Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Top Research Topics at Journal of Applied Ichthyology?

The journal facilitates discussions on Fishery, Ecology, Zoology, Length weight and Sturgeon. While Fishery is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Juvenile, Habitat, Animal science and Acipenser. Animal science research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Feed conversion ratio, Endocrinology and Larva.

The majority of Acipenser studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Lake sturgeon. Reproduction is part of Ecology studies tackled in Journal of Applied Ichthyology. Topics in Length weight were tackled in line with various other fields like Freshwater fish and China.

• Fishery (46.05%)
• Ecology (23.74%)
• Zoology (18.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations (2073 citations)
• Requirement criteria for essential fatty acids (405 citations)
• To be, or not to be, a non‐native freshwater fish? (392 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Applied Ichthyology:

The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Fishery, Ecology, Sturgeon, Animal science and Zoology. Specifically, studies on Fishing are prevalent in the Fishery works discussed in the journal papers. Length weight and Fish species are some topics wherein Ecology research discussed in the published articles has an impact.

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

• Ecology
• Zoology
• Fishery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Applied Ichthyology mostly deals with topics like Fishery, Zoology, Length weight, Fish species and China. Drainage basin and Bay are some topics wherein Fishery research discussed in it have an impact. Drainage basin research discussed connects with the study of Amazon rainforest.

Issues in Zoology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Sturgeon and Teleostei. In it, Freshwater fish, Ecology, Indian ocean and STREAMS are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Length weight research. Fish species study tackled is connected to the field of Allometry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Caught in the act: Youtube™ reveals invisible fish invasion pathways in Brazil (3 citations)
• Comparative feeding strategies of yellowfin tuna around St Helena and adjacent seamounts of the South Atlantic Ocean (3 citations)
• Species composition of benthic fish fauna in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey (3 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 Journal of Applied Ichthyology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Qiwei Wei (62 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Harald Rosenthal (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jakov Dulčić (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mohammad Pourkazemi (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Okan Akyol (23 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 Journal of Applied Ichthyology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (171 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (171 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Huazhong Agricultural University (77 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Ege University (74 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sewanee: The University of the South (72 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, 12.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.01% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.82% of all publications and 65.04% 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.