Marine Ecology - Progress Series

Top Research Topics at Marine Ecology Progress Series?

The journal focuses on Ecology, Oceanography, Fishery, Predation and Habitat. Topics like Benthic zone, Trophic level, Abundance (ecology), Intertidal zone and Reef are tackled as part of the discussions on Ecology. It connects research in Benthic zone with the related topic of Sediment.

While work presented in Marine Ecology Progress Series provided substantial information on Reef, it also covered topics in Coral reef and Coral. The study on Oceanography presented in Marine Ecology Progress Series intersects with subjects under the field of Phytoplankton. Phytoplankton research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Environmental chemistry and Botany, Chlorophyll a.

Marine Ecology Progress Series explores topics in Fishery which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Juvenile and Larva. Some problems in Predation that were presented in Marine Ecology Progress Series overlapped with concepts under Zoology and Foraging. Studies on Plankton discussed in Marine Ecology Progress Series link to the field of Zooplankton.

• Ecology (54.09%)
• Oceanography (29.99%)
• Fishery (24.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea* (4063 citations)
• Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem (2222 citations)
• A Method Of Linking Multivariate Community Structure To Environmental Variables (1790 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Marine Ecology Progress Series:

The journal papers primarily tackle Ecology, Oceanography, Fishery, Phytoplankton and Botany. The journal publications with studies in Fishery featured incorporate elements of Juvenile and Larva. While Phytoplankton is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Environmental chemistry, Diatom and Chlorophyll a.

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 Ecology Progress Series (based on the number of publications) are:

• Carlos M. Duarte (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yves Cherel (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Robert Eric Scheibling (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Torkel Gissel Nielsen (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Christopher D. McQuaid (48 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Marine Ecology Progress Series (based on the number of publications) are:

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (340 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 18 less than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (166 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• James Cook University (127 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Oregon State University (103 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Dalhousie University (102 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 20.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.35% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.97% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.26% of all publications and 47.42% 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.