Journal of Arid Environments

Top Research Topics at Journal of Arid Environments?

Journal of Arid Environments mainly deals with areas of study such as Ecology, Arid, Agronomy, Vegetation and Hydrology. Habitat, Species richness, Ecosystem, Grazing and Shrub are all aspects of Ecology discussed in Journal of Arid Environments. Grazing study tackled is connected to the field of Rangeland.

Journal of Arid Environments explores topics in Arid which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Agroforestry, Desertification, Physical geography and Precipitation. The Agronomy works featured in it incorporate elements from Soil water, Nutrient and Botany. Most of the Soil water studies addressed also intersect with Water content.

Journal of Arid Environments explores research in Botany and the adjacent study of Horticulture. The Vegetation works, particularly on Plant community are tackled in it. Surface runoff is the primary subject of Hydrology works presented in the journal.

• Ecology (36.30%)
• Arid (26.24%)
• Agronomy (16.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Rangeland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: A review of the evidence of its magnitude and causes (634 citations)
• Soil and water loss from the Loess Plateau in China (555 citations)
• Analysis of Sahelian vegetation dynamics using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data from 1981–2003 (549 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Arid Environments:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Ecology, Arid, Hydrology, Vegetation and Agronomy. The published papers hold forums on Arid that merge themes from other disciplines such as Agroforestry, Rangeland, Climatology, Desertification and Precipitation. The works on Agronomy tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Soil water, Nutrient and Botany.

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

• Ecology
• Botany
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Ecology, Vegetation, Thicket, Degradation (geology) and Biome. Habitat, Home range, Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus and Gall are among the areas of Ecology tackled. It holds forums on Vegetation that merges themes from other disciplines such as Livestock farming, Agriculture, Range (biology), Cape and Socioeconomics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Home range and habitat use of roan antelope Hippotragus equinus in Northern Botswana (0 citations)
• Degradation of the Albany Thicket Biome. How much of the extent remains 20 years after the initial mapping in 1998 (0 citations)
• Soils and seasonality influence the richness of gall-inducing insects and their host plants in a tropical dry forest (0 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 Arid Environments (based on the number of publications) are:

• Walter G. Whitford (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yosef Steinberger (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yitzchak Gutterman (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Edward P. Glenn (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Andrew Goudie (22 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 Arid Environments (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (261 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (166 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• National Scientific and Technical Research Council (161 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Arizona (157 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (155 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 2022 edition, 25.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 66.67% 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.