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Landscape Ecology
H-index 45

Landscape Ecology

0921-2973

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10980

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 40 558 536 42
Environmental Sciences 161 97 117 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 716
Documents by Best Scientists*: 633
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 22
SCIMAGO H-index: 158
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.329
Impact Factor: 3.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Landscape Ecology?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Landscape ecology, Ecology, Habitat, Sustainable development and Environmental resource management. Topics in Landscape ecology explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Biodiversity, Land use, Ecology (disciplines), Nature Conservation and Spatial ecology. Landscape Ecology connects research in Biodiversity with the related topic of Agroforestry.

Land cover and Land use, land-use change and forestry are some of the study areas of Land use discussed. Many of the studies tackled connect Spatial ecology with a similar field of study like Spatial variability. Landscape Ecology focused on Ecology research but expanded to cover Biological dispersal.

Range (biology), Context (language use), Fragmentation (computing) and Landscape connectivity are some topics wherein Habitat research discussed in the journal have an impact. Issues in Sustainable development were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Sustainability, Environmental planning, Environmental ethics and Ecosystem services. Vegetation and Physical geography are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

  • Landscape ecology (82.47%)
  • Ecology (64.75%)
  • Habitat (27.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Indices of landscape pattern (1268 citations)
  • A factor analysis of landscape pattern and structure metrics (1033 citations)
  • Effects of changing spatial scale on the analysis of landscape pattern (842 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Landscape Ecology:

The published papers primarily tackle Landscape ecology, Ecology, Habitat, Land use and Spatial ecology. The works on Landscape ecology tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Ecology (disciplines), Environmental resource management, Sustainable development, Land cover and Physical geography. Ecology study tackled in the journal papers is connected to the field of Biological dispersal.

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 Landscape Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jianguo Wu (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Monica G. Turner (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Samuel A. Cushman (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert V. O'Neill (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Louis R. Iverson (23 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 Landscape Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Forest Service (221 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (118 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (110 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Arizona State University (88 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (80 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 6.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.10% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.56% of all publications and 47.25% 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

  • Construction and optimization of an ecological network based on morphological spatial pattern analysis and circuit theory

    Yi An;Shiliang Liu;Yongxiu Sun;Fangning Shi

    (2021)
    259 Citations
  • Grassland ecosystem services: a systematic review of research advances and future directions

    Yuanyuan Zhao;Zhifeng Liu;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu

    (2020)
    255 Citations
  • Linking ecological background and demand to identify ecological security patterns across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China

    Hong Jiang;Jian Peng;Jianquan Dong;Zimo Zhang

    (2021)
    170 Citations
  • Landscape sustainability science (II): core questions and key approaches

    Jianguo Wu

    (2021)
    165 Citations
  • Habitat fragmentation, livelihood behaviors, and contact between people and nonhuman primates in Africa

    Eric Lambin;Eric Lambin

    (2020)
    159 Citations
  • Global vulnerability of soil ecosystems to erosion.

    Carlos A. Guerra;Isabel M. D. Rosa;Emiliana Valentini;Florian Wolf

    (2020)
    133 Citations
  • Building green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience to climate change and pandemics

    Pinar Pamukcu-Albers;Francesca Ugolini;Daniele La Rosa;Simona R. Grădinaru

    (2021)
    117 Citations
  • Agroecology landscapes

    (2021)
    111 Citations
  • The influence of land abandonment on forest disturbance regimes: a global review

    Giulia Mantero;Donato Morresi;Raffaella Marzano;Renzo Motta

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • Integrating regional and interregional approaches to identify ecological security patterns

    Jianquan Dong;Jian Peng;Zihan Xu;Yanxu Liu

    (2021)
    99 Citations

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