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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research

1070-9428

Published by: Pensoft Publishers

https://jhr.pensoft.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 377 39 72 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 50
Documents by Best Scientists*: 88
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 30
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.638
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Hymenoptera Research?

The journal facilitates discussions on Hymenoptera, Zoology, Ecology, Genus and Botany. While Hymenoptera is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Taxonomy (biology) and Key (lock). The journal focuses on Taxonomy (biology) research which is adjacent to topics in Natural enemies.

Key (lock) study tackled is connected to the field of China. Topics in Zoology were tackled in line with various other fields like Host (biology) and Larva. Research on Ecology presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Nest, Predation, Nesting (computing) and Crabronidae.

Journal of Hymenoptera Research centers on topics in Botany, with a focus on Parasitoid. Presentations on Braconidae include those discussing Microgastrinae and Doryctinae.

  • Hymenoptera (94.69%)
  • Zoology (52.02%)
  • Ecology (33.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The evolutionary ecology of symbiotic ant-plant relationships (326 citations)
  • The Taxonomy of Recent and Fossil Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis) (186 citations)
  • Morphology of antennal gustatory sensilla and glands in some parasitoid Hymenoptera with hypothesis on their role in sex and host recognition (141 citations)

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

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Hymenoptera, Zoology, Ecology, Botany and Evolutionary biology. The journal papers address concerns in Hymenoptera which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Taxonomy (biology), Natural enemies and Genus. While the most cited papers focused on Zoology, they were also able to explore topics like Taxon, Apocrita and Anatomy.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Hymenoptera

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Hymenoptera Research mainly tackles studies in Hymenoptera, Zoology, Genus, Ecology and Braconidae. Hymenoptera research discussed in Journal of Hymenoptera Research aim to provide more information in the subject of Botany. Some problems in Zoology that were presented in Journal of Hymenoptera Research overlapped with concepts under Larva and ANT.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Genus, it also covered topics in Hylaeus, Apidae, Spider and Myrmicinae. The journal explores themes in Ecology like Habitat, Fauna, Linepithema and Argentine ant and links them with other fields of study like Large city. The China works featured in Journal of Hymenoptera Research incorporate elements from Taxonomy (biology), Identification key and Camellia sinensis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Formica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in late Eocene Rovno amber (3 citations)
  • Checklists of the Hymenoptera of Canada, Alaska and Greenland – Introduction (2 citations)
  • New species of Hybristodryinus Engel (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, with notes on their possible hosts (2 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 Hymenoptera Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Donald L. J. Quicke (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Elijah J. Talamas (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David R. Smith (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lynn S. Kimsey (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael J. Sharkey (17 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 Hymenoptera Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Department of Agriculture (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Davis (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Illinois Natural History Survey (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Kentucky (4 papers) absent at the last 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

    (2022)
    77 Citations
  • Foraging distances in six species of solitary bees with body lengths of 6 to 15 mm, inferred from individual tagging, suggest 150 m-rule-of-thumb for flower strip distances

    Michaela M. Hofmann;Andreas Fleischmann;Susanne S. Renner

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • A maximalist approach to the systematics of a biological control agent: Gryon aetherium Talamas, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae)

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Larval morphology and life history of Eutrichosoma mirabile Ashmead and description of a new species of Eutrichosoma (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)

    Austin J. Baker;John M. Heraty

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • An updated checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) of Pennsylvania, United States of America

    Shelby Kerrin Kilpatrick;Jason Gibbs;Martin M. Mikulas;Sven Erik Spichiger

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • One-year-old flower strips already support a quarter of a city’s bee species

    Michaela M. Hofmann;Susanne S. Renner

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Description of two new Australian genera of Megastigmidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with notes on the biology of the genus Bortesia

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Integrative taxonomy based on morphometric and molecular data supports recognition of the three cryptic species within the Encyrtus sasakii complex (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae)

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • New species of Hybristodryinus Engel (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, with notes on their possible hosts

    Massimo Olmi;Hua-Yan Chen;Chungkun Shih;Patrick Müller

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Review of Afrotropical sceliotracheline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae)

    (2021)
    10 Citations

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