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Journal of Wildlife Management
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Journal of Wildlife Management

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 158 237 283 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 284
Documents by Best Scientists*: 304
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 128
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.777
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Wildlife Management?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Ecology, Habitat, Wildlife, Zoology and Animal science. Research on Ecology presented in Journal of Wildlife Management focuses, in particular, on Predation, Nest, Range (biology), Abundance (ecology) and Waterfowl. The journal connects research in Waterfowl with the related topic of Anas.

Home range is a major topic of Habitat research presented in Journal of Wildlife Management. Issues in Wildlife were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Demography and Fishery. Studies on Animal science discussed in it link to the field of Odocoileus.

  • Ecology (43.21%)
  • Habitat (16.37%)
  • Wildlife (14.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fundamentals of Ecology (2482 citations)
  • DENSITY AS A MISLEADING INDICATOR OF HABITAT QUALITY (2027 citations)
  • Uninformative Parameters and Model Selection Using Akaike's Information Criterion (2020 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Wildlife Management:

The journal articles focus on Ecology, Habitat, Predation, Wildlife and Animal science. The published papers explore topics in Habitat which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Fishery, Foraging and Vegetation. The published articles address concerns in Predation which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Zoology and Canis.

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

  • Ecology
  • Internal medicine
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Wildlife Management are Ecology, Zoology, Habitat, Abundance (ecology) and Wildlife. The Ecology works featured in Journal of Wildlife Management incorporate elements from Density dependence and Selection (genetic algorithm). The studies in Zoology featured incorporate elements of Population genetics, Mark and recapture and Chromosomal translocation.

The work on Predation addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Demography.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Implications from Monitoring Gopher Tortoises at Two Spatial Scales (6 citations)
  • Comparison of Woodland Caribou Calving Areas Determined by Movement Patterns Across Northern Ontario (4 citations)
  • Prey Specialization by Cougars on Feral Horses in a Desert Environment (3 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 Wildlife Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gary C. White (89 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul R. Krausman (72 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Fred S. Guthery (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nova J. Silvy (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael L. Morrison (45 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 Wildlife Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Geological Survey (373 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service (188 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (156 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Colorado State University (124 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • United States Forest Service (123 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 7.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.66% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.78% of all publications and 30.52% 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

  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza is an emerging disease threat to wild birds in North America

    Unknown

    (2022)
    138 Citations
  • Preparing Wildlife for Climate Change: How Far Have We Come?

    Olivia E. LEDee;Stephen D. Handler;Christopher L. Hoving;Christopher W. Swanston

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Methodology matters when estimating deer abundance: a global systematic review and recommendations for improvements

    (2022)
    60 Citations
  • Anthropogenic Disturbance and Population Viability of Woodland Caribou in Ontario

    John M. Fryxell;Tal Avgar;Boyan Liu;James A. Baker

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • African Wild Dog Dispersal and Implications for Management

    Gabriele Cozzi;Dominik M. Behr;Hugh S. Webster;Megan Claase

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Are Sage‐Grouse Fine‐Scale Specialists or Shrub‐Steppe Generalists?

    Joseph T. Smith;Brady W. Allred;Chad S. Boyd;John C. Carlson

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Estimating Abundance of an Unmarked, Low-Density Species using Cameras

    Kenneth E. Loonam;David E. Ausband;Paul M. Lukacs;Michael S. Mitchell

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Using Mountain Lion Habitat Selection in Management

    Justin A. Dellinger;Bogdan Cristescu;Jonathan Ewanyk;Daniel J. Gammons

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Evaluating the Mechanisms of Landscape Change on White-Tailed Deer Populations

    Maud Laurent;Melanie Dickie;Marcus Becker;Robert Serrouya

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Boreal Caribou Can Coexist with Natural but Not Industrial Disturbances

    Frances E. C. Stewart;J. Joshua Nowak;Tatiane Micheletti;Eliot J. B. McIntire

    (2020)
    29 Citations

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