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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 321 89 100 11
Environmental Sciences 690 21 28 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 136
Documents by Best Scientists*: 141
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 81
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.355
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom?

The topics of Ecology, Zoology, Oceanography, Fishery and Crustacean are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Intertidal zone, Abundance (ecology), Mollusca, Habitat and Taxonomy (biology) are all aspects of Ecology discussed in it. Bivalvia is part of Mollusca studies tackled in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

Zoology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Larva, Anatomy and Reproduction. Many of the studies tackled connect Oceanography with a similar field of study like Fauna. Fishery and Predation are closely related fields of research discussed in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

The work on Crustacean presented in it focuses on Decapoda in particular.

  • Ecology (38.02%)
  • Zoology (26.10%)
  • Oceanography (22.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Determination of nitrate in sea water by cadmium-copper reduction to nitrite (1056 citations)
  • The decline of the gastropod Nucella lapillus around south-west England: evidence for the effect of tributyltin from antifouling paints (723 citations)
  • Vitamin B12 and Marine Ecology. IV. The Kinetics of Uptake, Growth and Inhibition in Monochrysis Lutheri (693 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom:

The most cited articles cover a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Zoology, Oceanography, Fishery and Larva. While the journal articles focused on Oceanography, they were also able to explore topics like Phytoplankton and Fauna. The journal articles focus on Fishery but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Herring and Animal science.

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

  • Ecology
  • Zoology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Zoology, Ecology, Fishery, Abundance (ecology) and Oceanography are tackled in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. It explores topics in Zoology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Fecundity, Larva and Sex ratio. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom connects the study in Ecology with the closely related area of Diversity (politics).

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom holds forums on Fishery that merges themes from other disciplines such as Sphyraena viridensis, Mediterranean sea and Bay. It explores issues in Abundance (ecology) which can be linked to other research areas like Alcyonacea, Estuary, Species diversity and Penaeidae. Aside from investigating topics in North sea, Patella depressa and Limpet under Oceanography, the journal also explores concepts in Warm water.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Factors affecting the seasonal variability of planktonic shrimps (Dendrobranchiata) along an estuary–ocean gradient on the Amazon continental shelf (3 citations)
  • Reproductive biology of the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) in the central-eastern Pacific Ocean (2 citations)
  • First record of swimming speed of the Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus using a baited camera array (1 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 the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Marie V. Lebour (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Graham J. Pierce (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Douglas P. Wilson (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Davenport (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen J. Hawkins (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Spanish National Research Council (134 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Liverpool (116 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Aberdeen (108 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Plymouth Marine Laboratory (102 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (73 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, 49.28% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 5.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 28.57% of all publications and 60.00% 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

  • Rocky shores as tractable test systems for experimental ecology

    Stephen J. Hawkins;Kathryn E. Pack;Kieran Hyder;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • New non-native ornamental octocorals threatening a South-west Atlantic reef

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Biogeography of intertidal and subtidal native and invasive barnacles in Korea in relation to oceanographic current ecoregions and global climatic changes

    Hyun Kyong Kim;Benny K. K. Chan;Sang-kyu Lee;Won Kim

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Population dynamics of Arctica islandica at Georges Bank (USA): an analysis of sex-based demographics

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Transcriptomic response to decreased pH in adult, larval and juvenile red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, and interactive effects of pH and temperature on juveniles

    Jonathon H. Stillman;Scott A. Fay;Syed M. Ahmad;Katherine M. Swiney

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • A critical deliberation of the ‘species complex’ status of the globally spread colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Long-term insights into marine turtle sightings, strandings and captures around the UK and Ireland (1910-2018)

    Zara L. R. Botterell;Rod Penrose;Matthew J. Witt;Brendan J. Godley

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Artificial light improves escapement of fish from a trawl net

    Lucy K. Southworth;Frances C. Ratcliffe;Isobel S. M. Bloor;Jack Emmerson

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Bioeroding (boring) polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean)

    Melih Ertan Çinar;Ertan Dagli

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Complex photobiont diversity in the marine lichen Lichina pygmaea

    Nathan A. M. Chrismas;Ro Allen;Anita L. Hollingsworth;Joe D. Taylor

    (2021)
    14 Citations

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