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Evolution and Development
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Evolution and Development

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 351 23 40 11
Biology and Biochemistry 616 18 19 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 50
Documents by Best Scientists*: 66
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.882
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Evolution & Development?

The concepts of Evolutionary biology, Anatomy, Genetics, Gene and Zoology are tackled in the journal. The Evolutionary biology works featured in Evolution & Development incorporate elements from Ecology, Ontogeny, Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree. The majority of Ecology studies in Evolution & Development are focused on the subject of Larva.

In particular, the Larva works presented emphasize discussions on Metamorphosis. Anatomy research presented in Evolution & Development encompasses a variety of subjects, including Arthropod, Vertebrate, Body plan and Cell biology. Embryo and Gastrulation studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Cell biology presented.

Phenotype, Hox gene, Homeobox, Drosophila melanogaster and Regulation of gene expression are all aspects of Genetics research featured in Evolution & Development. Presentations on Gene include those discussing Gene expression, Gene duplication and Genome.

  • Evolutionary biology (33.81%)
  • Anatomy (26.26%)
  • Genetics (21.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Developmental system drift and flexibility in evolutionary trajectories (490 citations)
  • Development and evolution of adaptive polyphenisms (456 citations)
  • The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs (431 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Evolution & Development:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Anatomy, Gene and Zoology. The study of Evolutionary biology in the published articles encompasses disciplines such as Phylogenetics, as well as fields such as Phylogenetic tree and Conserved sequence, all of which overlap with one another. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Anatomy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Body plan, Hox gene, Vertebrate, Ectoderm and Cell biology.

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

  • Gene
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary developmental biology, Lineage (evolution), Context (language use) and Genetic variation. It addresses concerns in Evolutionary biology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Ontogeny, Insect, Gene and Phenotypic plasticity. While Gene is the focus of Evolution & Development, it also provided insights into the studies of Fecundity and Colonization.

Research in Gymnosperm and the interrelating topic of Adaptation were among the subjects of interest in the Evolutionary developmental biology studies discussed in the journal. In addition to Context (language use) research, Evolution & Development aims to explore topics under Feature (linguistics), Cognitive science, Meaning (linguistics) and Focus (linguistics). It explores topics in Genetic variation which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Threatened species and Gene regulatory network.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • What can lycophytes teach us about plant evolution and development? Modern perspectives on an ancient lineage. (5 citations)
  • Integrative developmental biology in the age of anthropogenic change. (2 citations)
  • Tergal and pleural wing-related tissues in the German cockroach and their implication to the evolutionary origin of insect wings. (2 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 Evolution & Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rudolf A. Raff (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wallace Arthur (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Armin P. Moczek (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Brian K. Hall (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bernard M. Degnan (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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Evolution & Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Indiana University (67 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Duke University (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 3.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 46.67% 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

  • Developmental plasticity and evolutionary explanations.

    Tobias Uller;Nathalie Feiner;Reinder Radersma;Illiam S C Jackson

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • What does modularity mean

    Miriam L. Zelditch;Anjali Goswami

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • Plasticity-led evolution: A survey of developmental mechanisms and empirical tests.

    Nicholas A. Levis;David W. Pfennig

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Developmental bias, macroevolution, and the fossil record

    David Jablonski

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Phenotypic Plasticity & Evolution: Causes, Consequences, ControversiesDavid W.Pfennig (ed). xxxi +404 pp.,index. Evolutionary Cell Biology.Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,2021. $230 (hardback); Open Access (pdf).

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • Developmental symbiosis facilitates the multiple origins of herbivory.

    Scott F. Gilbert

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • The making of the defensive caste: Physiology, development, and evolution of the soldier differentiation in termites.

    Toru Miura;Kiyoto Maekawa

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Developmental bias in horned dung beetles and its contributions to innovation, adaptation, and resilience.

    Yonggang Hu;David M. Linz;Erik S. Parker;Daniel B. Schwab

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • von Willebrand factor D and EGF domains is an evolutionarily conserved and required feature of blastemas capable of multitissue appendage regeneration

    Nicholas D. Leigh;Sofia Sessa;Aline C. Dragalzew;Duygu Payzin‐Dogru

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Evolvability and evolutionary rescue

    Nathalie Feiner;Miguel Brun-Usan;Tobias Uller

    (2021)
    21 Citations

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