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Evolutionary Ecology
H-index 14

Evolutionary Ecology

0269-7653

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10682

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 248 124 128 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 145
Documents by Best Scientists*: 144
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 96
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.645
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Evolutionary Ecology?

The main points discussed in Evolutionary Ecology deals with Animal ecology, Ecology, Zoology, Evolutionary biology and Predation. The concepts on Animal ecology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Habitat, Botany, Ecology (disciplines), Selection (genetic algorithm) and Competition (biology). In the Botany research discussed, Pollinator, Pollination and Pollen are all tackled.

The journal holds forums on Ecology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Natural selection, Biological dispersal and Reproductive success. While work presented in Evolutionary Ecology provided substantial information on Zoology, it also covered topics in Offspring, Host (biology) and Larva. The Predation works, particularly on Predator are tackled in Evolutionary Ecology.

Evolutionary Ecology links adjacent topics like Sexual selection with Sexual dimorphism.

  • Animal ecology (98.54%)
  • Ecology (68.81%)
  • Zoology (21.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Evolutionarily singular strategies and the adaptive growth and branching of the evolutionary tree (1425 citations)
  • Altruism in viscous populations — an inclusive fitness model (499 citations)
  • Repeatability its role in evolutionary studies of mating behavior (446 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Evolutionary Ecology:

The journal papers mostly deal with topics like Animal ecology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Predation and Zoology. The Animal ecology research presented in the published papers focuses mostly on Botany and, on occasion, topics in Horticulture. Issues in Ecology were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Natural selection, Biological dispersal and Reproductive success.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Animal ecology, Zoology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology and Predation. Animal ecology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Allometry, Habitat, Ecology (disciplines), Mating and Sexual dimorphism. In addition to Zoology research, Evolutionary Ecology aims to explore topics under Taxon and Larva.

While Ecology is the focus of Evolutionary Ecology, it also provided insights into the studies of Gene flow, Selection (genetic algorithm) and Reproductive isolation. The work on Evolutionary biology tackled in Evolutionary Ecology brings together disciplines like Context (language use), Batesian mimicry, Locus (genetics), Major histocompatibility complex and White (mutation). Predation research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Feather, Foraging, Sea level and Moulting, Flight feather.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Eye‐body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians (4 citations)
  • Riverine barriers to gene flow in a salamander with both aquatic and terrestrial reproduction (2 citations)
  • The effect of genetics, diet, and social environment on adult male size in a sexually dimorphic spider (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 Evolutionary Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Eric L. Charnov (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter A. Abrams (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Johanna Mappes (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anders Forsman (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael L. Rosenzweig (10 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 Evolutionary Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Spanish National Research Council (54 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lund University (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (37 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Jyväskylä (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Davis (31 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, 5.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.80% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.65% of all publications and 66.67% 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

  • Correction to: Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Prolonged diapause has sex-specific fertility and fitness costs

    Aigi Margus;Leena Lindström

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Evolution of koinobiont parasitoid host regulation and consequences for indirect plant defence

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Complex multi-trait responses to multivariate environmental cues in a seasonal butterfly

    Pragya Singh;Pragya Singh;Pragya Singh;Erik van Bergen;Erik van Bergen;Oskar Brattström;Oskar Brattström;Dave Osbaldeston

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Ontogenetic allometry underlies trophic diversity in sea turtles (Chelonioidea)

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Salinity tolerance explains the contrasting phylogeographic patterns of two swimming crabs species along the tropical western Atlantic

    Pedro A. Peres;Fernando L. Mantelatto

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Complex eco-evolutionary dynamics induced by the coevolution of predator–prey movement strategies

    Christoph Netz;Hanno Hildenbrandt;Franz J. Weissing

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Eye‐body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians

    Samuel J. Shrimpton;Samuel J. Shrimpton;Jeffrey W. Streicher;David J. Gower;Rayna C. Bell;Rayna C. Bell

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Multivariate selection and the making and breaking of mutational pleiotropy

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Is variation in flower shape and length among native and non-native populations of Nicotiana glauca a product of pollinator-mediated selection?

    Macarena García;Santiago Benítez-Vieyra;Alicia Noemí Sérsic;Anton Pauw

    (2020)
    15 Citations

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