Ecological Restoration

Top Research Topics at Ecological Restoration?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Ecology, Restoration ecology, Agroforestry, Agronomy and Environmental resource management. It tackles issues in Ecology, particularly in the topics of Habitat, Species richness, Ecosystem, Wetland and Invasive species. The Invasive species study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Introduced species.

The research on Restoration ecology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Forest restoration, Environmental restoration and Environmental planning. Ecological Restoration focuses on Agronomy as well as the interrelated topic of Botany.

• Ecology (27.04%)
• Restoration ecology (18.69%)
• Agroforestry (14.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Community Succession and Assembly Comparing, Contrasting and Combining Paradigms in the Context of Ecological Restoration (241 citations)
• Ecological restoration of southwestern Ponderosa pine forests (133 citations)
• Why climate change makes riparian restoration more important than ever: recommendations for practice and research. (124 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ecological Restoration:

The journal papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Agroforestry, Restoration ecology, Environmental resource management and Invasive species. The journal articles explore topics in Ecology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Natural (archaeology) and Desert (philosophy). The published papers hold forums on Agroforestry that merge themes from other disciplines such as Agronomy, Grazing, Forestry and Revegetation.

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

• Ecology
• Ecosystem
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Ecological Restoration mainly deals with areas of study such as Agroforestry, Environmental ethics, Environmental resource management, Ecology and Restoration ecology. The Agroforestry works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Scale (ratio), Coastal dunes and Revegetation. The studies in Environmental ethics featured incorporate elements of Indigenous, Lead (geology) and Feminist political ecology.

The studies on Environmental resource management discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Floristics, Citizen science, Power relations and Quality assessment. The study on Ecology presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Natural (archaeology). It facilitates discussions on Restoration ecology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gender equity and Public economics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Restoration for Whom, by Whom? A Feminist Political Ecology of Restoration (3 citations)
• Disciplines, Sectors, Motivations and Power Relations in Forest Landscape Restoration (2 citations)
• Three Approaches to Restoration and Their Implications for Social Inclusion (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Ecological Restoration (based on the number of publications) are:

• Steven N. Handel (42 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• William R. Jordan (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Dave Egan (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mrill Ingram (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Joy B. Zedler (11 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Ecological Restoration (based on the number of publications) are:

• United States Forest Service (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• The Nature Conservancy (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Iowa State University (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Department of Agriculture (13 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, 33.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.14% of all publications and 78.57% 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.