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Marine and Coastal Fisheries

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 409 34 43 9

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Number of Best Scientists*: 52
Documents by Best Scientists*: 55
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.6
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science?

Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science investigates studies in Fishery, Oceanography, Ecology, Habitat and Estuary. In Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science, Juvenile and Predation are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Fishery research. The research on Juvenile discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Oncorhynchus.

The Oncorhynchus study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Hatchery. It concentrates on Oceanography topics that focus on Pelagic zone, Submarine pipeline, Continental shelf and Demersal zone. Research on Ecology addressed in Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science frequently intersections with the field of Zoology.

The journal investigates Estuary research which frequently intersects with Bay. The research on Fisheries management tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stock assessment and Environmental resource management. Fishing research is the primary subject tackled in it with a focus on Bycatch.

  • Fishery (95.79%)
  • Oceanography (21.47%)
  • Ecology (20.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Standardized Terminology for Describing Reproductive Development in Fishes (573 citations)
  • Reproductive Timing in Marine Fishes: Variability, Temporal Scales, and Methods (208 citations)
  • End-To-End Models for the Analysis of Marine Ecosystems: Challenges, Issues, and Next Steps (192 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science:

The journal articles aim to foster the development of research in Fishery, Ecology, Oceanography, Stock assessment and Oncorhynchus. Fisheries management is a focus of the presented Fishery works in the published papers and they dives deep in Fisheries management. The published papers focus on Oceanography but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gadus and Atlantic cod.

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

  • Ecology
  • Fishery
  • Oceanography

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Fishery, Estuary, Shrimp, Habitat and North central are among the topics commonly tackled in Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science focuses on Fishery but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Rockfish and Predation. The research on Predation featured in it combines topics in other fields like Trophic niche and Groundfish.

Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science covers research in Estuary, particularly Estuarine fish and how they are related with concepts in Diversity (business). Topics in Shrimp were tackled in line with various other fields like Chesapeake bay, Population growth and Mediterranean climate. While it focused on Habitat, it was also able to explore topics like Pacific ocean, Neon flying squid, Fishing and Future climate.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Activity patterns of anadromous fish below a tide gate: Observations from high‐resolution imaging sonar (2 citations)
  • Decadal-Scale Variation in Mean Trophic Level in Beibu Gulf Based on Bottom-Trawl Survey Data (2 citations)
  • Alleviating Growth and Recruitment Overfishing through Simple Management Changes: Insights from an Overexploited Long-Lived Fish (2 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 Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • James H. Cowan (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bent Herrmann (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sean P. Powers (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Michael G. Frisk (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Frederick S. Scharf (8 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 Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (71 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (29 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (26 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Virginia Institute of Marine Science (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 5.13% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 64.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.51% of all publications and 10.81% 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

  • Alleviating Growth and Recruitment Overfishing through Simple Management Changes: Insights from an Overexploited Long-Lived Fish

    Abdulrahman Ben-Hasan;Carl Walters;Adrian Hordyk;Villy Christensen

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • A Review of River Herring Science in Support of Species Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration

    Jonathan A. Hare;Diane L. Borggaard;Michael A. Alexander;Michael M. Bailey

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Trends in Oyster Populations in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: An Assessment of River Discharge and Fishing Effects over Time and Space

    J. F. Moore;W. E. Pine;P.C. Frederick;S. Beck

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Local Values and Data Empower Culturally Guided Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management of the Wuikinuxv Bear–Salmon–Human System

    Megan S. Adams;Brendan Connors;Taal Levi;Danielle Shaw

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Forage Fish Species Prefer Habitat within Designated Offshore Wind Energy Areas in the U.S. Northeast Shelf Ecosystem

    (2023)
    12 Citations
  • Adaptive Management in Practice and the Problem of Application at Multiple Scales—Insights from Oyster Reef Restoration on Florida’s Gulf Coast

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Mind the depth: The vertical dimension of a small-scale coastal fishery shapes selection on species, size, and sex in wrasses

    Kim Aleksander Tallaksen Halvorsen;Tonje Knutsen Sørdalen;Torkel Larsen;Howard Browman

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Kelp Forest Zooplankton, Forage Fishes, and Juvenile Salmonids of the Northeast Pacific Nearshore

    J. Anne Shaffer;Stuart H. Munsch;Jeffery R. Cordell

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Relative Catch Performance of Two Gear Modifications Used to Reduce Bycatch of Undersized Fish and Shrimp in Mediterranean Bottom Trawl Fisheries

    Francesc Maynou;Alfredo G. García-de-Vinuesa;Pedro Martínez-Baños;Pilar Sánchez

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Habitat Associations and Co-Occurrence Patterns of Two Estuarine-Dependent Predatory Fishes

    Mariah C. Livernois;Sean P. Powers;Mark A. Albins;John F. Mareska

    (2020)
    9 Citations

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