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Bothalia

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 526 4 19 2
Ecology and Evolution 720 11 10 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 17
Documents by Best Scientists*: 29
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.34
Impact Factor: 0.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bothalia?

Botany, Ecology, Taxon, Biodiversity and Cape are among the topics commonly tackled in Bothalia. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Botany, apply to Subspecies as well. Ecology studies presented in it focus on topics such as Vegetation, Habitat, Grassland, Plant community and Flora.

The Taxon study featured in Bothalia draws connections with the study of Zoology. Some problems in Biodiversity that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Eucalyptus and Wildlife. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Genus as it also encompasses Key (lock).

  • Botany (35.91%)
  • Ecology (25.91%)
  • Taxon (18.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A procedure for standardizing comparative leaf anatomy in the Poaceae. II. The epidermis as seen in surface view (223 citations)
  • Invasive, naturalized and casual alien plants in southern Africa: a sum- mary based on the Southern African Plant Invaders Atlas (SAPIA) (213 citations)
  • A procedure for standardizing comparative leaf anatomy in the Poaceae. I. The leaf-blade as viewed in transverse section (186 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bothalia:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Biodiversity, Botany, Taxon and Cape. While the most cited publications focused on Biodiversity, they were also able to explore topics like Eucalyptus, Agroforestry, Endemism and Habitat. The journal articles investigate Botany research which frequently intersects with Agronomy.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Bothalia mainly deals with areas of study such as Zoology, Ecology, Horticulture, Altitude and Predation. It facilitates discussions on Zoology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Sciaenidae, Threatened species and Perciformes. Genus, Ecosystem, Orchidaceae, Subtropics and Epiphyte are among the areas of Ecology tackled.

Issues in Genus were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Taxon, Canonical correspondence analysis, Orthocladiinae, Chironomidae and Bioindicator. The work on Ecosystem tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Trophic level, Habitat, Seasonality and Wet season. The Altitude works featured in it incorporate elements from Biomass (ecology), Growing degree-day, Phyllochron and Coefficient of variation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • VASCULAR EPIPHYTES: THE UGLY DUCKLING OF PHENOLOGICAL STUDIES (1 citations)
  • Hematologycal and blood biochemistry parameters of captive big-headed amazon river turtles, Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Testudines: Podocnemididae) (1 citations)
  • IDENTIFICATION OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA OF SEEDS FROM Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae) WITH BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS (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 Bothalia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Goldblatt (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A.E. van Wyk (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John C. Manning (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gideon F. Smith (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • J. J. Spies (21 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 Bothalia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National University of Colombia (117 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pretoria (74 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Missouri Botanical Garden (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stellenbosch University (44 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, 81.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 33.33% 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

  • Open Ecosystems: Ecology and Evolution Beyond the Forest Edge

    (2021)
    94 Citations
  • Coordinating invasive alien species management in a biodiversity hotspot: The CAPE Invasive Alien Animals Working Group

    S.J. Davies;J.A. Bell;D. Impson;C. Mabin

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • A Critically Endangered Proteaceae in the Cape Florisitic Region threatened by an invasive pathogen

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • New records of alien and potentially invasive grass (Poaceae) species for southern Africa

    Steven P. Sylvester;Robert J. Soreng;Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester;Anthony Mapaura

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Captive large predators killing vultures: exposing captive facilities as an additional source of mortality to highly threatened birds

    Lindy J. Thompson;John P. Davies;Gareth Tate;Colleen T. Downs

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • A taxonomic revision of the Othonna auriculifolia Less. group (Asteraceae: Senecioneae: Othonninae)

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Othonna koos-bekkeri Van Jaarsv. is a synonym of Othonna cerarioides Magoswana & J.C. Manning (Asteraceae: Othonninae).

    Luvo Magoswana;Stephen J. Boatwright;Anthony R. Magee;John C. Manning

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Clarification of the confusion surrounding the generic name Bryomorphe Harv. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), and the new genus Muscosomorphe J.C.Manning

    John C. Manning;Rafaël Govaerts

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Precipitation mediates termite functional diversity and dominance in southern Africa

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • The Structure and composition of the woody plant communities of Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi

    Willem Nieman;Brian van Wilgen;Alison Leslie

    (2021)
    2 Citations

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