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Castanea
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Castanea

0008-7475

Published by: Southern Appalachian Botanical Society

https://castaneajournal.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 543 3 5 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 29
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.17
Impact Factor: 0.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Castanea?

Castanea focuses largely on the fields of Ecology, Botany, Archaeology, Flora and Forestry. Presentations on Ecology include those discussing Habitat, Endangered species, Vegetation, Introduced species and Taxon. Castanea focused on Introduced species research but expanded to cover Invasive species.

Castanea features Botany research that overlaps with concepts in Horticulture. It holds forums on Archaeology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Floristics and Herbarium.

  • Ecology (38.26%)
  • Botany (27.28%)
  • Archaeology (15.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Flexible, Multipurpose Method for Recording Vegetation Composition and Structure (362 citations)
  • Hydrilla verticillata (L.F.) Royle (Hydrocharitaceae), "the perfect aquatic weed". (206 citations)
  • The Influence of Prehistoric Human-set Fires on Oak- Chestnut Forests in the Southern Appalachians (129 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Castanea:

The most cited articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Vegetation, Archaeology, Forestry and Flora. The journal articles aim to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating disciplines like Ecology and Ridge. While the journal publications focused on Flora, they were also able to explore topics like Ecosystem and Rhus michauxii.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Castanea aims to foster the development of research in Archaeology, Ecology, Flora, Habitat and Endangered species. Castanea explores research in Archaeology alongside concepts in Range (biology) and other areas of study in Portulacaceae, Coastal plain, Portulaca and Population density. The journal links adjacent topics like Ecology with Genetic variation.

It deals with Flora in conjunction with Vascular plant and similar fields in Floristics and Metropolitan area. The research on Habitat tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Floodplain and Selfing. While work presented in Castanea provided substantial information on Endangered species, it also covered topics in Abundance (ecology), Loasaceae, Mentzelia, Common species and Fragmentation (reproduction).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Forgotten Geum, Geum geniculatum Michx. (1 citations)
  • Do Morning Butterfly Visitors Benefit a Night-Flowering Hawkmoth Pollinated Plant? (0 citations)
  • Vascular Flora and Biogeographic Affinity of the Sevier Shale Knobs of Northeastern Tennessee (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 Castanea (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John E. Ebinger (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles N. Horn (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Wendy B. Zomlefer (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • W. John Hayden (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Loy R. Phillippe (10 papers) published 1 paper 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 Castanea (based on the number of publications) are:

  • North Carolina State University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Illinois Natural History Survey (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Georgia (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eastern Illinois University (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Arkansas (12 papers) published 2 papers 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, 4.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 30.43% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.09% of all publications and 26.09% 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

  • Scientific Note: Insects associated with Guettarda scabra in Everglades National Park, Florida

    Suzanne Koptur

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Do Morning Butterfly Visitors Benefit a Night-Flowering Hawkmoth Pollinated Plant?

    Suzanne Koptur;Sean Peña;Beyte Barrios Roque

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Plant Community Composition in Two Human-Modified Landscapes, a Powerline Corridor and an Old Field

    Damilola L. Eyitayo;Brian C. McCarthy

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • The Only Effective Pollinators of Guettarda scabra are Nocturnal Hawkmoths: A Re-Examination and Refutation of Earlier Conclusions

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Assessment of Macrolichen Diversity at Ordway-Swisher Biological Station in Northern Florida Contributes to the Scientific Mission of NEON

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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