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Ecology and Society
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Ecology and Society

1708-3087

Published by: The Resilience Alliance

https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 100 227 219 28
Environmental Sciences 199 73 103 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 393
Documents by Best Scientists*: 347
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 182
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.069
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ecology and Society?

Ecology and Society mainly tackles studies in Environmental resource management, Ecology, Sustainability, Corporate governance and Ecosystem services. The Environmental resource management works, particularly on Adaptive management are tackled in Ecology and Society. Ecology studies presented in Ecology and Society focus on topics such as Biodiversity, Ecology (disciplines) and Traditional knowledge.

The study on Sustainability presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Sustainable development. It investigates Ecosystem services research which frequently intersects with Land use. The Land use study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Agroforestry.

The journal explores studies in Natural resource management as part of the wider topic of Natural resource.

  • Environmental resource management (44.44%)
  • Ecology (15.15%)
  • Sustainability (14.53%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability in Social–ecological Systems (3950 citations)
  • Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity (3044 citations)
  • Resilience thinking: integrating resilience, adaptability and transformability (1906 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ecology and Society:

Environmental resource management, Ecology, Sustainability, Ecosystem services and Corporate governance are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The majority of Environmental resource management studies presented in the journal papers zero in on Adaptive management. The featured Ecosystem services studies in the published papers mainly concentrate on Agriculture but also cover areas of interest in Agroforestry.

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

  • Ecology
  • Law
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Ecology and Society generally zeroes in on subjects such as Environmental planning, Environmental resource management, Corporate governance, Ecosystem services and Sustainability. The studies on Environmental planning discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Biodiversity, Livelihood, Coproduction, Natural resource management and Risk management. The Environmental resource management research presented in it explores the relationship between Adaptive capacity and the closely related topic of Arctic and Subsistence agriculture.

The journal focuses on Corporate governance but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Development economics which is concerned with Traditional knowledge. The research on Ecosystem services tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Natural resource economics, Payment, Socioeconomics and Stewardship. The journal explores topics in Sustainability which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Citizen journalism and Sustainable development.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Meeting places and social capital supporting rural landscape stewardship: A Pan-European horizon scanning (7 citations)
  • Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity (5 citations)
  • Bogs, birds, and berries in Belarus: the governance and management dynamics of wetland restoration in a state-centric, top-down context (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 Ecology and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carl Folke (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Claudia Pahl-Wostl (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Lance Gunderson (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John M. Anderies (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Craig R. Allen (21 papers) published 1 paper 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 Ecology and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stockholm University (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Arizona State University (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lund University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James Cook University (19 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 87.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 42.86% 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 14.29% of all publications and 35.71% 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

  • The role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in effective and equitable conservation

    Neil M. Dawson;Brendan Coolsaet;Brendan Coolsaet;Eleanor J. Sterling;Robin Loveridge

    (2021)
    761 Citations
  • Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research : a literature review

    David P. M. Lam;Elvira Hinz;Daniel J. Lang;Maria Tengö

    (2020)
    336 Citations
  • Resilience: what it is and is not

    Brian H. Walker

    (2020)
    207 Citations
  • Drivers of decoupling and recoupling of crop and livestock systems at farm and territorial scales

    Rachael D. Garrett;Julie Ryschawy;Lindsay W. Bell;Owen Cortner

    (2020)
    166 Citations
  • A review of Indigenous knowledge and participation in environmental monitoring

    Kim-Ly Thompson;Trevor C. Lantz;Natalie C. Ban

    (2020)
    113 Citations
  • Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?

    Lieneke Bakker;Wopke van der Werf;Pablo Tittonell;Kris A. G. Wyckhuys;Kris A. G. Wyckhuys;Kris A. G. Wyckhuys

    (2020)
    85 Citations
  • Nature's contributions to people: Coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes

    Enora Bruley;Bruno Locatelli;Sandra Lavorel

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • Operationalizing water-energy-food nexus research for sustainable development in social-ecological systems: an interdisciplinary learning case in Central Asia

    (2022)
    54 Citations

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