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Journal of Paleolimnology
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Journal of Paleolimnology

0921-2728

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10933

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 276 109 102 13
Ecology and Evolution 385 26 46 10
Environmental Sciences 504 41 60 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 183
Documents by Best Scientists*: 156
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 94
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.529
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Paleolimnology?

The journal explores disciplines such as Sedimentology, Sediment, Climate change, Oceanography and Holocene. The work on Sedimentology tackled in Journal of Paleolimnology brings together disciplines like Sedimentary rock, Structural basin and Paleolimnology. Journal of Paleolimnology focuses on Sediment but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Hydrology, Drainage basin and Organic matter.

Journal of Paleolimnology addresses concerns in Organic matter which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Environmental chemistry and Total organic carbon. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Climate change, it also covered topics in Climatology and Physical geography. It concentrates on Oceanography topics that focus on Diatom, Arctic, Biogenic silica, Salinity and Water column.

It holds forums on Diatom that merges themes from other disciplines such as Benthic zone, Fragilaria and Plankton. Holocene research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Glacial period, Radiocarbon dating, Quaternary and Water level. Journal of Paleolimnology focuses on Ecology as well as the interrelated topic of Subfossil.

  • Sedimentology (40.72%)
  • Sediment (35.46%)
  • Climate change (35.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Loss on ignition as a method for estimating organic and carbonate content in sediments: reproducibility and comparability of results. (3183 citations)
  • D.G. Frey and E.S. Deevey Review 1: Numerical tools in palaeolimnology – Progress, potentialities, and problems (754 citations)
  • Lacustrine sedimentary organic matter records of Late Quaternary paleoclimates (707 citations)

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

The most cited papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Sedimentology, Climate change, Sediment, Oceanography and Holocene. The Sedimentology research tackled in the published papers is interrelated with Organic matter which concerns subjects like Total organic carbon. While the primary focus in the journal publications is Sediment, they also dissect topics surrounding Hydrology and Partial least squares regression and Transect as a whole.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Sedimentology, Sediment, Climate change, Physical geography and Ecology. Some problems in Sedimentology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Sedimentary depositional environment, Precipitation, Deposition (geology) and Eutrophication. In it, Watershed, Structural basin, Oceanography, Water column and Crustacean are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Sediment research.

While Journal of Paleolimnology focused on Oceanography, it was also able to explore topics like Sedimentary rock, Organic matter, Total organic carbon and δ15N. Diatom, Lake ecosystem and Paleoecology are some topics wherein Climate change research discussed in the journal have an impact. The research on Physical geography featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Drainage basin, Holocene, Plateau, Spatial heterogeneity and Erosion.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effects of climate change and industrialization on Lake Bolshoe Toko, eastern Siberia (5 citations)
  • A method for reconstructing past lake water phosphorus concentrations using sediment geochemical records (3 citations)
  • Experimental determination of the temperature dependence of oxygen-isotope fractionation between water and chitinous head capsules of chironomid larvae (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 Paleolimnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John P. Smol (98 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Peter G. Appleby (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • André F. Lotter (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Neil L. Rose (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mark Brenner (32 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 Paleolimnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Queen's University (157 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (149 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (83 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (83 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Liverpool (75 papers) published 3 papers 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, 8.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.62% of all publications and 36.92% 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

  • Global acceleration of lake sediment accumulation rates associated with recent human population growth and land-use changes

    Alexandre Baud;Jean-Philippe Jenny;Pierre Francus;Irene Gregory-Eaves

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • An assessment of chlorophyll preservation in lake sediments using multiple analytical techniques applied to the annually laminated lake sediments of Nylandssjön

    Johan Rydberg;Colin A. Cooke;Colin A. Cooke;Julie Tolu;Julie Tolu;Julie Tolu;Alexander P. Wolfe

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Genetic and morphologic determination of diatom community composition in surface sediments from glacial and thermokarst lakes in the Siberian Arctic

    S. Huang;U. Herzschuh;U. Herzschuh;L. A. Pestryakova;H. H. Zimmermann

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Depth-distribution of lake benthic diatom assemblages in relation to light availability and substrate: implications for paleolimnological studies

    Andrea M. Hofmann;Juergen Geist;Lena Nowotny;Uta Raeder

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Quantification of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and pheopigments a in lake sediments through deconvolution of bulk UV–VIS absorption spectra

    Andrea Sanchini;Martin Grosjean

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Effects of climate change and industrialization on Lake Bolshoe Toko, eastern Siberia

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Biljana Narancic;Biljana Narancic;Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring;Lyudmila A. Pestryakova

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Holocene-Anthropocene transition in northwestern Yunnan revealed by records of soil erosion and trace metal pollution from the sediments of Lake Jian, southwestern China

    Rui Yang;Duo Wu;Zehui Li;Zijie Yuan

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Late Holocene environmental change in Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico

    (2021)
    17 Citations

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