Fisheries Management and Ecology

Top Research Topics at Fisheries Management and Ecology?

The foci of Fisheries Management and Ecology are Fishery, Ecology, Fishing, Salmo and Fisheries management. The work on Fishery tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Trout, Predation and Habitat. It aims to address concerns in Ecology, specifically in the areas of Juvenile, Aquatic animal, Introduced species, Species richness and Biomass (ecology).

The Fishing study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Recreation. Brown trout is a major topic of Salmo research presented in it. Fisheries Management and Ecology investigates Fisheries management research which frequently intersects with Environmental resource management.

The journal focuses on Stocking research which is adjacent to topics in Hatchery.

• Fishery (76.00%)
• Ecology (32.24%)
• Fishing (30.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Marine fish life history strategies: applications to fishery management (246 citations)
• Did lack of spawners cause the collapse of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla? (236 citations)
• Catch‐and‐release science and its application to conservation and management of recreational fisheries (229 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fisheries Management and Ecology:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Fishery, Ecology, Fishing, Fisheries management and Salmo. The published papers feature studies on Fishery, including topics such as Stocking. Recreation and Amazon rainforest are some topics wherein Fishing research discussed in the published articles has an impact.

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

• Ecology
• IUCN Red List
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Fishery, Fishing, Recreational fishing, Fisheries management and Ecology. While the journal focused on Fishery, it was also able to explore topics like Fish migration, Recreation and Predation. The featured works in Catch and release, which all belong in the domain if Fishing, also overlaps with concepts under Hooking.

The journal focuses on Recreational fishing but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Pike, Esox and Theil index. Concepts in Juvenile, as well as related topics in Weir, Brown trout, River restoration and Hydroelectricity, are covered in the Fisheries management research presented in the journal. Fisheries Management and Ecology explores issues in Ecology which can be linked to other research areas like Movement (music) and Grass carp.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Reservoir fish assemblage structure across an aquatic ecotone: Can river‐reservoir interfaces provide conservation and management opportunities? (4 citations)
• Identifying invasive fish species threats to RAMSAR wetland sites in the Caspian Sea region—A case study of the Anzali Wetland Complex (Iran) (4 citations)
• Quantifying current and future risks of invasiveness of non-native aquatic species in highly urbanised estuarine ecosystems—A case study of the River Neretva Estuary (Eastern Adriatic Sea: Croatia and Bosnia–Herzegovina) (3 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 Fisheries Management and Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ian G. Cowx (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert Arlinghaus (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Finn Økland (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Steven J. Cooke (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Eva B. Thorstad (14 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 Fisheries Management and Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Environment Agency (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Hull (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service (18 papers) published 2 papers 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, 16.95% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.24% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.37% of all publications and 48.98% 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.