Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club

Top Research Topics at Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club?

Zoology, Ecology, Archaeology, Subspecies and Fishery are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Zoology, which encompasses Plumage and Nest, is the main subject of the journal.

• Zoology (42.80%)
• Ecology (14.81%)
• Archaeology (9.01%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Museums working together: The atlas of the birds of Mexico (79 citations)
• The history of species concepts and species limits in ornithology (47 citations)
• The use of sounds in avian systematics and the importance of bird sound archives (46 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club:

The journal papers investigate studies in Archaeology, Ecology, Zoology, Environmental protection and Evolutionary biology. The published papers address concerns in Archaeology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Atlas (anatomy), Climatology and Threatened species. The most cited papers explore topics in Zoology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Anthropology and Geographic variation.

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

• Ecology
• Zoology
• IUCN Red List

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Zoology, Taxon, Archaeology, Subspecies and Nomenclature are the subjects of interest in Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. The journal features works in Zoology, more specifically Bowerbird, and explores their relation to disciplines like Sericulus bakeri. In addition to Taxon research, it aims to explore topics under Finch and Specific name.

Archaeology research in the journal involves the investigation of Provenance studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Barn-owl and Type (biology). In it, Checklist, Ecology (disciplines), Endemism and Biogeography are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Subspecies research. The journal explores issues in Nomenclature which can be linked to other research areas like Amaurornis, Genealogy, Rallus and Plumage.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The status of Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, with notes on separation from dark-morph Trindade Petrel P. arminjoniana (1 citations)
• The history of the sole surviving mount of Tahiti Sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera (1 citations)
• The case for splitting the Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii: a review of the phenetic evidence (0 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 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (based on the number of publications) are:

• Storrs L. Olson (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Guy M. Kirwan (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Edward C. Dickinson (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Walters (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Melvin A. Traylor (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 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (based on the number of publications) are:

• American Museum of Natural History (23 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Yahoo! (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Naturalis (8 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Universidade Federal do Acre (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (6 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 21.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 64.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.00% of all publications and 8.00% 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.