Conservation Biology

Top Research Topics at Conservation Biology?

The aim of Conservation Biology is to expand the discussion of research in Ecology, Biodiversity, Habitat, Endangered species and Environmental resource management. The Ecology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Extinction. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Biodiversity, it also covered topics in Agroforestry, Ecosystem and Environmental protection.

The Habitat study tackling the subject of Habitat destruction is the focus of Conservation Biology. Many of the studies tackled connect Species richness with a similar field of study like Species diversity.

• Ecology (38.48%)
• Biodiversity (15.05%)
• Habitat (12.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Biological Consequences of Ecosystem Fragmentation: A Review (3530 citations)
• Indicators for Monitoring Biodiversity: A Hierarchical Approach (2378 citations)
• Disturbance, Diversity, and Invasion: Implications for Conservation (1961 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Conservation Biology:

The most cited articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Ecology, Habitat, Biodiversity, Species richness and Endangered species. The most cited articles investigate Ecology research which frequently intersects with Extinction. The study of Biodiversity in the published articles encompasses disciplines such as Environmental protection, as well as fields such as Environmental planning, all of which overlap with one another.

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

• Ecology
• World War II
• Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Biodiversity, Ecology, Habitat, Wildlife and Threatened species are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. While Biodiversity is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Agroforestry, Climate change, Species richness and Environmental planning. Conservation Biology explores research in Ecology and the adjacent study of Extinction.

Extinction and IUCN Red List are closely related fields of research discussed in it. The concepts on Habitat presented in Conservation Biology can also apply to other research fields, including Range (biology) and Environmental resource management. Wildlife research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Wildlife trade.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Motivations for the use and consumption of wildlife products (22 citations)
• A strategy for the next decade to address data deficiency in neglected biodiversity (21 citations)
• The challenge of biased evidence in conservation. (17 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 Conservation Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hugh P. Possingham (70 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• David W. Orr (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Reed F. Noss (50 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
• E. J. Milner-Gulland (44 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Joel Berger (39 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Conservation Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Wildlife Conservation Society (222 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Queensland (192 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Davis (147 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Washington (139 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• The Nature Conservancy (131 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 2.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.73% of all publications and 36.47% 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.