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Condor
H-index 19

Condor

0010-5422

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/condor/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 170 135 148 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 152
Documents by Best Scientists*: 160
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at The Condor?

The discussions in The Condor mainly cover the fields of Ecology, Zoology, Nest, Habitat and Archaeology. Ecology studies presented include Predation, Foraging, Seasonal breeder, Range (biology) and Abundance (ecology). It links adjacent topics like Zoology with Reproduction.

Avian clutch size is a major topic of Nest research.

  • Ecology (41.76%)
  • Zoology (24.81%)
  • Nest (12.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Culture and the evolutionary process (4549 citations)
  • Assessing Avian Diets Using Stable Isotopes I: Turnover of 13C in Tissues (982 citations)
  • Reproductive success : studies of individual variation in contrasting breeding systems (875 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Condor:

The journal publications primarily tackle Ecology, Zoology, Nest, Habitat and Predation. Foraging, Seasonal breeder, Abundance (ecology), Reproduction and Avian clutch size are some of the study areas of Ecology discussed in the published papers. While Nest is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Cowbird, Brood parasite and Reproductive success.

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

  • Ecology
  • Zoology
  • Habitat

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of The Condor is to combine knowledge in the areas of Insectivore, Zoology, Incubation period, Noise and Nesting (process). Some problems in Incubation period that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Acoustics, Gas compressor and Hatching.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • North American Breeding Bird Survey status and trend estimates to inform a wide range of conservation needs, using a flexible Bayesian hierarchical generalized additive model (2 citations)
  • Lack of standardization in the use of road counts for surveying raptors (1 citations)
  • Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related (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 The Condor (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joseph Grinnell (130 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alden H. Miller (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Walter K. Fisher (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Loye Miller (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joseph Mailliard (48 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 The Condor (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Geological Survey (263 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service (190 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Canadian Wildlife Service (99 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Forest Service (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (86 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 60.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future

    Unknown

    (2023)
    80 Citations
  • Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related

    Douglas W Tallamy;W Gregory Shriver

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Accelerating declines of North America's shorebirds signal the need for urgent conservation action

    (2023)
    50 Citations
  • Integrating vulture social behavior into conservation practice

    Thijs van Overveld;Guillermo Blanco;Marcos Moleón;Antoni Margalida;Antoni Margalida

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Birds in fragmented Amazonian rainforest: Lessons from 40 years at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project

    Philip C Stouffer;Philip C Stouffer

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Ecosystem services provided by Neotropical birds

    Nicole L Michel;Christopher J Whelan;Gregory M Verutes;Gregory M Verutes

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Testing a key assumption of using drones as frightening devices: Do birds perceive drones as risky?

    Conor C Egan;Bradley F Blackwell;Esteban Fernández-Juricic;Page E Klug

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Living in a fragmented world: Birds in the Atlantic Forest

    Marco A Pizo;Vinicius R Tonetti

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Building façade-level correlates of bird–window collisions in a small urban area

    Corey S Riding;Timothy J O’Connell;Scott R Loss

    (2020)
    33 Citations

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