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Journal of Systematics and Evolution
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Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 112 29 63 17
Ecology and Evolution 130 92 148 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 188
Documents by Best Scientists*: 221
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.108
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Systematics and Evolution?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Botany, China, Genus, Ecology and Evolutionary biology. Botany research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Karyotype and Morphology (biology). It features China research that overlaps with concepts in Traditional medicine.

It explores issues in Evolutionary biology which can be linked to other research areas like Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree.

  • Botany (51.72%)
  • China (22.32%)
  • Genus (15.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns (557 citations)
  • A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) (286 citations)
  • Review of plant biogeographic studies in Brazil (211 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Systematics and Evolution:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Botany, Ecology, Phylogenetic tree, Evolutionary biology and Phylogenetics. The study of Botany in the most cited publications encompasses disciplines such as DNA barcoding, as well as fields such as rpoB, all of which overlap with one another. Phylogeography and Biological dispersal are some topics wherein Ecology research discussed in the journal articles has an impact.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Botany, Phylogenetics and Biogeography. While Ecology is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Phylogeography and Environmental niche modelling. The studies in Evolutionary biology featured incorporate elements of Phylogenomics, Clade, Phylogenetic tree and Genome.

The works on Botany deal in particular with Genus. Genus research presented in Journal of Systematics and Evolution encompasses a variety of subjects, including Moss and Molecular phylogenetics. The in-depth study on Phylogenetics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Morphology (biology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Correlations among oligonucleotide repeats, nucleotide substitutions, and insertion–deletion mutations in chloroplast genomes of plant family Malvaceae (17 citations)
  • A framework infrageneric classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles (12 citations)
  • Fine-scale genetic structure of Tujia and central Han Chinese revealing massive genetic admixture under language borrowing (11 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 Systematics and Evolution (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jun Wen (62 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chen Sing-Chi (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hong De-Yuan (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wang Wen-Tsai (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ching Ren-Chang (34 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 Systematics and Evolution (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (343 papers) published 50 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Museum of Natural History (45 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (39 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fudan University (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Smithsonian Institution (28 papers) published 1 paper 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, 2.31% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 63.78% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.60% of all publications and 18.90% 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

  • A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update

    Unknown

    (2022)
    248 Citations
  • Plant adaptation to climate change—Where are we?

    Jill T. Anderson;Bao‐Hua Song

    (2020)
    196 Citations
  • Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae

    Unknown

    (2022)
    147 Citations
  • A new classification of Cyperaceae (Poales) supported by phylogenomic data

    Isabel Larridon;Isabel Larridon;Alexandre R. Zuntini;Étienne Léveillé‐Bourret;Russell L. Barrett

    (2021)
    120 Citations
  • Evolutionary origin of species diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

    Kang-Shan Mao;Yi Wang;Jian-Quan Liu

    (2021)
    86 Citations
  • Major clades and a revised classification of Magnolia and Magnoliaceae based on whole plastid genome sequences via genome skimming

    Yu‐Bing Wang;Yu‐Bing Wang;Bin‐Bin Liu;Bin‐Bin Liu;Ze‐Long Nie;Hong‐Feng Chen

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • A framework infrageneric classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles

    Eric H. Roalson;Pedro Jiménez‐Mejías;Andrew L. Hipp;Carmen Benítez‐Benítez

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • Capturing single-copy nuclear genes, organellar genomes, and nuclear ribosomal DNA from deep genome skimming data for plant phylogenetics: A case study in Vitaceae

    Bin-Bin Liu;Bin-Bin Liu;Zhi-Yao Ma;Chen Ren;Richard G. J. Hodel

    (2021)
    72 Citations

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