Facies

Top Research Topics at Facies?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Paleontology, Sedimentology, Facies, Biogeosciences and Reef. Studies on Paleontology discussed in it link to the field of Foraminifera. Facies facilitates discussions on Sedimentology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Structural basin, Oceanography, Benthic zone and Diagenesis.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Oceanography and the similar topic of Ecology. The in-depth study on Diagenesis also explores topics in the intersecting field of Calcite. The Facies study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Outcrop.

In addition to Biogeosciences, it tackled discussions on Humanities. While the journal focused on Reef, it was also able to explore topics like Permian, Coral reef and Paleoecology.

• Paleontology (52.29%)
• Sedimentology (45.86%)
• Facies (26.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Modern cryptic microbialite/metazoan facies from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) formation and concepts (306 citations)
• The biology of carbonate precipitation by cyanobacteria (258 citations)
• Microbial crusts of the late jurassic: Composition, palaeoecological significance and importance in reef construction (208 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Facies:

The journal publications investigate studies in Paleontology, Sedimentology, Facies, Reef and Oceanography. While Paleontology is the key highlight in the journal articles, thet also covered some subjects on Foraminifera and Coralline algae. The journal articles tackle research in various disciplines, including Sedimentology and Biogeosciences.

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

• Ecology
• Paleontology
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Paleontology, Sedimentology, Facies, Geochemistry and Sedimentary depositional environment. Paleontology research featured in Facies incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Foraminifera and Benthic zone. Facies explores issues in Sedimentology which can be linked to other research areas like Range (biology), Outcrop, Stromatolite, Seawater and Precambrian.

It focuses on Facies but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Sedimentary rock, Pleistocene and Aptian. The Geochemistry works featured in Facies incorporate elements from Micrite and Dolomitization. Some problems in Sedimentary depositional environment that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Reef and Cretaceous.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Lower Triassic (Induan) stromatolites and oolites of the Bernburg Formation revisited – microfacies and palaeoenvironment of lacustrine carbonates in Central Germany (3 citations)
• Reconstruction of tectonically disrupted carbonates through quantitative microfacies analyses: an example from the Middle Triassic of Southern Italy (1 citations)
• Applications of fossil taxonomy in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: a case study of ostracod identification and diversity in Permian–Triassic boundary microbialites (1 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Facies (based on the number of publications) are:

• Baba Senowbari-Daryan (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Erik Flügel (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Felix Schlagintweit (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Inès Devanthéry-Lamunière (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
• André Freiwald (21 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Facies (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (86 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Bremen (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Tübingen (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Vienna (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Hamburg (24 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, 23.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.92% of all publications and 38.46% 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.