Fossil Record

Top Research Topics at Fossil Record?

Fossil Record covers a variety of subjects, including Paleontology, Zoology, Genus, Anatomy and Ecology. The journal focused on Paleontology research but expanded to cover Fauna. The in-depth study on Zoology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Taxon.

The field of Botany is the anchor for the Genus studies presented in it. The research on Anatomy discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Brachiosaurus. Viséan and Tournaisian are Carboniferous topics of special interest in the journal.

• Paleontology (38.99%)
• Zoology (25.16%)
• Genus (22.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• An overview of the pterosaur assemblage from the Cambridge Greensand (Cretaceous) of Eastern England (80 citations)
• Assembling the history of the Parareptilia: phylogeny, diversification, and a new definition of the clade (69 citations)
• A key for the description of Palaeozoic ammonoids (69 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fossil Record:

The journal publications focus on Zoology, Anatomy, Paleontology, Cretaceous and Ecology. The published articles explore issues in Zoology which can be linked to other research areas like Taxon and Cladistics. The journal publications tackle research in Carboniferous and Biostratigraphy as part of the general discipline of Paleontology, however, they also discuss concepts in Global distribution and Large size.

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

• Genus
• Paleontology
• Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Paleontology, Genus, Zoology, Range (biology) and Baltic amber. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Paleontology as it also encompasses Plateau. The work on Genus tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Caddisfly and Caribbean island.

The journal addresses concerns in Zoology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Taxon, Pennsylvanian and Sclerocephalus. The Range (biology) works featured in Fossil Record incorporate elements from Ichthyosaurus, Ichthyosaur, Fossil Record and Archaeology. The studies on Baltic amber discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Incertae sedis, Histeridae, Turtle (robot) and Compression fossil.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• A new species of the genus Glaesotropis Gratshev and Zherikhin, 1995 (Coleoptera, Anthribidae) from Rovno amber (4 citations)
• First record of the subfamily Sagrinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Eocene of North America (2 citations)
• The first extinct species of Acritus LeConte, 1853 (Histeridae: Abraeinae) from Eocene Baltic amber: a microscopic beetle inclusion studied with X-ray micro-computed tomography (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 Fossil Record (based on the number of publications) are:

• Dieter Korn (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Hans-Peter Schultze (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gloria Arratia (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jason A. Dunlop (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Volker Ebbighausen (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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• Museum für Naturkunde (113 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Humboldt University of Berlin (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Kansas (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Russian Academy of Sciences (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Free University of Berlin (13 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, 15.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.64% of all publications and 22.73% 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.