Global Change Biology

Top Research Topics at Global Change Biology?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Ecology, Climate change, Ecosystem, Agronomy and Global warming. Ecology, which encompasses Biodiversity, Habitat, Range (biology), Biomass (ecology) and Species richness, is the main subject of it. The journal explores research in Climatology and overlapping concepts in Precipitation to expand the discourse in Climate change.

Ecosystem study tackled is connected to the field of Atmospheric sciences. In addition to Atmospheric sciences research, the journal aims to explore topics under Hydrology and Eddy covariance. Topics in Agronomy were tackled in line with various other fields like Carbon dioxide, Soil water, Nutrient and Botany.

Soil water research featured in Global Change Biology incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Environmental chemistry and Water content. Photosynthesis is part of Botany studies tackled in the journal. While Soil carbon is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Soil organic matter and Carbon sequestration.

• Ecology (42.57%)
• Climate change (33.02%)
• Ecosystem (24.74%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Soil carbon stocks and land use change: a meta analysis (2599 citations)
• Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model (2372 citations)
• On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm (2167 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Global Change Biology:

The journal publications explore disciplines such as Ecology, Climate change, Ecosystem, Agronomy and Soil water. The most cited papers explore issues in Climate change which can be linked to other research areas like Growing season, Climatology and Phenology. The most cited articles hold forums on Ecosystem that merge themes from other disciplines such as Productivity (ecology) and Atmospheric sciences.

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

• Ecology
• Botany
• Climate change

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Global Change Biology is to expand the discussion of research in Ecology, Climate change, Ecosystem, Global warming and Agronomy. Climate change research presented in Global Change Biology encompasses a variety of subjects, including Range (biology), Temperate climate, Atmospheric sciences, Phenology and Physical geography. The studies on Atmospheric sciences discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Primary production, Vegetation, Precipitation and Water content.

Global Change Biology holds forums on Ecosystem that merges themes from other disciplines such as Growing season and Global change. Global Change Biology addresses concerns in Agronomy which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Soil water, Soil carbon and Nutrient. While the journal focused on Soil carbon, it was also able to explore topics like Environmental chemistry, Biomass (ecology) and Soil respiration.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050 (54 citations)
• Record-setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the western United States. (39 citations)
• 30 years of free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): What have we learned about future crop productivity and its potential for adaptation? (29 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 Global Change Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Josep Peñuelas (74 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Yiqi Luo (69 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Philippe Ciais (63 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Pete Smith (60 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Shilong Piao (56 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Global Change Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (392 papers) published 56 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (218 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (197 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Forest Service (185 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (184 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous 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, 1.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.47% of all publications and 40.52% 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.