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Fundamental and Applied Limnology
H-index 6

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

1863-9135

Published by: Schweizerbart Science Publishers

https://www.schweizerbart.de/journals/fal

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 530 27 25 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 42
Documents by Best Scientists*: 32
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 72
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.267
Impact Factor: 0.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fundamental and Applied Limnology?

The discussions in Fundamental and Applied Limnology mainly cover the fields of Ecology, Hydrobiology, Habitat, Botany and Invertebrate. Fundamental and Applied Limnology dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Ecology and STREAMS. Research in STREAMS discussed is concerned with the study of Hydrology as a whole.

It centers on topics in Hydrology, with a focus on Water quality. Some problems in Hydrobiology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Abundance (ecology), Sediment, Nutrient and Animal science. It connects the study in Nutrient with the closely related area of Environmental chemistry.

Research on Botany addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Aquatic plant. Topics in Phytoplankton were tackled in line with various other fields like Biomass (ecology), Zooplankton and Plankton. Benthos is the primary subject of Benthic zone works presented in it.

  • Ecology (66.89%)
  • Hydrobiology (16.05%)
  • Habitat (11.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Meta-analysis of cyanobacterial effects on zooplankton population growth rate : species-specific responses (116 citations)
  • Non-determinism to Probability, or N : P in the community ecology of phytoplankton (102 citations)
  • Oxygen, organic matter, and sediment granulometry as controls on hyporheic animal communities fig: 5 tab: 3 (90 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fundamental and Applied Limnology:

The journal articles cover a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Hydrobiology, Habitat, Species richness and Biomass (ecology). The most cited papers link adjacent topics like Ecology with STREAMS. The journal publications address concerns in the field of Hydrobiology by exploring it in line with topics in Abundance (ecology) which intersect with Crustacean subjects.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Ecology, Environmental chemistry, STREAMS, Hydrology and Cyanobacteria. It facilitates the exploration of Ecology in relation to the field of Composition (visual arts). While work presented in it provided substantial information on Environmental chemistry, it also covered topics in Carbon nanotube and River nile.

The work on STREAMS tackled in it brings together disciplines like Agronomy, Herbivore, Atmospheric sciences, Ecosystem and Spatial distribution. Water level studies in the realm of Hydrology interact with fields like Term (time). The Cyanobacteria works featured in Fundamental and Applied Limnology incorporate elements from Elodea canadensis, Amphipoda, Crustacean and Zooplankton.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Structural and functional changes in the macroinvertebrate community in Alpine stream networks fed by shrinking glaciers (3 citations)
  • Diversity and structure of trout populations (Salmo sp., Salmonidae, Actinopteri) in the Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje Nature park in Croatia (2 citations)
  • Conservation status of Chirocephalus marchesonii Ruffo & Vesentini, 1957 in the Pilato Lake (Sibillini Mountains National Park, Central Italy) (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 Fundamental and Applied Limnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Steven W. Effler (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul J. Wood (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John P. Smol (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christopher T. Robinson (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sovan Lek (8 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 Fundamental and Applied Limnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Debrecen (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aarhus University (4 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Inland blue holes of the bahamas – chemistry and biology in a unique aquatic environment

    Caroline Björnerås;Martin Škerlep;Raphael Gollnisch;Simon David Herzog

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • The effects of water-level changes on periphytic algal assemblages in Poyang Lake

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Evaluation of different averaging methods for calculation of ratios in nutrient data

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • Pigment and fluorescence proxies to estimate functional diversity of phytoplankton communities

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Zooplankton community structure in relation to microcystins in the eutrophic Lake Zumpango (State of Mexico)

    Michael A. Figueroa-Sánchez;S. Nandini;S. S. S. Sarma

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Carcass deposition to suppress invasive lake trout causes differential mortality of two common benthic invertebrates in Yellowstone Lake

    Michelle A. Briggs;Lindsey K. Albertson;Dominique R. Lujan;Lusha M. Tronstad

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Demographic responses of selected rotifers (Rotifera) and cladocerans (Cladocera) fed toxic Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria)

    Alfredo Pérez-Morales;S. S. S. Sarma;S. Nandini;Cristian Alberto Espinosa-Rodríguez

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Spatial versus temporal heterogeneity in abundance of fishes in north-temperate lakes

    Andrew L. Rypel

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • The role of varying resources on Daphnia dentifera immune responses

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Drought may amplify the impacts of salt pollution in pond ecosystems: an experimental exploration

    Ahmed A. H. Siddig;John S. Richardson;Carsten F. Dormann

    (2020)
    2 Citations

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