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Ecological Modelling
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Ecological Modelling

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 95 415 419 28
Environmental Sciences 235 143 155 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 701
Documents by Best Scientists*: 622
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 22
SCIMAGO H-index: 189
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.896
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ecological Modelling?

Ecology, Ecosystem, Statistics, Atmospheric sciences and Environmental resource management are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Ecology, apply to Hydrology as well. The works on Ecosystem deal in particular with Ecosystem model.

The work on Statistics addressed in it expands to the thematically related Econometrics. The work on Trophic level presented in the journal focuses on Food web in particular.

  • Ecology (52.65%)
  • Ecosystem (13.38%)
  • Statistics (9.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Maximum entropy modeling of species geographic distributions (9606 citations)
  • Predictive habitat distribution models in ecology (5389 citations)
  • The package “adehabitat” for the R software: A tool for the analysis of space and habitat use by animals (2341 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ecological Modelling:

The most cited publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Ecology, Ecosystem, Statistics, Atmospheric sciences and Environmental resource management. The journal papers focus on Ecology as well as the interrelated topics of Hydrology. Statistics research in the journal papers connects with the study of Econometrics.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Ecological Modelling are Ecology, Ecosystem, Biomass (ecology), Habitat and Environmental resource management. The in-depth study on Ecology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Biological dispersal. Hydrology, Biodiversity, Vegetation and Fishing are some topics wherein Ecosystem research discussed in it have an impact.

Topics in Vegetation were tackled in line with various other fields like Grassland and Atmospheric sciences. Studies on Biomass (ecology) discussed in it link to the field of Phytoplankton. Some problems in Environmental resource management that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Land use and Ecosystem services.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Projecting effects of land use change on human well-being through changes in ecosystem services. (7 citations)
  • Integrated impacts of vegetation and soil type on slope stability: A case study of Kheyrud Forest, Iran (4 citations)
  • The impact of data quality filtering of opportunistic citizen science data on species distribution model performance (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 Ecological Modelling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sven Erik Jørgensen (166 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William E. Grant (91 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Bernard C. Patten (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brian D. Fath (55 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Volker Grimm (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Ecological Modelling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (218 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (163 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Texas A&M University (154 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (134 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Florida (131 papers) published 4 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, 5.80% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.11% of all publications and 61.61% 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

  • Ecological niche models and species distribution models in marine environments: A literature review and spatial analysis of evidence

    Sara M. Melo-Merino;Héctor Reyes-Bonilla;Andrés Lira-Noriega

    (2020)
    516 Citations
  • Want to model a species niche? A step-by-step guideline on correlative ecological niche modelling

    Neftalí Sillero;Salvador Arenas-Castro;Urtzi Enriquez‐Urzelai;Urtzi Enriquez‐Urzelai;Cândida Gomes Vale

    (2021)
    420 Citations
  • Challenges, tasks, and opportunities in modeling agent-based complex systems

    Li An;Volker Grimm;Abigail Sullivan;B.L. Turner

    (2021)
    192 Citations
  • A model of Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and opportunities in promoting human well-being and environmental sustainability

    (2023)
    190 Citations
  • Dealing with overprediction in species distribution models: How adding distance constraints can improve model accuracy

    Poliana Mendes;Poliana Mendes;Santiago José Elías Velazco;Santiago José Elías Velazco;André Felipe Alves de Andrade;Paulo De Marco Júnior

    (2020)
    148 Citations
  • Estimating species distributions from spatially biased citizen science data

    Alison Johnston;Nick Moran;Andy Musgrove;Daniel Fink

    (2020)
    144 Citations
  • Predicting lake surface water phosphorus dynamics using process-guided machine learning

    Paul C. Hanson;Aviah B. Stillman;Xiaowei Jia;Anuj Karpatne

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • The Chesapeake Bay Program Modeling System: Overview and Recommendations for Future Development.

    Raleigh R. Hood;Gary W. Shenk;Rachel L. Dixon;Sean M.C. Smith

    (2021)
    83 Citations
  • A functional size-spectrum model of the global marine ecosystem that resolves zooplankton composition

    Ryan F. Heneghan;Ryan F. Heneghan;Ryan F. Heneghan;Jason D. Everett;Jason D. Everett;Jason D. Everett;Patrick Sykes;Sonia D. Batten

    (2020)
    67 Citations

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