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Canadian Field-Naturalist
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Canadian Field-Naturalist

0008-3550

Published by: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club

https://ofnc.ca/publications/canadian-field-naturalist

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 706 19 19 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 28
Documents by Best Scientists*: 29
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 32
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.164
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Canadian Field-Naturalist?

Ecology, Environmental ethics, Zoology, Fishery and Habitat are the subjects of interest in the journal. Predation, Range (biology), Canis, Nest and Taiga are among the concentrations of Ecology that garnered much attention in the journal. Canis works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Gray wolf.

While work presented in Canadian Field-Naturalist provided substantial information on Environmental ethics, it also covered topics in Anthropology, Classics, Ethnology and Art history.

  • Ecology (37.55%)
  • Environmental ethics (12.49%)
  • Zoology (10.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Grazing intensity effects on the breeding avifauna of North Dakota native grasslands (98 citations)
  • Significance of chlorinated hydrocarbon residues to breeding pelicans and cormorants (94 citations)
  • Coastwide distribution and ocean migration patterns of stream- and ocean-type Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (89 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Canadian Field-Naturalist:

The published articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Ecology, Predation, Fishery, Zoology and Canis. The most cited publications link adjacent topics like Ecology with Ursus. Issues in Predation were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Biological dispersal and Taiga.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Zoology, Ecology, Predation, Fishery and Art history. It tackles studies in Habitat and the interrelated subject of Melanism and Odocoileus to gain insights into Zoology. Pollinator, Pollination, Ecosystem, Burrow and Range (biology) are all areas of Ecology tackled in the journal.

Predation research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Lithobates clamitans, Eptesicus fuscus, Arctic and Canis. In Canadian Field-Naturalist, Endangered species, Wildlife, Species at Risk Act, Trout and Prosopium cylindraceum are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Fishery research. Club, Herbarium and Field (Bourdieu) are some topics wherein Art history research discussed in Canadian Field-Naturalist have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Year-round patterns of mineral lick use by Moose ( Alces americanus ), deer, and Elk ( Cervus canadensis ) in north-central British Columbia (1 citations)
  • Overall and repeated floral visitation by insects suggests flower flies (Syrphidae) as the major pollinator group of Alaska Wild Rhubarb ( Koenigia alaskana var. glabrescens ; Polygonaceae) in Northwest Territories, Canada (0 citations)
  • "Stories of Predation: 60 Years of Watching Wildlife" by Dick Decker, 2021. [book review] (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.

The top authors publishing in Canadian Field-Naturalist (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Roy John (122 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Francis R. Cook (101 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul M. Catling (74 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Falk Huettmann (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonathan Way (39 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Canadian Field-Naturalist (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (58 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alberta (35 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, 75.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 38.46% of all publications and 15.38% 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

  • Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) and Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) breeding records in managed boreal forests

    Zoltan Domahidi;Scott E. Nielsen;Erin M. Bayne;John R. Spence

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Sixty years of White-tailed Deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) yarding in a Gray Wolf ( Canis lupus )–deer system

    L. David Mech;Shannon M. Barber-Meyer

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Serum biochemistry suggests a physiological response to environmental stress in a native urban Eastern Gray Squirrel (&lt;i&gt;Sciurus carolinensis&lt;/i&gt;) population

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Diet and reproductive success of Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) at its northern breeding limit

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Tabusintac Bay (New Brunswick, Canada): an important spring migratory stopover for Atlantic Brant (Branta bernicla hrota)

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Eastern Coyotes ( Canis latrans var.) consuming large ungulates in a multi-ungulate system

    Juliana Balluffi-Fry;Liane B. Nowell;Murray M. Humphries

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Nest site characteristics of cavity-nesting birds on a small island, in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

    Neil G. Pilgrim;Joanna L. Smith;Keith Moore;Anthony J. Gaston

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Humpback Whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) observations in Laskeek Bay, western Hecate Strait, in spring and early summer, 1990–2018

    Anthony J. Gaston;Neil G. Pilgrim;Vivian Pattison

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Loon abundance and behaviour over four decades at a remote ecological reserve on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

    Thomas Reimchen;Sheila Douglas

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Flathead Catfish ( Pylodictis olivaris ) reproduction in Canada

    Colin Illes;Julia E. Colm;Nicholas E. Mandrak;David M. Marson

    (2020)
    1 Citations

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