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Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 126 344 457 24
Biology and Biochemistry 535 39 75 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 432
Documents by Best Scientists*: 547
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 148
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.921
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Evolutionary Biology?

The discussions in Journal of Evolutionary Biology mainly cover the fields of Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Genetics and Sexual selection. In it, Natural selection and Biological dispersal are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Ecology research. The Evolutionary biology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Reproductive isolation, Genetic variation, Selection (genetic algorithm) and Phylogenetic tree.

The close relationship between Heritability and Genetic correlation is one of the points of interest dissected in Genetic variation research. The journal explores research in Phylogenetic tree and the adjacent study of Phylogenetics. Zoology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Offspring, Sperm, Host (biology) and Reproduction.

The Sperm research dealing mostly with Sperm competition is the focus of the journal. The Genetics study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Inbreeding. It focuses on Sexual selection research which is adjacent to topics in Mate choice.

  • Ecology (42.01%)
  • Evolutionary biology (29.06%)
  • Zoology (24.92%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions (1447 citations)
  • Hybridization and speciation (1299 citations)
  • The genic view of the process of speciation (1024 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Evolutionary Biology:

The published papers investigate studies in Ecology, Zoology, Evolutionary biology, Genetics and Selection (genetic algorithm). Many of the studies tackled in the journal articles connect Ecology with a similar field of study like Biological dispersal. The published articles hold forums on Zoology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Offspring and Sperm.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Ecology, Adaptation and Reproductive isolation. It holds forums on Evolutionary biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Natural selection, Mating, Gene, Introgression and Phenotypic plasticity. It focuses on Mating but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Sexual selection which is concerned with Reproductive success.

Journal of Evolutionary Biology explores research in Zoology alongside concepts in Reproduction and other areas of study in Longevity. Ecology and Biological dispersal are closely related fields of research discussed in it. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Reproductive isolation by exploring it in line with topics in Gene flow which intersect with Ecotype subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Estimation of environmental, genetic and parental age at conception effects on telomere length in a wild mammal. (10 citations)
  • How do species barriers decay? Concordance and local introgression in mosaic hybrid zones of mussels. (9 citations)
  • Cycles of trans‐Arctic dispersal and vicariance, and diversification of the amphi‐boreal marine fauna (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.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Evolutionary Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Anders Pape Møller (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leigh W. Simmons (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stuart A. West (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Derek A. Roff (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Hunt (28 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (194 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Uppsala University (163 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (140 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Edinburgh (116 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (116 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.10% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.68% of all publications and 53.66% 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

  • Cycles of trans‐Arctic dispersal and vicariance, and diversification of the amphi‐boreal marine fauna

    Hanna M. Laakkonen;Michael Hardman;Petr Strelkov;Risto Väinölä

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems.

    Tom A. R. Price;Nikolai Windbichler;Robert L. Unckless;Andreas Sutter

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Climate-associated genetic variation in Fagus sylvatica and potential responses to climate change in the French Alps

    Thibaut Capblancq;Xavier Morin;Maya Gueguen;Julien Renaud

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Evolution of life cycles and reproductive traits: Insights from the brown algae.

    Svenja Heesch;Svenja Heesch;Martha Serrano-Serrano;Josué Barrera-Redondo;Rémy Luthringer

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Social organization in ungulates: Revisiting Jarman's hypotheses.

    Karola Szemán;András Liker;Tamás Székely;Tamás Székely

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Estimation of environmental, genetic and parental age at conception effects on telomere length in a wild mammal.

    Sil H.J. van Lieshout;Sil H.J. van Lieshout;Alexandra M. Sparks;Amanda Bretman;Chris Newman

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Speciation in marine environments: Diving under the surface.

    Rui Faria;Kerstin Johannesson;Sean Stankowski

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • The cost and benefit of quorum sensing-controlled bacteriocin production in Lactobacillus plantarum.

    Antonio Maldonado‐Barragán;Stuart A. West

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process

    (2023)
    42 Citations

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