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Marine Environmental Research
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Marine Environmental Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 71 358 501 32
Environmental Sciences 177 143 191 26
Chemistry 624 30 40 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 682
Documents by Best Scientists*: 788
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 115
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.87
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Marine Environmental Research?

The concepts of Ecology, Environmental chemistry, Oceanography, Fishery and Biochemistry are tackled in Marine Environmental Research. It connects the study in Ecology with the closely related area of Zoology. Topics in Environmental chemistry were tackled in line with various other fields like Seawater, Contamination, Sediment and Pollutant.

Bay is the primary subject of Oceanography works presented in Marine Environmental Research. Biochemistry research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Enzyme.

  • Ecology (32.89%)
  • Environmental chemistry (20.63%)
  • Oceanography (13.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A simple spectrophotometric method for metallothionein evaluation in marine organisms: an application to Mediterranean and Antarctic molluscs (682 citations)
  • Energy Homeostasis as an Integrative Tool for Assessing Limits of Environmental Stress Tolerance in Aquatic Invertebrates (620 citations)
  • Microplastics in sediments: A review of techniques, occurrence and effects. (481 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Marine Environmental Research:

The main points discussed in the published articles deal with Ecology, Environmental chemistry, Oceanography, Sediment and Mytilus. The most cited articles explore research in Ecology and the adjacent study of Zoology. The Environmental chemistry research tackled in the journal papers is interrelated with Toxicity which concerns subjects like Toxicology.

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

  • Ecology
  • Enzyme
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Marine Environmental Research are Ecology, Habitat, Benthic zone, Fishery and Oceanography. Ecosystem, Intertidal zone, Biomass (ecology), Reef and Species richness are among the areas of Ecology tackled. The concepts on Ecosystem presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Estuary and Kelp.

The journal focuses on Reef but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Coral reef, Community structure and Coral. The studies in Habitat featured incorporate elements of Abundance (ecology), Biodiversity, Spatial variability and Introduced species. The study of Sediment and how it intertwines with concepts under Organic matter were explored in the presented Oceanography research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Exposure to dissolved TNT causes multilevel biological effects in Baltic mussels (Mytilus spp.) (5 citations)
  • Algal turf productivity on coral reefs: A meta-analysis. (4 citations)
  • Distribution and ecology of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the eastern Barents Sea: A review of historical literature. (4 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 Environmental Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John J. Stegeman (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lars Förlin (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anders Goksøyr (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Moore (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David E. Hinton (37 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 Marine Environmental Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Plymouth Marine Laboratory (111 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (100 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • IFREMER (86 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Plymouth (81 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (72 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 5.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.83% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.83% of all publications and 56.95% 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

  • Evaluation of microplastic toxicity in accordance with different sizes and exposure times in the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus.

    Jin Soo Choi;Sang Hee Hong;June-Woo Park

    (2020)
    165 Citations
  • Biodegradation of polyvinyl chloride plastic films by enriched anaerobic marine consortia

    Lucia Giacomucci;Noura Raddadi;Michelina Soccio;Nadia Lotti

    (2020)
    120 Citations
  • Microplastics impair the feeding performance of a Mediterranean habitat-forming coral

    Beatrice Savinelli;Tomás Vega Fernández;Nicola Maria Galasso;Giovanni D'Anna

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • Adverse effects of plastic ingestion on the Mediterranean small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula).

    Annalaura Mancia;Tatiana Chenet;Gioacchino Bono;Michele Luca Geraci

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Contrasting responsiveness of four ecologically and economically important bivalves to simulated heat waves.

    Rula Domínguez;Celia Olabarria;Sarah A. Woodin;David S. Wethey

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Contribution of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the context of climate change mitigation in the Mediterranean Sea.

    Christine Pergent-Martini;Gérard Pergent;Briac Monnier;Charles-François Boudouresque

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Ecosystem services provided by a non-cultured shellfish species: The common cockle Cerastoderma edule.

    David N. Carss;Ana C. Brito;Paula Chainho;Aurélie Ciutat

    (2020)
    61 Citations

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