Marine Biology

Top Research Topics at Marine Biology?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Fishery and Animal science. Topics like Crustacean, Predation, Habitat, Larva and Intertidal zone are tackled as part of the discussions on Ecology. Marine Biology focuses on different Crustacean studies like Decapoda and Copepod.

The in-depth study on Predation also explores topics in the intersecting field of Foraging. The works on Larva deal in particular with Metamorphosis. Zoology works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Mollusca.

The journal connects research in Botany with the related topic of Phytoplankton.

• Ecology (51.49%)
• Zoology (15.66%)
• Botany (12.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Thymidine incorporation as a measure of heterotrophic bacterioplankton production in marine surface waters : Evaluation and field results (1246 citations)
• Estimating the grazing impact of marine micro-zooplankton (873 citations)
• Role of sinking in diatom life-history cycles: ecological, evolutionary and geological significance (779 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Marine Biology:

The published articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Ecology, Botany, Fishery, Animal science and Zoology. Predation, Crustacean, Reef, Habitat and Benthic zone are among the areas of Ecology tackled in the most cited publications. While Botany is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Environmental chemistry and Phytoplankton.

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

• Ecology
• Zoology
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Ecology, Zoology, Predation, Habitat and Fishery. Research on Ecology presented in Marine Biology focuses, in particular, on Reef, Ecosystem, Benthic zone, Biomass (ecology) and Range (biology). The journal deals with Reef in conjunction with Coral and similar fields in Photosynthesis.

Topics in Zoology explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Juvenile, Genetic structure and Larva. While it focused on Predation, it was also able to explore topics like Trophic level and Foraging. In addition to Habitat research, it aims to explore topics under Intertidal zone, Pelagic zone and Abiotic component.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Toward a global reference database of COI barcodes for marine zooplankton (5 citations)
• Different responses of massive and branching corals to a major heatwave at the largest and richest reef complex in South Atlantic (4 citations)
• Bias in sea turtle productivity estimates: error and factors involved (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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• Maria Byrne (45 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Christopher D. McQuaid (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Paul Harrison (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yves Cherel (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John P. Thorpe (27 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 Marine Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (242 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• James Cook University (225 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Kiel (187 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Tokyo (182 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (175 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 3.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.87% of all publications and 53.21% 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.