Biodiversity and Conservation

Top Research Topics at Biodiversity and Conservation?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Biodiversity, Ecology, Species richness, Habitat and Environmental resource management. The Biodiversity works featured in Biodiversity and Conservation incorporate elements from Agroforestry, Endangered species, Ecology (disciplines), Vegetation and Threatened species. Most of the works presented in it deals with Threatened species but it intersects with the subject of IUCN Red List.

It aims to address concerns in Ecology, specifically in the areas of Species diversity, Abundance (ecology), Endemism, Range (biology) and Introduced species. Topics in Species richness explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Old-growth forest, Global biodiversity, Grassland, Ecosystem and Plant community. The work on Habitat addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Biological dispersal.

• Biodiversity (80.58%)
• Ecology (70.33%)
• Species richness (28.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Regression and model-building in conservation biology, biogeography and ecology: The distinction between – and reconciliation of – ‘predictive’ and ‘explanatory’ models (845 citations)
• Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity (833 citations)
• Predictors of species sensitivity to fragmentation (788 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biodiversity and Conservation:

The most cited publications mostly deal with topics like Biodiversity, Ecology, Species richness, Habitat and Agroforestry. While the primary focus in the most cited papers is Biodiversity, they also dissect topics surrounding Environmental resource management and Ecosystem services and Sustainability as a whole. The most cited papers explore issues in Species richness which can be linked to other research areas like Grassland, Basal area and Introduced species.

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

• Ecology
• Genus
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Biodiversity and Conservation mainly tackles studies in Biodiversity, Ecology, Habitat, Species richness and Threatened species. The presented research on Biodiversity deals specifically with Agroforestry but it also addresses topics in Land use and Ecosystem services. Ecology study tackled is connected to the field of Extinction.

Biodiversity and Conservation explores issues in Habitat which can be linked to other research areas like Fishery, Protected area and Grassland. It explores topics in Species richness which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Rainforest, Biome, Wetland and Species diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation addresses concerns in the field of Threatened species by exploring it in line with topics in Species distribution which intersect with Environmental niche modelling subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Regional Comparison of Snow Leopard ( Panthera uncia ) Diet using DNA Metabarcoding (6 citations)
• Conservation of Asian horseshoe crabs on spotlight (5 citations)
• A century of pollen foraging by the endangered rusty patched bumble bee ( Bombus affinis ): inferences from molecular sequencing of museum specimens (5 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Biodiversity and Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michael J. Samways (59 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Jan Christian Habel (23 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Dirk S. Schmeller (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• David B. Lindenmayer (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kevin J. Gaston (18 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Biodiversity and Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (131 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• National Autonomous University of Mexico (94 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (88 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (67 papers) published 4 papers 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, 5.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.41% of all publications and 59.38% 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.