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Folia Geobotanica
H-index 8

Folia Geobotanica

1211-9520

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/12224

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 381 12 17 4
Ecology and Evolution 485 29 28 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 36
Documents by Best Scientists*: 35
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.303
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Folia Geobotanica?

The scientific interests tackled in Folia Geobotanica are Ecology, Plant ecology, Botany, Vegetation and Species richness. The journal covers various topics on Ecology such as Habitat, Plant community, Range (biology), Biodiversity and Ecological succession. Plant ecology research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Biomass (ecology), Grassland, Agronomy, Germination and Nutrient.

Folia Geobotanica connects the study in Germination with the closely related area of Seedling. The featured Botany research zeroes in on concepts in Taxon, Taxonomy (biology), Asteraceae and Hybrid but also tackles themes under Botánica. Folia Geobotanica explores studies in Taxonomy (biology) as part of the wider topic of Zoology.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Vegetation, apply to Ordination as well. Many of the studies tackled connect Species richness with a similar field of study like Species diversity.

  • Ecology (55.90%)
  • Plant ecology (53.44%)
  • Botany (32.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Indicative value ofPediastrum and other coccal green algae in palaeoecology (215 citations)
  • The calcareous riddle: Why are there so many calciphilous species in the Central European flora? (202 citations)
  • Conspectus of classes of European vegetation (166 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Folia Geobotanica:

Ecology, Plant ecology, Botany, Vegetation and Species richness are the main subjects of interest in the most cited publications. The most cited articles explore issues in Plant ecology which can be linked to other research areas like Abundance (ecology), Grassland, Agronomy, Biological dispersal and Abiotic component. The published Botany research zeroes in on concepts in Pollen, Genus, Germination and Rhizome but also tackles themes under Botánica.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Folia Geobotanica generally zeroes in on subjects such as Plant ecology, Ecology, Habitat, Nutrient and Physical geography. The research on Plant ecology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Competition (biology), Dominance (ecology) and Vegetation types, Vegetation. The study on Ecology presented in it intersects with the topics under Ravine.

The journal facilitates discussions on Habitat that incorporate concepts from other fields like Shrub, Range (biology), Ericaceae, Scree and Abiotic component. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Nutrient, it also covered topics in Biomass (ecology), Productivity (ecology), Agronomy, Reproduction and Specific leaf area. The overlapping concepts between Growing season and Dormancy are the key highlights of Physical geography study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The invasive Melia azedarach in Durban (South Africa): impacts on tree community structure (0 citations)
  • Habitat shaped by ancient salt: vegetation of the classes Therosalicornietea and Festuco-Puccinellietea in the Transylvanian Basin (Romania) (0 citations)
  • Effect of nutrient and light stress on the mortality and growth of young clonal and non-clonal herbs after biomass removal (0 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 Folia Geobotanica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jitka Klimešová (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michal Hájek (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Milan Chytrý (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan Kirschner (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan Lepš (11 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 Folia Geobotanica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (138 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sewanee: The University of the South (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masaryk University (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Charles University in Prague (39 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Slovak Academy of Sciences (24 papers) published 1 paper 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, 9.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • Leaf trait records of vascular plant species in the Pannonian flora with special focus on endemics and rarities

    Anna E-Vojtkó;Anna E-Vojtkó;Nóra Balogh;Balázs Deák;András Kelemen

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Vascular plant diversity along an elevational gradient in the Central Himalayas, western Nepal

    Chandra K. Subedi;Maan B. Rokaya;Zuzana Münzbergová;Zuzana Münzbergová;Binu Timsina;Binu Timsina

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Pteridium aquilinum performance is driven by climate, soil and land-use in Southwest Asia

    Laleh Amouzgar;Jamshid Ghorbani;Maryam Shokri;Rob H. Marrs

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • The road to invasion: fine-grained distribution and suitability model for Carpobrotus sp. pl., a plant invader on a small Mediterranean island

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Effects of clonal fragmentation and nutrient availability on the competitive ability of the floating plant Salvinia natans

    Li Min Zhang;Li Min Zhang;Si Mei Yao;Si Mei Yao;Yu Jin;Yu Jin;Ming Hua Song

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Tree community patterns along pond-upland topographic gradients, upper Uruguay River basin, southern Brazil

    Daniel Grasel;Eduardo Luís Hettwer Giehl;Florian Wittmann;João André Jarenkow

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Vegetation Diversity of Screes and Taluses of The Pamir and South-Western Tian Shan in Middle Asia

    Arkadiusz Nowak;Arkadiusz Nowak;Sebastian Świerszcz;Sebastian Świerszcz;Sylwia Nowak;Marcin Nobis

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Natural habitat and vegetation types of river gravel bars in the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia

    Veronika Kalníková;Kryštof Chytrý;Pavel Novák;Dominik Zukal

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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