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Florida Entomologist
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Florida Entomologist

0015-4040

Published by: Florida Entomological Society

https://journals.flvc.org/flaent

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 416 6 6 4
Ecology and Evolution 553 15 29 6
Biology and Biochemistry 791 8 15 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 34
Documents by Best Scientists*: 54
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.322
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Florida Entomologist?

Florida Entomologist primarily focuses on research topics in Botany, Ecology, Zoology, Horticulture and Lepidoptera genitalia. Larva, Hemiptera, Tephritidae, Biological pest control and PEST analysis are all areas of Botany tackled in it. It concentrated on Larva research, specifically Pupa and Instar.

The study on Hemiptera presented in Florida Entomologist intersects with subjects under the field of Nymph. The main emphasis of the journal is the research on Tephritidae, emphasizing the topic of Ceratitis capitata. PEST analysis and Agronomy are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

Florida Entomologist tackles issues in Ecology, particularly in the topics of Hymenoptera, Genus, Taxonomy (biology), Predation and Key (lock). Parasitoid is a major topic of Hymenoptera research presented in it. Noctuidae and Pyralidae are all areas of Lepidoptera genitalia tackled in the journal.

  • Botany (31.29%)
  • Ecology (31.22%)
  • Zoology (18.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLIDS (STERNORRHYNCHA: PSYLLIDAE) AND GREENING DISEASE OF CITRUS: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF RISK IN FLORIDA (754 citations)
  • Evolution of social insect colonies: sex allocation and kin selection. (625 citations)
  • Artificial diet for rearing various species of ants. (415 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Florida Entomologist:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Ecology, Botany, Zoology, Horticulture and Tephritidae. Many of the studies tackled in the most cited publications connect Ecology with a similar field of study like PEST analysis. The journal articles connects research in Botany with the related topics of Host (biology).

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Horticulture, PEST analysis, Zoology, Lepidoptera genitalia and Hymenoptera are among the topics commonly tackled in Florida Entomologist. The Horticulture works featured in Florida Entomologist incorporate elements from Hemiptera and Nymph. The studies on Zoology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Epizootiology and Mycosis.

The work on Noctuidae presented is anchored in Botany and Larva. Florida Entomologist facilitates discussions on Botany that incorporate concepts from other fields like Proteases and Protease. The journal focused on Abiotic component research conducted under the discipline of Ecology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Methionine as an Effective Mosquito Larvicide in Natural Water Sources (3 citations)
  • Acaricide Efficacy and Resistance in South Carolina Tomato Populations of Twospotted Spider Mite (2 citations)
  • Evaluation of Pheromone Traps and Lures for Trapping Male Agriotes sputator (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Beetles in Eastern Canada (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 Florida Entomologist (based on the number of publications) are:

  • José Cola Zanuncio (93 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jorge E. Peña (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin H. Muma (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John L. Capinera (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Todd E. Shelly (50 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Florida Entomologist (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Florida (632 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (423 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (241 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Universidade Federal de Viçosa (133 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (110 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, 17.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 64.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.17% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 4.17% of all publications and 27.08% 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

  • Potential Pest Status of the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Blattodea: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), in Response to Climate Change in the Korean Peninsula

    Sang-Bin Lee;Reina L. Tong;Si-Hyun Kim;Ik Gyun Im

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Captures of Oriental Fruit Flies and Melon Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Traps Baited With Torula Yeast Borax Solution Or 2- Or 3-Component Synthetic Food Cones in Hawaii

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Field capture of male Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in traps baited with varying amounts of trimedlure

    Todd Evan Shelly;Rick Kurashima

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Hormesis in the Brown Citrus Aphid, Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Exposed to Sublethal Doses of Imidacloprid

    Xue Dong Chen;Meeja Seo;Timothy A. Ebert;Muhammad Ashfaq

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • New records of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) from Cuba with description of a new species

    Demian F. Gomez;Andrew J. Johnson;Paloma Carton de Grammont;Janet Alfonso-Simonetti

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Effect of UV-C Irradiation on Greenhouse Whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

    Tracy C. Leskey;Brent D. Short;Makaila Emery;Breyn Evans

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Field Capture of Male Oriental Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Traps Baited with Solid Dispensers Containing Varying Amounts of Methyl Eugenol

    Todd Evan Shelly;Rick Kurashima;Thomas Fezza

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Weathering of Methyl Eugenol Solid Dispensers: Effects on Residual Amount, Release Rate, and Field Capture of Bactrocera dorsalis Males (Diptera: Tephritidae)

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Distribution of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) mitotypes in commercial cotton fields in the Punjab province of Pakistan

    Syed Hamid Jalal Shah;Jorge R. Paredes-Montero;Amir Humayun Malik;Judith K. Brown

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Effect of Erythritol and Sucralose Formulation on the Survivorship of the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

    (2023)
    6 Citations

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