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BioInvasions Records

Published by: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre

https://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 268 96 129 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 127
Documents by Best Scientists*: 147
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 29
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.472
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at BioInvasions Records?

The journal facilitates discussions on Fishery, Ecology, Introduced species, Invasive species and Aquatic animal. The concepts on Fishery presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean sea and Bay. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Ecology and the similar topic of Biological dispersal.

BioInvasions Records explores research in Introduced species and the adjacent study of Habitat. Most of the Invasive species studies addressed also intersect with Zoology. The Zoology study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Crayfish.

Research in Aquatic animal discussed is concerned with the study of Aquatic organisms as a whole. Crustacean research is the primary subject tackled in BioInvasions Records with a focus on Amphipoda.

  • Fishery (40.45%)
  • Ecology (40.13%)
  • Introduced species (31.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data (69 citations)
  • Lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758] and P. miles [Bennett, 1828]) records within mesophotic depth ranges on natural banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. (31 citations)
  • The invasive brown alga Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 (Laminariales: Alariaceae), spreads northwards in Europe (30 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at BioInvasions Records:

The published articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Fishery, Ecology, Introduced species, Invasive species and Aquatic animal. The journal publications explore topics in Fishery which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean sea and Aquatic organisms. The published articles explore Aquatic animal concepts, specifically Freshwater mollusc but expand to research in Period (geology).

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 journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Zoology, Fishery, Ecology, Crayfish and Oceanography. While Zoology is the focus of BioInvasions Records, it also provided insights into the studies of Oncorhynchus and ANT. Some problems in Fishery that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Drainage basin and Fish species.

The presented research on Ecology deals specifically with Biological dispersal but it also addresses topics in Argentine ant. The Crayfish works featured in it incorporate elements from Procambarus virginalis and Marbled meat. The journal explores themes in Oceanography like Bay and Intertidal zone and links them with other fields of study like New england.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • First records of the alien amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841) in the Neman River basin (Belarus) (3 citations)
  • Evaluating the range expansion of recreational non-native fishes in Portuguese freshwaters using scientific and citizen science data (3 citations)
  • On the occurrence of three exotic decapods, Callinectes sapidus (Portunidae), Portunus segnis (Portunidae), and Trachysalambria palaestinensis (Penaeidae), in northern Tunisia, with updates on the distribution of the two invasive portunids in the Mediterranean Sea (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 BioInvasions Records (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bella S. Galil (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Alan Deidun (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Fabio Crocetta (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ernesto Azzurro (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Michel Bariche (12 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 BioInvasions Records (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Malta (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • American University of Beirut (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National University of Singapore (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Fribourg (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (3 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, 96.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% 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

  • Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Dimitris Poursanidis;Razy Hoffman;Jamila Rizgalla

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

    Unknown

    (2023)
    51 Citations
  • Predicting the potential distribution of Ranunculus sardous (Ranunculaceae), a new alien species in the flora of Uzbekistan and Central Asia

    (2023)
    31 Citations
  • On the occurrence of three exotic decapods, Callinectes sapidus (Portunidae), Portunus segnis (Portunidae), and Trachysalambria palaestinensis (Penaeidae), in northern Tunisia, with updates on the distribution of the two invasive portunids in the Mediterranean Sea

    Moez Shaiek;Radhouan El Zrelli;Fabio Crocetta;Lamjed Mansour

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Saronikos Gulf: a hotspot area for alien species in the Mediterranean Sea

    Argyro Zenetos;Panayotis Ovalis;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Constantinos Kontadakis

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • The invasive Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 expands its distributional range southward to Atlantic African shores: first records along the Atlantic coast of Morocco

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • A worrying arrival: the first record of brown macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae in Madeira Island and its invasive risk

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • The Asian pond mussels rapidly colonize Russia: successful invasions of two cryptic species to the Volga and Ob rivers

    Alexander V. Kondakov;Yulia V. Bespalaya;Ilya V. Vikhrev;Ekaterina S. Konopleva

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Evaluating the range expansion of recreational non-native fishes in Portuguese freshwaters using scientific and citizen science data

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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