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Journal of Heredity
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Journal of Heredity

0022-1503

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/jhered

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Genetics 102 27 34 9
Ecology and Evolution 160 156 181 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 232
Documents by Best Scientists*: 225
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 105
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.021
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Heredity?

Genetics, Botany, Evolutionary biology, Zoology and Gene are the subjects of interest in the journal. Allele, Locus (genetics), Mutant, Chromosome and Mutation (genetic algorithm) are all aspects of Genetics discussed in the journal. Studies on Botany discussed in Journal of Heredity link to the field of Inheritance (object-oriented programming).

It focuses on Zoology as well as the interrelated topic of Ecology.

  • Genetics (30.74%)
  • Botany (14.77%)
  • Evolutionary biology (11.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • GENEPOP (Version 1.2): Population Genetics Software for Exact Tests and Ecumenicism (14374 citations)
  • FSTAT (Version 1.2): A Computer Program to Calculate F-Statistics (6762 citations)
  • MapChart: Software for the Graphical Presentation of Linkage Maps and QTLs (3822 citations)

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

The most cited papers mainly tackle studies in Genetics, Botany, Evolutionary biology, Gene and Zoology. In the Genetics research discussed in the published papers, Allele, Microsatellite, Locus (genetics), Genome and Genetic marker are all tackled. Issues in Zoology were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ecology and Mitochondrial DNA.

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

  • Ecology
  • Gene
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Evolutionary biology, Genetic diversity, Genome, Genetic variation and Genetics. Evolutionary biology research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Effective population size, Population genetics, Reference genome, Adaptation and Genetic drift. Issues in Genetic diversity were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Range (biology), Biodiversity, Ecology, Sexual reproduction and Asexual reproduction.

While Journal of Heredity focused on Genome, it was also able to explore topics like Generalist and specialist species, Peromyscus and Sequence assembly. The work on Genetic variation tackled in Journal of Heredity brings together disciplines like Vespula, Natural selection, Selection (genetic algorithm) and Seascape. Aside from investigating topics in Gene and Genotype under Genetics, the journal also explores concepts in Palette (computing).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genomic Features of Parthenogenetic Animals (17 citations)
  • Selective Interference and the Evolution of Sex (13 citations)
  • Extensive Linkage and Genetic Coupling of Song and Preference Loci Underlying Rapid Speciation in Laupala Crickets. (5 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 Heredity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul Popenoe (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen J. O'Brien (48 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • William Ernest Castle (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David G. Fairchild (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jay L. Lush (36 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 Heredity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Department of Agriculture (438 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cornell University (223 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (139 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Iowa State University (132 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (104 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 1.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 1.47% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 55.88% 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

  • Comparing Adaptive Radiations Across Space, Time, and Taxa

    Rosemary G Gillespie;Gordon M Bennett;Luc De Meester;Jeffrey L Feder

    (2020)
    263 Citations
  • Landscape genomics to enable conservation actions: The California Conservation Genomics Project.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    192 Citations
  • Genomic Features of Parthenogenetic Animals

    Kamil S Jaron;Kamil S Jaron;Jens Bast;Reuben W Nowell;Reuben W Nowell;T Rhyker Ranallo-Benavidez

    (2021)
    111 Citations
  • What is Ne, anyway?

    (2022)
    111 Citations
  • A Fast and Efficient Single-stranded Genomic Library Preparation Method Optimized for Ancient DNA.

    Joshua D Kapp;Richard E Green;Beth Shapiro

    (2021)
    107 Citations
  • Selective Interference and the Evolution of Sex

    Sarah P Otto

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Implications of Large-Effect Loci for Conservation: A Review and Case Study with Pacific Salmon.

    (2022)
    42 Citations

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