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Dendrochronologia
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Dendrochronologia

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 208 58 101 17
Environmental Sciences 339 45 87 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 154
Documents by Best Scientists*: 215
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.844
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Dendrochronologia?

Dendrochronologia covers a variety of subjects, including Dendrochronology, Ecology, Physical geography, Precipitation and Chronology. It addresses concerns in Dendrochronology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Climatology, Climate change and Woody plant. The study on Climate change featured in it expounds on the topic of Global warming in particular.

The Ecology research presented places emphasis on topics like Mediterranean climate, Ecosystem and Shrub. Most of the works presented in Dendrochronologia deals with Physical geography but it intersects with the subject of Climate sensitivity. Topics in Precipitation were tackled in line with various other fields like Hydrology, Atmospheric sciences and Growing season.

The Chronology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Period (geology). Dendroarchaeology and Radiocarbon dating are among the concentrations of Archaeology that garnered much attention in Dendrochronologia.

  • Dendrochronology (49.72%)
  • Ecology (23.78%)
  • Physical geography (20.50%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A dendrochronology program library in R (dplR) (906 citations)
  • Identification, presentation and interpretation of event years and pointer years in dendrochronology. (418 citations)
  • A “signal-free” approach to dendroclimatic standardisation (356 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Dendrochronologia:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Dendrochronology, Ecology, Dendroclimatology, Physical geography and Climatology. Issues in Dendrochronology were discussed in the journal papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Growing season, Climate change, Woody plant, Precipitation and Tree (data structure). The most cited publications explore research in Ecology alongside concepts in Atmospheric sciences and other areas of study in Picea abies.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Dendrochronologia primarily focuses on research topics in Dendrochronology, Precipitation, Physical geography, Ecology and Archaeology. It tackles research in various disciplines, including Dendrochronology and Context (language use). It holds forums on Precipitation that merges themes from other disciplines such as Growing season, Productivity (ecology), Hydrology, Xylem and Climate sensitivity.

The Productivity (ecology) research presented in Dendrochronologia explores the relationship between Atmospheric sciences and the closely related topic of Basal area. Dendrochronologia facilitates discussions on Physical geography that incorporate concepts from other fields like Shrub, Climate change, δ18O, Ecosystem and Isotopes of oxygen. In Dendrochronologia, Larch and Period (geology) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Archaeology research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Micro-site conditions affect Fennoscandian forest growth (6 citations)
  • Cell wall dimensions reign supreme: cell wall composition is irrelevant for the temperature signal of latewood density/blue intensity in Scots pine (5 citations)
  • Linkages between forest growth, climate, and agricultural production are revealed through analysis of seasonally-partitioned longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) tree rings (4 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 Dendrochronologia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ulf Büntgen (28 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • J. Julio Camarero (27 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jan Esper (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Martin Wilmking (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Achim Bräuning (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than 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 Dendrochronologia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (61 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Arizona (38 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (32 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (29 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Siberian Federal University (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 12.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.91% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.61% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 31.82% 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

  • Prominent role of volcanism in Common Era climate variability and human history

    Ulf Büntgen;Dominique Arseneault;Étienne Boucher;Olga V. Churakova

    (2020)
    151 Citations
  • Tree-ring-based disturbance reconstruction in interdisciplinary research: current state and future directions

    Jan Altman

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • More than climate: Hydrogen isotope ratios in tree rings as novel plant physiological indicator for stress conditions

    Marco M. Lehmann;Valentina Vitali;Philipp Schuler;Markus Leuenberger

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Higher susceptibility of beech to drought in comparison to oak

    Benjamin F. Meyer;Allan Buras;Anja Rammig;Christian S. Zang

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Assessing non-linearity in European temperature-sensitive tree-ring data

    Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist;Peter Thejll;Jesper Björklund;Björn E. Gunnarson

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Detrending climate data prior to climate–growth analyses in dendroecology: a common best practice?

    (2023)
    40 Citations
  • Seasonal precipitation and continentality drive bimodal growth in Mediterranean forests

    (2023)
    40 Citations
  • Abies spectabilis shows stable growth relations to temperature, but changing response to moisture conditions along an elevation gradient in the central Himalaya

    Narayan Prasad Gaire;Narayan Prasad Gaire;Ze-Xin Fan;Ze-Xin Fan;Achim Bräuning;Shankar Panthi

    (2020)
    38 Citations

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