Journal of Fish Biology

Top Research Topics at Journal of Fish Biology?

Journal of Fish Biology explores disciplines such as Ecology, Fishery, Zoology, Animal science and Salmo. The in-depth study on Ecology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Salmonidae. The Fishery works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Hatchery and Otolith.

In the journal, Anatomy and Reproduction are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Zoology research. While Journal of Fish Biology focused on Salmo, it was also able to explore topics like Trout and Rainbow trout.

• Ecology (39.09%)
• Fishery (29.65%)
• Zoology (24.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Stomach contents analysis—a review of methods and their application (3321 citations)
• Accuracy, precision and quality control in age determination, including a review of the use and abuse of age validation methods (1575 citations)
• Routine haematological methods for use with fish blood (1010 citations)

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

The most cited articles aim to foster the development of research in Ecology, Fishery, Animal science, Zoology and Salmo. The journal articles explore research in Ecology and the adjacent study of Salmonidae. While the journal publications focused on Fishery, they were also able to explore topics like Fecundity, Gadus and Hatchery.

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

• Ecology
• Zoology
• Fishery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Fish Biology are Zoology, Fishery, Ecology, Range (biology) and Habitat. The journal explores issues in Zoology which can be linked to other research areas like Teleostei, Larva and Predation. In addition to Fishery research, the journal aims to explore topics under Marine protected area, Bay and Salmo, Brown trout.

Journal of Fish Biology connects the study in Salmo with the closely related area of Fish migration. The study of Trout serves as the foundation of the Brown trout research discussed in the journal. Reef is the primary subject of Ecology works presented in Journal of Fish Biology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Can we manage fisheries with the inherent uncertainty from eDNA (44 citations)
• The future of fish-based ecological assessment of European rivers: from traditional EU Water Framework Directive compliant methods to eDNA metabarcoding-based approaches. (22 citations)
• Environmental DNA is not the tool by itself. (20 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 Fish Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• John D. Armstrong (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Anthony P. Farrell (54 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Felicity A. Huntingford (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ian J. Winfield (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert J. Wootton (34 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 Fish Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of British Columbia (168 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Glasgow (146 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Bergen (141 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (140 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• National Marine Fisheries Service (140 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 6.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.02% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.40% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.65% of all publications and 63.93% 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.