Lichenologist

Top Research Topics at Lichenologist?

The journal explores disciplines such as Lichen, Botany, Ecology, Thallus and Taxonomy (biology). The Lichen study tackling the subject of Crustose is the focus of it. Lichenologist holds forums on Botany that merges themes from other disciplines such as Key (lock) and Ascomycota.

Habitat and Flora are Ecology topics of special interest in Lichenologist. The study on Taxonomy (biology) presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Geographic distribution. The study on Environmental chemistry presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Air pollution.

• Lichen (55.02%)
• Botany (48.50%)
• Ecology (26.50%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• PCR PRIMERS FOR THE AMPLIFICATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL DNA OF LICHEN-FORMING ASCOMYCETES (378 citations)
• Long-Term Monitoring in the Netherlands Suggests that Lichens Respond to Global Warming (183 citations)
• High performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC), an improved technique for screening lichen substances. (180 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Lichenologist:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Lichen, Botany, Ecology, Thallus and Epiphyte. Lichen research is the primary subject tackled in the journal papers with a focus in Crustose. The published papers address concerns in Botany which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Monophyly and Trebouxia.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Lichen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Lichenologist primarily focuses on research topics in Lichen, Botany, Genus, Taxonomy (biology) and Thallus. Lichenologist tackles topics on Lichen, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Ecology. Some problems in Botany that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Lecanorales and Teloschistaceae.

The research on Genus tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Arthoniales, Key (lock) and Crustose. Evolutionary biology, Molecular phylogenetics, Taxon, Graphidaceae and Biogeography are some topics wherein Taxonomy (biology) research discussed in the journal have an impact. The studies in Thallus featured incorporate elements of Ascocarp, Hymenium, Cellobiose, Ramalinaceae and Primary metabolite.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Crittendenia gen. nov., a new lichenicolous lineage in the Agaricostilbomycetes (Pucciniomycotina), and a review of the biology, phylogeny and classification of lichenicolous heterobasidiomycetes (2 citations)
• Quinone reductase activity is widespread in lichens (1 citations)
• Usnea dasopoga (Ach.) Nyl. and U. barbata (L.) F. H. Wigg. (Ascomycetes, Parmeliaceae) are two different species: a plea for reliable identifications in molecular studies (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Lichenologist (based on the number of publications) are:

• André Aptroot (109 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert Lücking (87 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Brian J. Coppins (80 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• David L. Hawksworth (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
• H. Thorsten Lumbsch (74 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Lichenologist (based on the number of publications) are:

• Complutense University of Madrid (79 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Bergen (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Uppsala University (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Australian National University (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
• British Museum (49 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, 27.78% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.54% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 38.46% of all publications and 38.46% 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.