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Journal of Great Lakes Research
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Journal of Great Lakes Research

0380-1330

Published by: International Association for Great Lakes Research

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-great-lakes-research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 129 127 267 24
Earth Science 266 42 46 14
Environmental Sciences 281 87 142 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 282
Documents by Best Scientists*: 383
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 98
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.809
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Great Lakes Research?

The concepts of Ecology, Fishery, Hydrology, Oceanography and Sediment are tackled in Journal of Great Lakes Research. Journal of Great Lakes Research connects the study in Ecology with the closely related area of Bay. While work presented in Journal of Great Lakes Research provided substantial information on Fishery, it also covered topics in Trout, Predation, Perch and Habitat.

It is mostly focused on Trout, specifically Salvelinus. The research on Hydrology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Structural basin, Nutrient and Shore. In it, Phytoplankton and Eutrophication are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Oceanography research.

It connects research in Phytoplankton with the related topic of Plankton. The study of Sediment encompasses disciplines such as Environmental chemistry, as well as fields such as Contamination, all of which overlap with one another. It explores research in Dreissena and the adjacent study of Zebra mussel.

  • Ecology (32.49%)
  • Fishery (25.68%)
  • Hydrology (22.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Exotic Species in the Great Lakes: A History of Biotic Crises and Anthropogenic Introductions (832 citations)
  • Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia (335 citations)
  • Great Lakes Vegetation Dynamics: The Role of Fluctuating Water Levels and Buried Seeds (332 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Great Lakes Research:

The published articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Ecology, Fishery, Hydrology, Oceanography and Sediment. The published papers link adjacent topics like Ecology with Bay. The most cited articles explore issues in Hydrology which can be linked to other research areas like Structural basin and Nutrient, Eutrophication.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Fishery, Lamprey, Ecology, Habitat and Hydrology are the focal point of discussions in Journal of Great Lakes Research. Concepts in Structural basin, as well as related topics in Grass carp, are covered in the Fishery research presented in the journal. It focuses on Lamprey but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Zoology, Juvenile and Control (management).

Benthic zone, Trophic level, Dreissena and Predation are all subfields of Ecology research that were featured in Journal of Great Lakes Research. Some problems in Hydrology that were presented in Journal of Great Lakes Research overlapped with concepts under Nutrient and Shore. The Shore research discussed is included in the broader subject of Oceanography.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Tributary use and large-scale movements of grass carp in Lake Erie (11 citations)
  • Microplastic and other anthropogenic microparticles in water and sediments of Lake Simcoe (8 citations)
  • A matrix population model to aid agency response to grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in the Great Lakes Basin - Lake Erie (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.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Great Lakes Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lars G. Rudstam (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joseph C. Makarewicz (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gary L. Fahnenstiel (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas F. Nalepa (44 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • J. Ellen Marsden (44 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Great Lakes Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Great Lakes Science Center (327 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (307 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Michigan State University (246 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Water Research Institute (216 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service (204 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 5.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.33% of all publications and 13.33% 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

  • Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world’s large lakes

    Jean Philippe Jenny;Orlane Anneville;Fabien Arnaud;Yoann Baulaz

    (2020)
    253 Citations
  • The taxonomic diversity of the cichlid fish fauna of ancient Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.

    Fabrizia Ronco;Heinz H. Büscher;Adrian Indermaur;Walter Salzburger

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Microplastic and other anthropogenic microparticles in water and sediments of Lake Simcoe

    Miguel Eduardo L. Felismino;Paul A. Helm;Paul A. Helm;Chelsea M. Rochman

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Desiccation of the Transboundary Hamun Lakes between Iran and Afghanistan in Response to Hydro-climatic Droughts and Anthropogenic Activities

    (2022)
    49 Citations
  • Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes

    (2022)
    47 Citations
  • A systematic review of the literature on plastic pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes and its effects on freshwater biota

    Arielle Earn;Kennedy Bucci;Chelsea M. Rochman

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Climate change projections of temperature and precipitation for the great lakes basin using the PRECIS regional climate model

    Liang Zhang;Liang Zhang;Yingming Zhao;Yingming Zhao;David Hein-Griggs;David Hein-Griggs;Tamara Janes

    (2020)
    45 Citations

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