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Cladistics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 187 74 67 18
Biology and Biochemistry 721 9 18 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 103
Documents by Best Scientists*: 93
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 107
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.973
Impact Factor: 6.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cladistics?

Cladistics investigates studies in Phylogenetic tree, Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Monophyly and Taxon. The research on Phylogenetic tree featured in it combines topics in other fields like Statistics, Phylogenetics and Character (mathematics). It explores topics in Evolutionary biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ecology, Botany, Lineage (evolution), Systematics and Cladistics.

Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Ecology but it intersects with the subject of Biological dispersal. The works on Cladistics deal in particular with Cladogram. Issues in Zoology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Subfamily and Molecular phylogenetics.

In Cladistics, Sister group, Polyphyly, Synapomorphy, Genus and Paraphyly are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Monophyly research. The presentations focused mostly on Taxon in an attempt to further explore topics in Paleontology. Cladistics investigates Biogeography research which frequently intersects with Vicariance.

  • Phylogenetic tree (33.51%)
  • Evolutionary biology (29.17%)
  • Zoology (26.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • PHYLIP-Phylogeny inference package (Version 3.2) (16814 citations)
  • TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis (3876 citations)
  • TESTING SIGNIFICANCE OF INCONGRUENCE (3607 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cladistics:

The main points discussed in the most cited papers deal with Phylogenetic tree, Zoology, Evolutionary biology, Monophyly and Taxon. The most cited papers explore topics in Phylogenetic tree which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Statistics, Data set and Character (mathematics). The journal papers focus on Evolutionary biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ecology, Outgroup, Phylogenetic systematics and Phylogenetic network, Phylogenetics.

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

  • Genus
  • Ecology
  • Clade

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Cladistics facilitates discussions on Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetic tree, Phylogenetics, Clade and Ecology. While Cladistics focused on Evolutionary biology, it was also able to explore topics like Hemiptera, Monophyly, Sexual dimorphism, Maximum parsimony and Phylogenomics. Hemiptera research in Cladistics involves the investigation of Molecular phylogenetics studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Zoology.

Cladistics holds forums on Phylogenetic tree that merges themes from other disciplines such as Taxon, Comparative method, Genus and Body size. The Sister group studies presented in Cladistics fall under the field of Phylogenetics, but it also has connections to other fields such as Creative commons. Some problems in Clade that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Taxonomic rank, Global biodiversity, Nearctic ecozone and IUCN Red List.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The phylogeny of the Casque‐headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Lophyohylini) (10 citations)
  • Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web. (6 citations)
  • Ultra-Conserved Elements and morphology reciprocally illuminate conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses in Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). (5 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 Cladistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ward C. Wheeler (56 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • James S. Farris (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pablo A. Goloboff (43 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • James M. Carpenter (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Arnold G. Kluge (34 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 Cladistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American Museum of Natural History (263 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (39 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 2.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 53.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.24% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.41% of all publications and 14.29% 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

  • A re-analysis of the data in Sharkey et al.’s (2021) minimalist revision reveals that BINs do not deserve names, but BOLD Systems needs a stronger commitment to open science

    Rudolf Meier;Rudolf Meier;Bonnie B. Blaimer;Eliana Buenaventura;Emily Hartop

    (2021)
    146 Citations
  • Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web.

    Robert J. Kallal;Robert J. Kallal;Siddharth S. Kulkarni;Siddharth S. Kulkarni;Dimitar Dimitrov;Ligia R. Benavides

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Phylogeny of the orb‐weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)

    Nikolaj Scharff;Nikolaj Scharff;Jonathan A. Coddington;Todd A. Blackledge;Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson

    (2020)
    90 Citations
  • Simultaneous diversification of Polypodiales and angiosperms in the Mesozoic.

    Xin-Yu Du;Jin-Mei Lu;Li-Bing Zhang;Jun Wen

    (2021)
    55 Citations
  • Advances in the reconstruction of the spider tree of life: A roadmap for spider systematics and comparative studies

    (2023)
    44 Citations
  • The Chalcidoidea bush of life: evolutionary history of a massive radiation of minute wasps.

    (2023)
    32 Citations
  • A phylotranscriptomic framework for flesh fly evolution (Diptera, Calyptratae, Sarcophagidae)

    Liping Yan;Eliana Buenaventura;Thomas Pape;Sujatha Narayanan Kutty

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Ultra-Conserved Elements and morphology reciprocally illuminate conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses in Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea).

    Astrid Cruaud;Gérard Delvare;Sabine Nidelet;Laure Sauné

    (2021)
    31 Citations

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