Global Ecology and Biogeography

Top Research Topics at Global Ecology and Biogeography?

The journal investigates studies in Ecology, Species richness, Biodiversity, Climate change and Range (biology). The Ecology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Biological dispersal. It explores issues in Species richness which can be linked to other research areas like Taxon, Abundance (ecology) and Species diversity.

It focuses on Climate change as well as the interrelated topic of Vegetation. Topics in Range (biology) explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Niche, Ecological niche and Species distribution.

• Ecology (99.04%)
• Species richness (24.92%)
• Biodiversity (16.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of species: are bioclimate envelope models useful? (3071 citations)
• AUC: a misleading measure of the performance of predictive distribution models (1984 citations)
• Partitioning the turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity (1730 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Global Ecology and Biogeography:

The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Ecology, Species richness, Climate change, Biodiversity and Biogeography. The journal articles concentrate on Ecology topics that focus on Range (biology), Habitat, Species diversity, Vegetation and Ecosystem. Spatial ecology and Abundance (ecology) are some topics wherein Species richness research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact.

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

• Ecology
• Genus
• Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Ecology, Climate change, Biodiversity, Species richness and Taxon. Macroecology, Ecosystem, Biogeography, Habitat and Global warming are all topics related to Ecology research discussed. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Global warming and Temperate climate.

The study on Biodiversity featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Beta diversity in particular. Global Ecology and Biogeography addresses concerns in Taxon which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Range (biology) and Abundance (ecology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Global root traits (GRooT) database (17 citations)
• Handling missing values in trait data (14 citations)
• Global responses of fine root biomass and traits to plant species mixtures in terrestrial ecosystems (9 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 Ecology and Biogeography (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jens-Christian Svenning (41 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Shai Meiri (32 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Wilfried Thuiller (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Kevin J. Gaston (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Josep Peñuelas (25 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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 Ecology and Biogeography (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (142 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (104 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (80 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Aarhus University (64 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• American Museum of Natural History (56 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more 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, 1.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.26% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.97% of all publications and 38.97% 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.