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BioScience
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BioScience

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Published by: American Institute of Biological Sciences

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 26 603 346 48

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 779
Documents by Best Scientists*: 403
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 47
SCIMAGO H-index: 250
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.365
Impact Factor: 7.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at BioScience?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Ecology, Environmental ethics, Environmental resource management, Zoology and Ecology (disciplines). Presentations on Ecology include those discussing Ecosystem and Biodiversity.

  • Ecology (14.95%)
  • Environmental ethics (5.61%)
  • Environmental resource management (5.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • THE NATURAL FLOW REGIME. A PARADIGM FOR RIVER CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION (4866 citations)
  • Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth (4852 citations)
  • QUANTIFYING THREATS TO IMPERILED SPECIES IN THE UNITED STATES (2589 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at BioScience:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Ecology, Ecosystem, Environmental resource management, Biodiversity and Agroforestry. The presentations in the journal articles discussing Ecology offer insights in topics such as Habitat, Ecology (disciplines), Climate change, Predation and Introduced species. The most cited articles focus on Environmental resource management but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ecosystem management and Ecosystem services.

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

  • Ecology
  • World War II
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Ecology, Environmental planning, Biodiversity, Environmental resource management and Pandemic. Topics like Ecology (disciplines) and Habitat are tackled as part of the discussions on Ecology. It connects research in Environmental planning with the related topic of Sustainability.

The journal focuses on Sustainability as well as the interrelated topic of Citizen science. Research in Pandemic tackled falls within the umbrella of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Diverse computer simulation models provide unified lessons on university operation during a pandemic (8 citations)
  • The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts (8 citations)
  • The Biological Deserts Fallacy: Cities in Their Landscapes Contribute More than We Think to Regional Biodiversity (8 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 BioScience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Timothy M. Beardsley (104 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beth Baker (93 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jeffrey P. Cohn (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert E. Gropp (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Laura Tangley (53 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 BioScience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American Institute of Biological Sciences (161 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Rutgers University (141 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cornell University (134 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (123 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (117 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, 22.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.65% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.55% of all publications and 35.29% 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

  • Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan.

    David Tickner;Jeffrey J Opperman;Robin Abell;Mike Acreman

    (2020)
    1033 Citations
  • Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes

    Jonathan D. Coop;Sean A. Parks;Camille S. Stevens-Rumann;Shelley D. Crausbay

    (2020)
    559 Citations
  • Corrigendum: World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency

    William J Ripple;scientist signatories from countries;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M Newsome

    (2020)
    474 Citations
  • Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation

    Tenna Riis;Mary Kelly-Quinn;Francisca C. Aguiar;Paraskevi Manolaki

    (2020)
    361 Citations
  • Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems

    Unknown

    (2022)
    285 Citations
  • Observing the Observers: How Participants Contribute Data to iNaturalist and Implications for Biodiversity Science

    Grace J Di Cecco;Vijay Barve;Michael W Belitz;Brian J Stucky

    (2021)
    261 Citations
  • World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022

    (2022)
    245 Citations
  • The Extended Specimen Network: A Strategy to Enhance US Biodiversity Collections, Promote Research and Education.

    James Lendemer;Barbara Thiers;Anna K Monfils;Jennifer Zaspel

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible.

    Sean Hoban;Michael W Bruford;W Chris Funk;Peter Galbusera

    (2021)
    216 Citations
  • Digitization and the future of natural history collections

    Brandon P Hedrick;J Mason Heberling;Emily K Meineke;Kathryn G Turner

    (2020)
    214 Citations

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