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Journal of Mammalogy
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Journal of Mammalogy

0022-2372

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/jmammal

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 119 24 50 9
Ecology and Evolution 192 233 284 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 298
Documents by Best Scientists*: 349
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 116
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.641
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Mammalogy?

The main points discussed in Journal of Mammalogy deals with Ecology, Zoology, Habitat, Archaeology and Animal science. Predation, Foraging, Range (biology), Reproduction and Home range are among the concentrations of Ecology that garnered much attention in Journal of Mammalogy. It facilitated presentations on Zoology research, particularly Peromyscus, Taxonomy (biology) and Subspecies.

  • Ecology (34.31%)
  • Zoology (29.29%)
  • Habitat (7.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Guidelines of the american society of mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research (2790 citations)
  • Territoriality and Home Range Concepts as Applied to Mammals (1786 citations)
  • 2016 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education. (1150 citations)

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

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Ecology, Zoology, Habitat, Predation and Home range. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Ecology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Population density and Animal science. The published articles focus on Zoology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree.

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

  • Ecology
  • Zoology
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Mammalogy focuses on Ecology, Zoology, Habitat, Predation and Evolutionary biology. The work on Ecology addressed in Journal of Mammalogy expands to the thematically related Biological dispersal. The journal connects research in Zoology with the related topic of Variation (linguistics).

Many of the studies tackled connect Habitat with a similar field of study like Sympatric speciation. In addition to Predation research, Journal of Mammalogy aims to explore topics under Foraging and Fishery. Journal of Mammalogy links adjacent topics like Range (biology) with Population density.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Shape disparity in the blade-like premolars of multituberculate mammals: functional constraints and the evolution of herbivory (5 citations)
  • Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (4 citations)
  • Gifts of an enemy: scavenging dynamics in the presence of wolves (Canis lupus) (4 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 Mammalogy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert J. Baker (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • J. Knox Jones (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William B. Davis (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James S. Findley (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • W. J. Hamilton (44 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 Mammalogy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American Museum of Natural History (354 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (318 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service (313 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (300 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Kansas (272 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 3.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.13% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.39% of all publications and 53.23% 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

  • Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World

    Guillermo D’Elía;Pablo Teta

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Circadian activity patterns of mammalian predators and prey in Costa Rica

    Ryan T Botts;Amy A Eppert;Timothy J Wiegman;Abner Rodriguez

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Linking population performance to nutritional condition in an alpine ungulate.

    Thomas R Stephenson;David W German;E Frances Cassirer;Daniel P Walsh

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)

    Janine Ochoa;Armand S B Mijares;Armand S B Mijares;Philip J Piper;Philip J Piper;Marian C Reyes

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Home range, habitat selection, density, and diet of golden jackals in the Eastern Plains Landscape, Cambodia.

    Jan F Kamler;Christin Minge;Susana Rostro-García;Tazarve Gharajehdaghipour

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Diet, prey selection, and activity of Asian golden cats and leopard cats in northern Laos

    Jan F Kamler;Xaysavanh Inthapanya;Akchousanh Rasphone;Anita Bousa

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Red foxes at their northern edge: competition with the Arctic fox and winter movements

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient

    Matthew H. Snider;Vidya R. Athreya;Guy A. Balme;Laura R. Bidner

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Which mammals can be identified from camera traps and crowdsourced photographs?

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • On the landscape of fear: shelters affect foraging by dunnarts (Marsupialia, Sminthopsis spp.) in a sandridge desert environment

    Sonny S Bleicher;Sonny S Bleicher;Christopher R Dickman

    (2020)
    26 Citations

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