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GAIA
H-index 8

GAIA

0940-5550

Published by: Oekom Verlag

https://www.oekom.de/zeitschrift/gaia-2

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 587 24 28 5
Environmental Sciences 708 10 20 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 52
Documents by Best Scientists*: 64
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.44
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society?

The aim of Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society is to expand the discussion of research in Environmental resource management, Sustainability, Humanities, Environmental ethics and Sustainable development.

  • Environmental resource management (4.89%)
  • Sustainability (3.96%)
  • Humanities (3.35%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Sharing Economy: A Potential New Pathway to Sustainability (378 citations)
  • ALARM: Assessing LArge-scale environmental Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods (203 citations)
  • Nature-based Solutions : New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe (193 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society:

The journal publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Environmental resource management, Ecosystem services, Sustainability, Transdisciplinarity and Biodiversity. The journal papers deal with Environmental resource management in conjunction with Scale (social sciences) and similar fields in Ecosystem and Habitat. While work presented in the most cited papers provide substantial information on Sustainability, it also covers topics in Psychological intervention, Environmental economics and Sustainable development.

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

  • Law
  • Ecology
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society generally zeroes in on subjects such as Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Environmental ethics, Sustainable development and Environmental planning. Aside from Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the journal also covered works in other subjects like Global health, Structural shift, Public relations, Psychological resilience and Social change. Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society tackles research works in 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak as well as other disciplines like Denialism, Humanities, Populism, Knowledge-based systems and Politics.

The work on Environmental ethics tackled in Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society brings together disciplines like Nature Conservation and Environmentalism. Research on Sustainable development addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Perspective (graphical).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The opportunities and risks of digitalisation for sustainable development: a systemic perspective (2 citations)
  • Catholic religious identity, prosocial and pro-environmental behaviors, and connectedness to nature in Chile (1 citations)
  • Social-ecological transformation and COVID-19: the need to revisit working-class environmentalism (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 Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ortwin Renn (43 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Armin Grunwald (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Uwe Schneidewind (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andreas Kläy (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christian Pohl (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 Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • ETH Zurich (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Zurich (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (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, 70.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.00% 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 0.00% of all publications and 20.00% 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

  • Transdisciplinary research: towards an integrative perspective

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Creating space for reflection and dialogue: Examples of new modes of communication for empowering climate action

    Carolin Fraude;Thomas Bruhn;Dorota Stasiak;Christine Wamsler

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Public participation geographical information systems (PPGIS): Participatory research methods for sustainability ‐ toolkit #1

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research - an opportunity for redirection

    Kathleen Hermans;Elisabeth Berger;Lisa Biber-Freudenberger;Lisa Bossenbroek

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Capacity building for transformational leadership and transdisciplinarity

    Matthias Barth;Andrea Bruhn;David P.M. Lam;Matthias Bergmann

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Volksbegehren Artenvielfalt : Gesetzesänderungen können auch Ökosystemdienstleistungen in Bayerns Agrarlandschaften stärken

    Hanna Hartmann;Maria Hänsel;Rebekka Riebl;Eva Julia Lohse

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Climate change perceptions in Bavaria: Revealing the influence of socio-demographic and local environmental factors

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Participatory research methods for sustainability

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • No green deal without a nature-based economy

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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