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Molecular Ecology Resources
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Molecular Ecology Resources

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 21 452 404 51
Biology and Biochemistry 142 126 136 35

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 788
Documents by Best Scientists*: 579
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 28
SCIMAGO H-index: 172
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.281
Impact Factor: 5.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Ecology Resources?

Molecular Ecology Resources was organized to reinforce research efforts on Genetics, Microsatellite, Evolutionary biology, Ecology and Zoology. The journal focuses on Genetics research which is adjacent to topics in Computational biology. While it focused on Microsatellite, it was also able to explore topics like Genetic marker, Population genetics, Locus (genetics) and Loss of heterozygosity.

The studies on Locus (genetics) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Polymorphic Microsatellite Marker, Genetic structure, Linkage disequilibrium and Botany. It explores topics in Evolutionary biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Genetic diversity and Phylogenetic tree. The presentations discussing Ecology offer insights in topics such as DNA barcoding, Biodiversity, Taxon and Environmental DNA.

The concepts on DNA barcoding presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Intraspecific competition, Species complex, Mitochondrial DNA, Barcode and Taxonomy (biology). The study on Genome presented in Molecular Ecology Resources intersects with the topics under Sequence assembly. The work on Genotyping addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Single-nucleotide polymorphism.

  • Genetics (38.08%)
  • Microsatellite (30.83%)
  • Evolutionary biology (25.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows (10874 citations)
  • genepop'007: a complete re-implementation of the genepop software for Windows and Linux (6897 citations)
  • Inferring weak population structure with the assistance of sample group information. (2539 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Molecular Ecology Resources:

The most cited publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Genetics, DNA barcoding, Ecology, Evolutionary biology and DNA sequencing. The journal papers deal with Genetics in conjunction with Computational biology and similar fields in Reference genome. The published papers with studies in Evolutionary biology featured incorporate elements of Botany, Phylogenetic tree, Monophyly, Phylogenetics and Locus (genetics).

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Molecular Ecology Resources focuses on Genome, Evolutionary biology, Gene, Computational biology and Sequence assembly. The Genome study featured falls within the wider field of Genetics. Evolutionary biology research featured in Molecular Ecology Resources incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Genetic diversity, Phylogenetic tree, Genotyping, Adaptation and Genetic variation.

The close relationship between Biodiversity and Barcode is one of the points of interest dissected in Genetic diversity research. In addition to Computational biology research, Molecular Ecology Resources aims to explore topics under Amplicon, Environmental DNA, DNA sequencing and Metagenomics. Genome evolution, Synteny and Genomics are some topics wherein Sequence assembly research discussed in it have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dsuite ‐ fast D ‐statistics and related admixture evidence from VCF files (50 citations)
  • ASAP: assemble species by automatic partitioning. (28 citations)
  • Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise. (25 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 Molecular Ecology Resources (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul D. N. Hebert (39 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Lisette P. Waits (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Travis C. Glenn (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Deborah A. Dawson (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shawn R. Narum (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Molecular Ecology Resources (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (97 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • American Museum of Natural History (78 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Guelph (75 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (75 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (74 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, 3.16% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.91% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.12% of all publications and 49.28% 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

  • ASAP: assemble species by automatic partitioning

    Unknown

    (2020)
    1919 Citations
  • MitoFinder: Efficient automated large-scale extraction of mitogenomic data in target enrichment phylogenomics

    Rémi Allio;Alex Schomaker-Bastos;Jonathan Romiguier;Francisco Prosdocimi

    (2020)
    1322 Citations
  • EnTAP: Bringing faster and smarter functional annotation to non-model eukaryotic transcriptomes

    Alexander J Hart;Samuel Ginzburg;Muyang Sam Xu;Cera R Fisher

    (2020)
    244 Citations
  • Extending approximate Bayesian computation with supervised machine learning to infer demographic history from genetic polymorphisms using DIYABC Random Forest

    François-David Collin;Ghislain Durif;Louis Raynal;Eric Lombaert

    (2021)
    168 Citations
  • Moving eDNA surveys onto land: Strategies for active eDNA aggregation to detect invasive forest insects.

    Rafael E. Valentin;Dina M. Fonseca;Sydney Gable;Kathleen E. Kyle

    (2020)
    150 Citations
  • Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise.

    Valentina Peona;Mozes P.K. Blom;Mozes P.K. Blom;Luohao Xu;Reto Burri

    (2021)
    148 Citations
  • Genetic structure and insecticide resistance characteristics of fall armyworm populations invading China.

    Lei Zhang;Bo Liu;Weigang Zheng;Conghui Liu

    (2020)
    145 Citations
  • Experimental support for genomic prediction of climate maladaptation using the machine learning approach Gradient Forests.

    Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Vikram E. Chhatre;Vikram E. Chhatre;Raju Y. Soolanayakanahally;Stephen R. Keller

    (2021)
    135 Citations
  • Index hopping on the Illumina HiseqX platform and its consequences for ancient DNA studies.

    Tom van der Valk;Francesco Vezzi;Mattias Ormestad;Love Dalén

    (2020)
    101 Citations

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