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Folia Primatologica
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Folia Primatologica

0015-5713

Published by: Karger Publishers

https://www.karger.com/Journal/Home/223842

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 477 39 45 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 60
Documents by Best Scientists*: 60
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 52
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.331
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Folia Primatologica?

Zoology, Ecology, Anatomy, Primate and Demography are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Folia Primatologica facilitates discussions on Zoology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Lemur and Reproduction. Lemur catta and Lemuridae are all aspects of Lemur discussed in Folia Primatologica.

Discussions in Folia Primatologica are anchored in the subject of Ecology and the similar topic of Feeding behavior. The journal explores topics in Captivity which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Social relation and Social psychology.

  • Zoology (32.13%)
  • Ecology (25.87%)
  • Anatomy (11.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • New and Revised Data on Volumes of Brain Structures in Insectivores and Primates (740 citations)
  • Tool use and tool making in wild chimpanzees. (509 citations)
  • Functional significance of social grooming in primates. (488 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Folia Primatologica:

The published articles mostly deal with topics like Ecology, Zoology, Demography, Lemur and Feeding behavior. The majority of Zoology studies presented in the published papers zero in on Cebidae. In addition to Demography research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Social relation, Social psychology and Adult male.

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

  • Ecology
  • Internal medicine
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Primate, Lemur, Zoology, National park and Gorilla. The work on Primate tackled in it brings together disciplines like Repertoire, Aggression, Vocal communication and Cebidae. Lemur studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Ecology.

The work on Ecology addressed in Folia Primatologica expands to the thematically related Population size. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Zoology and Event (relativity) are the foci of Folia Primatologica. It holds forums on Gorilla that merges themes from other disciplines such as Critically endangered, Ontogeny, Anatomy, Hylobatidae and Dental eruption.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in a Costa Rican Forest Fragment Do Not Modify Activity Budgets or Spatial Cohesion in Response to Anthropogenic Edges. (2 citations)
  • A Comparison of Focal and Opportunistic Sampling Methods when Studying Chimpanzee Facial and Gestural Communication. (1 citations)
  • Body Site and Body Orientation Preferences during Social Grooming: A Comparison between Wild and Captive Chimpanzees and Bonobos. (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.

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

  • Yves Rumpler (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eckhard W. Heymann (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Elwyn L. Simons (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen F. Ferrari (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Baoguo Li (22 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 Primatologica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Duke University (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Primate Research Institute (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (20 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, 9.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 40.00% 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

  • Primates Can Be a Rallying Symbol to Promote Tropical Forest Restoration.

    Colin A Chapman;Julio Cesar Bicca-Marques;Amy E Dunham;Pengfei Fan

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Dietary plasticity of a understudied primate (Sapajus cay) in a biodiversity hotspot: applying ecological traits to habitat conservation in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Responses to Spatial and Temporal Variation in Food Availability on the Feeding Ecology of Proboscis Monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

    Katie L. Feilen;Andrew J. Marshall

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Atypically High Reproductive Skew in a Small Wild Chimpanzee Community in a Human-Dominated Landscape.

    Maureen S McCarthy;Jack D Lester;Marie Cibot;Linda Vigilant

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Primate selfies and anthropozoonotic diseases: lack of rule compliance and poor risk perception threatens orangutans.

    Andrea Molyneaux;Emma Hankinson;Mbra Kaban;Magdalena S Svensson

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Enter the Matrix: Use of Secondary Matrix by Mouse Lemurs.

    Travis S. Steffens;Malcolm S. Ramsay;Bertrand Andriatsitohaina;Ute Radespiel

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Artificialcanopy bridge use by primates and other arboreal mammals in a fragmented tropical forest of northeast Bangladesh

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • The Influence of Seasonal Availability of Young Leaves on Dietary Niche Separation in Two Ecologically Similar Folivorous Lemurs.

    Marco Campera;Michela Balestri;Fiona Besnard;Megan Phelps

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • A new window into canopy bridges as a mitigation strategy for arboreal mammals

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Home Range Size and Seasonal Variation in Habitat Use of Aye-Ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) in Torotorofotsy, Madagascar.

    Timothy M Sefczek;Ryan A Hagenson;Doménico Roger Randimbiharinirina;Jeannin Nicolas Rakotondrazandry

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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