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Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
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Evolution; international journal of organic evolution

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 91 451 518 29
Biology and Biochemistry 396 61 71 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 599
Documents by Best Scientists*: 618
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 227
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.172
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Evolution?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Evolutionary biology, Ecology, Zoology, Genetics and Selection (genetic algorithm). While it focused on Evolutionary biology, it was also able to explore topics like Reproductive isolation, Natural selection, Genetic variation and Phylogenetic tree. Research on Reproductive isolation addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Sympatric speciation.

Sympatric speciation research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Sympatry. Many of the studies tackled connect Phylogenetic tree with a similar field of study like Phylogenetics. The concepts on Ecology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Gene flow and Biological dispersal.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Genetics and the similar topic of Population genetics. The Sexual selection works featured in Evolution incorporate elements from Mate choice and Mating.

  • Evolutionary biology (33.55%)
  • Ecology (33.46%)
  • Zoology (19.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP. (35178 citations)
  • Estimating F-statistics for the analysis of population structure. (15295 citations)
  • ANALYZING TABLES OF STATISTICAL TESTS (13298 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Evolution:

The published papers investigate areas of study like Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Genetics and Natural selection. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Ecology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gene flow, Allopatric speciation and Biological dispersal. The featured Evolutionary biology studies in the most cited articles mainly concentrate on Genetic variation but also cover areas of interest in Genetic variability.

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 (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Donald A. Levin (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael J. Wade (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Theodosius Dobzhansky (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John C. Avise (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ary A. Hoffmann (38 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 (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Davis (321 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Chicago (269 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (257 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (242 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cornell University (211 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 2022 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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).

Top Publications

  • Process-based species delimitation leads to identification of more biologically relevant species.

    Megan L. Smith;Bryan C. Carstens

    (2020)
    83 Citations
  • Ancient tropical extinctions at high latitudes contributed to the latitudinal diversity gradient

    Andrea S. Meseguer;Andrea S. Meseguer;Andrea S. Meseguer;Fabien L. Condamine

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • The evolution of partial reproductive isolation as an adaptive optimum.

    Maria R. Servedio;Joachim Hermisson

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Incomplete convergence of gliding mammal skeletons.

    David M. Grossnickle;Meng Chen;Meng Chen;James G. A. Wauer;Spencer K. Pevsner;Spencer K. Pevsner

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Co‐option of stress mechanisms in the origin of evolutionary novelties

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Genomic data reveal a protracted window of introgression during the diversification of a neotropical woodcreeper radiation.

    Paola Pulido‐Santacruz;Alexandre Aleixo;Jason T. Weir;Jason T. Weir

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Adaptation across geographic ranges is consistent with strong selection in marginal climates and legacies of range expansion.

    Megan Bontrager;Megan Bontrager;Takuji Usui;Julie A. Lee‐Yaw;Daniel N. Anstett

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Consequences of partially recessive deleterious genetic variation for the evolution of inversions suppressing recombination between sex chromosomes

    (2022)
    41 Citations
  • Morphological integration and modularity in the hyperkinetic feeding system of aquatic-foraging snakes.

    Daniel Rhoda;Daniel Rhoda;P. David Polly;Christopher Raxworthy;Marion Segall

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • In a nutshell, a reciprocal transplant experiment reveals local adaptation and fitness trade-offs in response to urban evolution in an acorn-dwelling ant.

    Ryan A Martin;Lacy D Chick;Matthew L Garvin;Matthew L Garvin;Sarah E Diamond

    (2021)
    40 Citations

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