ecology, Alien species, Biodiversity, Fishery and Alien. The work on Ecology addressed in it expands to the thematically related Diversity (politics). While it focused on Alien species, it was also able to explore topics like Mediterranean climate and Riparian zone.

Mediterranean climate research in it involves the investigation of Coastal dunes studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Habitat. Among the topics covered in it are Biodiversity and Charles darwin. Topics in Fishery were tackled in line with various other fields like Fish species, Fauna and Wildlife.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Invasive alien species and biodiversity: impacts and management (2 citations)
  • Invasive alien species in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas: the Egadi Islands (Italy) case study (2 citations)
  • Using local hay seed for suppressing invasive alien plants in grasslands (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 Biodiversity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ernest Small (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vanessa Reid (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Paul M. Catling (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen Aitken (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saikat Kumar Basu (8 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 Biodiversity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Lethbridge (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Agro ParisTech (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • American Museum of Natural History (6 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, 13.33% 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 7.69% 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 53.85% 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

  • Invasive alien species and biodiversity: impacts and management

    Rodolfo Gentili;Urs Schaffner;Adriano Martinoli;Sandra Citterio

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Ecoacoustics of small forest patches in agricultural landscapes: acoustic diversity and bird richness increase with patch size

    Sandra Müller;Taylor Shaw;Daniel Güntert;Lily Helmbold

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • The impact of Acacia saligna on the composition and structure of the Mediterranean maquis

    Francesco Pio Tozzi;Maria Laura Carranza;Ludovico Frate;Angela Stanisci

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Lockdown policy effects on invasive species: a perspective

    Elia Lo Parrino;Mattia Falaschi;Raoul Manenti;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Potential risks of Invasive Alien Plant Species on native plant biodiversity in Sri Lanka due to climate change

    Champika S. Kariyawasam;Lalit Kumar;Sujith S. Ratnayake;D. S. A. Wijesundara

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Not only jackals in the cities and dolphins in the harbours: less optimism and more systems thinking is needed to understand the long-term effects of the COVID-19 lockdown

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Area-based conservation and the Sustainable Development Goals: a review

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • When ‘bullies’ come out of cities: mobbing among introduced Rose-Ringed Parakeets <i>Psittacula krameri</i> and native species of conservation concern in extra-urban habitats with suggestions for a framework of PSIR indicators

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Using carbon management as a sustainable strategy for protected and conserved areas

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Six novel interdisciplinary resilience principles emerging from interdisciplinary exchange around post-COVID-19 centres and peripheries

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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