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Historical Biology
H-index 19

Historical Biology

0891-2963

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ghbi20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 211 117 266 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 185
Documents by Best Scientists*: 401
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.563
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Historical Biology?

Historical Biology was organized to reinforce research efforts on Paleontology, Ecology, Zoology, Cretaceous and Anatomy. The studies in Paleontology featured incorporate elements of Fauna, China and Genus. The studies in Ecology featured incorporate elements of Pleistocene and Extinction.

Research on Pleistocene presented in it concerns the broader topic of Archaeology.

  • Paleontology (49.94%)
  • Ecology (19.75%)
  • Zoology (13.54%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Biotic crises in the history of Upper Silurian graptoloids: A Palaeobiological model (207 citations)
  • Key evolutionary innovations and their ecological mechanisms (196 citations)
  • Aberrations in bivalve evolution related to photo‐ and chemosymbiosis (189 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Historical Biology:

The most cited articles focus on Paleontology, Ecology, Cretaceous, Anatomy and Taxon. The journal publications focus on Paleontology research which is adjacent to topics in Extinction event. The most cited publications hold forums on Taxon that merge themes from other disciplines such as Zoology and Evolutionary biology.

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

  • Genus
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Historical Biology explores disciplines such as Paleontology, Cretaceous, China, Zoology and Archaeology. It links adjacent topics like Paleontology with Genus. The presentations focused mostly on Genus in an attempt to further explore topics in Botany.

Historical Biology facilitated discussions that integrated Cretaceous and Burmese. Pleistocene and Cave are some of the facets of Archaeology tackled in it. The research on Pleistocene featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Ecology and Quaternary.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The end-Guadalupian (259.8 Ma) biodiversity crisis: the sixth major mass extinction? (16 citations)
  • A new phylogeny of cerapodan dinosaurs (11 citations)
  • The size of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), revisited (11 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 Historical Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George Poinar (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lida Xing (32 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • Martin G. Lockley (28 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hendrik Klein (24 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Andrei A. Legalov (18 papers) published 2 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Historical Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (102 papers) published 45 papers at the last edition, 27 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (92 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • American Museum of Natural History (88 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • Oregon State University (55 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (49 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 4.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.37% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.31% of all publications and 35.16% 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

  • A new phylogeny of cerapodan dinosaurs

    P. E. Dieudonné;P. Cruzado-Caballero;P. Godefroit;T. Tortosa

    (2021)
    88 Citations
  • The end-Guadalupian (259.8 Ma) biodiversity crisis: the sixth major mass extinction?

    Michael R. Rampino;Shu Zhong Shen

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • Late Pleistocene meso-megaherbivores from Brazilian Intertropical Region: isotopic diet (δ 13C), niche differentiation, guilds and paleoenvironmental reconstruction (δ 13C, δ 18O)

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Dental homologies and evolutionary transformations in Caviomorpha (Hystricognathi, Rodentia): new data from the Paleogene of Peruvian Amazonia

    Myriam Boivin;Laurent Marivaux

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • New record of a stahleckeriid dicynodont (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and biostratigraphic remarks on the Riograndia Assemblage Zone

    Agustín G. Martinelli;Juan A. Escobar;Heitor Francischini;Leonardo Kerber

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • A Middle Miocene (~14 Ma) vertebrate assemblage from Palasava, Rapar Taluka, Kutch (Kachchh) District, Gujarat State, western India

    Vivesh V Kapur;Martin Pickford;Gaurav Chauhan;M.G. Thakkar

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Arumberia and other Ediacaran–Cambrian fossils of central Australia

    Gregory J. Retallack;Adrian P. Broz

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Differentiating taphonomic features from trampling and dietary microwear, an experimental approach

    (2023)
    20 Citations
  • Recognition of a new nothrotheriid genus (Mammalia, Folivora) from the early late Miocene of Achiri (Bolivia) and the taxonomic status of the genus Xyophorus

    (2023)
    20 Citations
  • Size-mediated competition and community structure in a Late Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur assemblage

    (2021)
    19 Citations

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