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Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management
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Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 690 7 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.418
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Hydrology, Ecology, Water quality, Fishery and Eutrophication. It facilitates discussions on Hydrology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Phosphorus, Sediment and Nutrient. The study of Environmental chemistry and how it intertwines with concepts under Pollution and Organic matter were explored in the presented Sediment research.

Nutrient and Water column are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. Phytoplankton, Trophic level, Zooplankton, Abundance (ecology) and Habitat are among the areas of Ecology tackled. The journal addresses concerns in Phytoplankton which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Biomass (ecology) and Plankton.

The research on Water quality featured in it combines topics in other fields like Water pollution and Ecosystem. The Fishery study featured in Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management draws parallels with the field of Fish farming. The journal focused on Eutrophication research but expanded to cover Oceanography.

  • Hydrology (35.90%)
  • Ecology (20.23%)
  • Water quality (18.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Basis for the protection and management of tropical lakes (179 citations)
  • Salinisation: A major threat to water resources in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world (172 citations)
  • ROLE OF BOTTOM SEDIMENTS IN THE SECONDARY POLLUTION OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS BY HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS (156 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management:

The published articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Hydrology, Eutrophication, Water quality and Fishery. In addition to Hydrology research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Sediment and Water resource management. The featured Water quality studies in the journal publications mainly concentrate on Wetland but also cover areas of interest in Habitat and Biodiversity.

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management are Fishery, Hydrology, Water quality, Zoology and Ecology. The journal focuses on Fishery but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Forest habitat and Fish farming. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management explores issues in Hydrology which can be linked to other research areas like Trophic level, Sediment and Species richness.

While work presented in Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management provided substantial information on Water quality, it also covered topics in Phytoplankton, Bay and Agronomy, Infestation. Topics in Zoology were tackled in line with various other fields like Biodiversity and Lepidocephalichthys guntea. The studies in Ecology featured incorporate elements of Diversity (politics) and Water level.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Status, ecological services and management of aquatic weeds of floodplain wetlands in India: An overview (3 citations)
  • A new lake algae detection method supported by a drone-based multispectral camera (1 citations)
  • Population structure of a newly recorded (Halodule uninervis) and native seagrass (Halophila ovalis) species from an intertidal creek ecosystem (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 Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Walter Rast (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edwine Yongo (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Richard Lynn Thomas (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James M. Njiru (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Christopher H. D. Magadza (9 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 Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Eldoret (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Moi University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Egerton University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Zimbabwe (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (15 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, 3.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.69% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.24% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.24% of all publications and 44.83% 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

  • Recent warming of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: Implications for one of the world’s most productive inland fisheries

    Kensey Daly;Shahryar K. Ahmad;Matthew Bonnema;Claire Beveridge

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Habitat selection of Coot (Fulica atra) and Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) in a remnant Mediterranean wetland (Italy): Implications for conservation

    Awatif Talbi;Farrah Samraoui;Boudjéma Samraoui;Francesco Zullo

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • A hotspot of xenodiversity: First evidence of an assemblage of non‐native freshwater turtles in a suburban wetland in Central Italy

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Balancing ecosystem integrity and cultural values at sacred Lake Hora, Ethiopia: The need for conservation of wetland vegetation

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Pathways to enhanced lake integrity: A Framework to assess the effectiveness of local lake associations

    Leah L. Fitchett;Michael G. Sorice;Kelly M. Cobourn;Kevin J. Boyle

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Rethinking inclusivity and justice agendas in restoration of urban ecological commons: A case study of Bangalore lakes

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Stratification regimes and thermodynamic modelling of a subtropical African reservoir

    Tamuka Nhiwatiwa;Chipo Mungenge;Lindah Mhlanga;Tatenda Dalu

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Age and growth rate estimations as a basis for assessing the population dynamics of Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861 in the Sanyati Basin of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

    Terence Magqina;Tatenda Dalu;Lindah Mhlanga;Tamuka Nhiwatiwa

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Environmental factors are the major drivers of macroinvertebrate assemblage structure in southern Brazilian coastal lakes

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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