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Ecotoxicology
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Ecotoxicology

0963-9292

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10646

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 292 76 84 12
Environmental Sciences 396 69 83 13
Chemistry 597 24 31 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 221
Documents by Best Scientists*: 226
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.732
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ecotoxicology?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Ecotoxicology, Environmental chemistry, Ecology, Toxicology and Toxicity. The studies in Ecotoxicology featured incorporate elements of Zoology, Contamination, Pesticide, Cadmium and Animal science. Issues in Environmental chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Soil water, Bioassay, Pollutant and Pollution.

It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Ecology and Mercury (element). The work on Mercury (element) presented in Ecotoxicology focuses on Methylmercury in particular. Toxicity studies presented in the journal focus on topics such as Acute toxicity and Daphnia magna.

  • Ecotoxicology (47.96%)
  • Environmental chemistry (23.69%)
  • Ecology (22.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Environmental behavior and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to algae, plants, and fungi (1198 citations)
  • Development and evaluation of sediment quality guidelines for Florida coastal waters. (900 citations)
  • The ecotoxicology and chemistry of manufactured nanoparticles (699 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ecotoxicology:

The journal papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Ecotoxicology, Ecology, Environmental chemistry, Toxicology and Pesticide. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Ecotoxicology, it also covers topics in Pollutant, Contamination, Toxicity, Mercury (element) and Animal science. Zoology and Methylmercury are some topics wherein Ecology research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

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

  • Ecology
  • Enzyme
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Ecotoxicology, Environmental chemistry, Toxicity, Zoology and Ecology are among the topics commonly tackled in Ecotoxicology. Research on Ecotoxicology presented in it concerns the broader topic of Toxicology. Environmental chemistry research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Soil water, Pollutant, Pollution and Ecotoxicity.

Some problems in Soil water that were presented in Ecotoxicology overlapped with concepts under Earthworm and Cadmium. The work on Toxicity tackled in Ecotoxicology brings together disciplines like Bioassay and Antioxidant. The work tackled in Ecotoxicology goes beyond the discipline of Ecology as it also encompasses Microbial population biology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Pesticide exposure affects reproductive capacity of common toads ( Bufo bufo ) in a viticultural landscape (4 citations)
  • Compost application increases the ecological dose values in a non-calcareous agricultural soil contaminated with cadmium. (4 citations)
  • Spatial variability pattern of the anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacterial community across a salinity gradient from river to ocean (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 Ecotoxicology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • You-Shao Wang (52 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ji-Dong Gu (43 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Amadeu M.V.M. Soares (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • David C. Evers (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cornelis A.M. van Gestel (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 Ecotoxicology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (177 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Aveiro (82 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (65 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (59 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition,
  • VU University Amsterdam (49 papers) published 2 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, 5.47% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.21% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.63% of all publications and 60.00% 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

  • Nanopore-based metagenomics analysis reveals prevalence of mobile antibiotic and heavy metal resistome in wastewater

    Cristina Martin;Brooke Stebbins;Asha Ajmani;Arianna Comendul

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • The fungicide azoxystrobin causes histopathological and cytotoxic changes in the midgut of the honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    (2023)
    35 Citations
  • Mechanisms of cadmium-stress avoidance by selenium in tomato plants.

    Leticia Rodrigues Alves;Emilaine Rocha Prado;Reginaldo de Oliveira;Elcio Ferreira Santos

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Characteristics of expanded polystyrene microplastics on island beaches in the Pearl River Estuary: abundance, size, surface texture and their metals-carrying capacity

    Qun Xie;Heng-Xiang Li;Lang Lin;Zhen-Liang Li

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Songbird feathers as indicators of mercury exposure: high variability and low predictive power suggest limitations

    Katherine E. Low;Danielle K. Ramsden;Allyson K. Jackson;Allyson K. Jackson;Colleen Emery

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • An assessment of temporal trends in mercury concentrations in fish

    Thomas M. Grieb;Nicholas S. Fisher;Roxanne Karimi;Leonard Levin

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Annual abundance of common Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) is negatively associated with second generation anticoagulant rodenticides

    Staffan Roos;Steve T. Campbell;Gill Hartley;Richard F. Shore

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Pesticide exposure affects reproductive capacity of common toads (Bufo bufo) in a viticultural landscape

    Elena Adams;Christoph Leeb;Carsten A. Brühl

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Characterization of cadmium biosorption by inactive biomass of two cadmium-tolerant endophytic bacteria Microbacterium sp. D2-2 and Bacillus sp. C9-3.

    Jianyou Long;Mingxia Yu;Huaihao Xu;Shuangqiu Huang

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Review of petroleum toxicity and identifying common endpoints for future research on diluted bitumen toxicity in marine mammals.

    E. J. Ruberg;J. E. Elliott;T. D. Williams

    (2021)
    25 Citations

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