Geobiology

Top Research Topics at Geobiology?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Ecology, Environmental chemistry, Geochemistry, Carbonate and Mineralogy. In addition to Ecology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Cyanobacteria and Microbial population biology. Topics in Environmental chemistry were tackled in line with various other fields like Organic matter, Microbial mat, Sulfate and Methane.

It deals with Sulfate in conjunction with Sulfur and similar fields in Sulfide. It focused on Geochemistry research but expanded to cover Sedimentary depositional environment. Geobiology holds forums on Carbonate that merges themes from other disciplines such as Paleontology, Diagenesis, Calcite and Dissolved organic carbon.

Facies is a focus of the Paleontology works in it. Hydrothermal circulation and Mineral are some topics wherein Mineralogy research discussed in the journal have an impact. Geobiology connects research in Anoxic waters with the related topic of Water column.

• Ecology (22.30%)
• Environmental chemistry (21.33%)
• Geochemistry (14.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Exopolymeric substances of sulfate‐reducing bacteria: Interactions with calcium at alkaline pH and implication for formation of carbonate minerals (387 citations)
• Serpentinization as a source of energy at the origin of life. (282 citations)
• A coupled atmosphere–ecosystem model of the early Archean Earth (245 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Geobiology:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Ecology, Environmental chemistry, Mineralogy, Botany and Paleontology. The most cited publications focus on Ecology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Earth science, Molecular clock and Microbial population biology. The most cited papers are mostly focused on Environmental chemistry, specifically Anoxic waters.

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

• Ecology
• Bacteria
• Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Geobiology mostly deals with topics like Geochemistry, Environmental chemistry, Sedimentary rock, Carbonate and Diagenesis. While the journal focused on Geochemistry, it was also able to explore topics like Seawater, Organic matter and Benthic zone. The journal emphasizes research on Environmental chemistry, which includes concerns such as Biogeochemical cycle.

While work presented in Geobiology provided substantial information on Sedimentary rock, it also covered topics in Carbon, Isotopes of carbon and Sediment. Some problems in Carbonate that were presented in Geobiology overlapped with concepts under Bioerosion, Coral reef, Oceanography, Arctic and Earth science. Diagenesis research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Inclusion (mineral), Microbial mat, Siliciclastic, Clay minerals and Stromatolite.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• A late Paleoproterozoic (1.74 Ga) deep‐sea, low‐temperature, iron‐oxidizing microbial hydrothermal vent community from Arizona, USA (5 citations)
• Radiation of nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes across the tree of life tracks environmental transitions in Earth history. (5 citations)
• The ‘classic stromatolite’ Cryptozoön is a keratose sponge-microbial consortium (4 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 Geobiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Roger E. Summons (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Noah J. Planavsky (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Kurt O. Konhauser (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Donald E. Canfield (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Timothy W. Lyons (14 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 Geobiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (40 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• California Institute of Technology (39 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (37 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Riverside (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Pennsylvania State University (27 papers) published 2 papers 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.02% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.82% of all publications and 26.32% 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.