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Journal of Urban Ecology
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Journal of Urban Ecology

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/jue

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 371 51 47 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 69
Documents by Best Scientists*: 57
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 22
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.59
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Urban Ecology?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Ecology, Urbanization, Habitat, Biodiversity and Environmental resource management. Abundance (ecology), Species richness, Foraging, Species diversity and Urban ecology are among the areas of Ecology tackled. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Habitat and Agroforestry.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Biodiversity, apply to Vegetation as well.

  • Ecology (39.10%)
  • Urbanization (15.38%)
  • Habitat (12.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Urban arthropods respond variably to changes in landscape context and spatial scale (32 citations)
  • Roadkill scavenging behaviour in an urban environment (32 citations)
  • What’s scale got to do with it? Models for urban tree canopy (28 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Urban Ecology:

The published papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Ecology, Context (language use), Management science, Conceptual framework and Phosphorus. The journal papers link adjacent topics like Ecology with Urban forestry. The Context (language use) study tackled in the journal papers also cover diverse fields such as Spatial ecology, Environmental resource management, Habitat, Habitat fragmentation and Roadkill.

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

  • Ecology
  • Habitat
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Journal of Urban Ecology is to expand the discussion of research in Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental planning, Wildlife and Urban ecology. Studies on Ecology discussed in Journal of Urban Ecology link to the field of Conurbation. While Biodiversity is the key highlight in Journal of Urban Ecology, it also covered some subjects on Urbanization and Species richness, Community composition, Butterfly, Habitat fragmentation and Socioeconomics.

Topics in Environmental planning were tackled in line with various other fields like Drainage basin and Citizen science. The concepts on Wildlife presented in Journal of Urban Ecology can also apply to other research fields, including Environmental resource management and Landscape design. Issues in Urban ecology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Threatened species, Spring (hydrology), Pteropus poliocephalus and Action (philosophy).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Winter bird abundance, species richness and functional guild composition at Delhi’s ponds: does time of day and wetland extent matter? (2 citations)
  • Vegetation cover and plant diversity on cold climate green roofs (2 citations)
  • Landscape design approaches to enhance human–wildlife interactions in a compact tropical city (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 Urban Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jason Munshi-South (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Steven D. Frank (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ian MacGregor-Fors (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert J. Warren (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael A. Deutsch (3 papers) published 1 paper 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 Urban Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • North Carolina State University (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Sydney (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Fordham University (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (4 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 2.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.41% of all publications and 38.24% 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

  • Adaptations of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) to urban environments in Sydney, Australia

    Margarita Gil-Fernández;Robert Harcourt;Thomas Newsome;Alison Towerton

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Cities and pandemics: Urban areas are ground zero for the transmission of emerging human infectious diseases

    Diego Santiago-Alarcon;Ian MacGregor-Fors

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Green roof and ground-level invertebrate communities are similar and are driven by building height and landscape context

    Jacinda R Dromgold;Caragh G Threlfall;Briony A Norton;Briony A Norton;Nicholas S G Williams

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Data from public and governmental databases show that a large proportion of the regional animal species pool occur in cities in Germany

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Nestled in the city heat: urban nesting behavior enhances embryo development of an invasive lizard

    Sarin Tiatragul;Joshua M Hall;Daniel A Warner

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Diet assessments as a tool to control invasive species: comparison between Monk and Rose-ringed parakeets with stable isotopes

    N A Borray-Escalante;D Mazzoni;A Ortega-Segalerva;L Arroyo

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Urban coyotes are genetically distinct from coyotes in natural habitats

    Anthony Adducci;Jeremy Jasperse;Seth Riley;Justin Brown

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Inter-population differences in coyote diet and niche width along an urban–suburban–rural gradient

    Scott Sugden;Maureen Murray;Mark A Edwards;Colleen Cassady St. Clair

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Urban green spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh, harbour nearly half the country’s butterfly diversity

    Shawan Chowdhury;Shihab A. Shahriar;Monika Böhm;Anuj Jain

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Habitat urbanization and stress response are primary predictors of personality variation in northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis)

    Ping Huang;Colette M St.Mary;Rebecca T Kimball

    (2020)
    12 Citations

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