Journal of Biogeography

Top Research Topics at Journal of Biogeography?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Ecology, Biogeography, Biological dispersal, Species richness and Range (biology). The work on Ecology addressed in Journal of Biogeography expands to the thematically related Phylogeography. While work presented in Journal of Biogeography provided substantial information on Phylogeography, it also covered topics in Genetic structure and Pleistocene.

The journal is concerned with the study of Genetic structure and Genetic diversity in general. The concepts on Biogeography presented in Journal of Biogeography can also apply to other research fields, including Taxon, Archipelago, Fauna and Vicariance. Species richness research discussed connects with the study of Species diversity.

The work tackled in Journal of Biogeography goes beyond the discipline of Range (biology) as it also encompasses Species distribution. The Vegetation study featured in Journal of Biogeography draws parallels with the field of Physical geography.

• Ecology (70.45%)
• Biogeography (23.66%)
• Biological dispersal (14.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Animal species diversity driven by habitat heterogeneity/diversity: the importance of keystone structures (2060 citations)
• Predicting species distributions from small numbers of occurrence records: A test case using cryptic geckos in Madagascar (1999 citations)
• A global biome model based on plant physiology and dominance, soil properties and climate (1751 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Biogeography:

The journal papers primarily focus on research topics in Ecology, Biogeography, Species richness, Biological dispersal and Range (biology). Habitat, Biodiversity, Endemism, Vegetation and Species diversity are some of the study areas of Ecology discussed in the most cited publications. The most cited articles address concerns in Biogeography which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Archipelago, Phylogeography, Vicariance, Taxon and Fauna.

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

• Ecology
• Genus
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Ecology, Radiology, Biogeography, Range (biology) and Biological dispersal. The study of Ecology encompasses disciplines such as Phylogeography, as well as fields such as Evolutionary biology, all of which overlap with one another. The research on Radiology featured in Journal of Biogeography combines topics in other fields like Breast cancer and Mammography.

Journal of Biogeography dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Range (biology) and Species distribution. The in-depth study on Biological dispersal also explores topics in the intersecting field of Vicariance. The journal focused on Taxon research but expanded to cover Phylogenetic tree.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Intraspecific differentiation: Implications for niche and distribution modelling (9 citations)
• Land use and local environment affect macroinvertebrate metacommunity organization in Neotropical stream networks (8 citations)
• The Habitat Amount Hypothesis implies negative effects of habitat fragmentation on species richness (8 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 Biogeography (based on the number of publications) are:

• David M. J. S. Bowman (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert J. Whittaker (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Mark B. Bush (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Juan J. Morrone (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jens-Christian Svenning (25 papers) published 3 papers 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 Biogeography (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (236 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
• American Museum of Natural History (184 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (116 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (104 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (94 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 8.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.49% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.20% of all publications and 54.41% 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.