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Biodiversity Data Journal
H-index 38

Biodiversity Data Journal

1314-2836

Published by: Pensoft Publishers

https://bdj.pensoft.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 66 200 245 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 275
Documents by Best Scientists*: 308
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.351
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biodiversity Data Journal?

The topics of Ecology, Zoology, Biodiversity, Genus and Taxonomy (biology) are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Habitat, Fauna, Species richness, Hymenoptera and Taxon studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Ecology presented. Discussions in Biodiversity Data Journal are anchored in the subject of Fauna and the similar topic of Checklist.

It primarily discusses Hymenoptera topics, particularly Ichneumonidae and Parasitoid. DNA barcoding and Subspecies are some of the facets of Zoology tackled in it. It aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as DNA barcoding and Barcode.

The Biodiversity study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Environmental resource management. Genus research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Lepidoptera genitalia and Key (lock).

  • Ecology (44.77%)
  • Zoology (21.12%)
  • Biodiversity (19.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web (162 citations)
  • The Encyclopedia of Life v2: Providing Global Access to Knowledge About Life on Earth (114 citations)
  • A global map of saltmarshes. (107 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biodiversity Data Journal:

The most cited articles investigate areas of study like Ecology, Biodiversity, Biodiversity informatics, Taxon and Data science. The published papers hold forums on Ecology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Phylum and Phylogenetics. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Taxon, it also covers topics in Rubiaceae and DNA barcoding.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Ecology, Zoology, Genus, Biodiversity and Habitat are tackled in the journal. The presentations discussing Ecology offer insights in topics such as Species richness, Endangered species, Endemism, IUCN Red List and Abundance (ecology). Biodiversity Data Journal holds forums on Zoology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Taxon, Lepidoptera genitalia and Species complex.

Biodiversity Data Journal explores topics in Genus which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Taxonomy (biology), China, Hymenoptera and Key (lock). It addresses concerns in Biodiversity which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Ecosystem, Species diversity and Environmental resource management. It tackles studies in Fauna and the interrelated subject of Range (biology) to gain insights into Habitat.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Flora of Vladimir Oblast, Russia: an updated grid dataset (1867-2020). (3 citations)
  • EcoBank: A flexible database platform for sharing ecological data. (3 citations)
  • An update to the distribution of invasive Ctenolepisma longicaudatum Escherich in northern Europe, with an overview of other records of Estonian synanthropic bristletails (Insecta: Zygentoma). (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 Biodiversity Data Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pedro Cardoso (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Paulo A. V. Borges (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Daniel H. Janzen (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Winnie Hallwachs (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alan J. Fleming (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Data Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American Museum of Natural History (77 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Natural History Museum (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of the Azores (36 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Museum of Natural History (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Guelph (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than 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, 25.37% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 56.67% 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

  • Taxonomy notes and new occurrence data of four species of atyid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) in Vietnam, all described from China.

    Do Van Tu;Kristina von Rintelen;Werner Klotz;Le Hung Anh

    (2021)
    81 Citations
  • A checklist of spiders from Yongxing Island, South China Sea, with taxonomic notes on four species of goblin spiders.

    Jiaxin Tang;Wei Liang;Haitao Shi;Caixia Gao

    (2021)
    68 Citations
  • Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean).

    Klaas Gerdes;Terue Cristina Kihara;Pedro Martínez Arbizu;Thomas Kuhn

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Distoseptispora bambusae sp. nov. (Distoseptisporaceae) on bamboo from China and Thailand

    Yaru Sun;Ishani D. Goonasekara;Kasun M. Thambugala;Ruvishika S. Jayawardena

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • A large-scale species level dated angiosperm phylogeny for evolutionary and ecological analyses

    Steven B. Janssens;Steven B. Janssens;Thomas L P Couvreur;Arne Mertens;Gilles Dauby

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • New species and new records of exotic Scolytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Europe

    (2022)
    56 Citations
  • Potamophylax coronavirus sp. n. (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae), a new species from Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park in the Republic of Kosovo, with molecular and ecological notes

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Allophoma species (Pleosporales: Didymellaceae) associated with Thunbergia grandiflora in Guangxi Province, China.

    Jun Yuan;Xiang-Yu Zeng;Kun Geng;Nalin N. Wijayawardene

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • A new southern record of the holopelagic annelid Poeobius meseres Heath, 1930 (Flabelligeridae).

    Charlotte A Seid;Dhugal J Lindsay;Greg W Rouse

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Craspedotropis gretathunbergae, a new species of Cyclophoridae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), discovered and described on a field course to Kuala Belalong rainforest, Brunei.

    Menno Schilthuizen;Jonathan P Lim;Anthonie D P van Peursen;Massimiliano Alfano

    (2020)
    55 Citations

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