Nature Ecology and Evolution

Top Research Topics at Nature Ecology and Evolution?

The aim of Nature Ecology and Evolution is to expand the discussion of research in Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Ecology (disciplines). The Ecology study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Extinction. It holds forums on Evolutionary biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Phylogenetics, Gene, Genome, Phylogenetic tree and Adaptation.

The majority of Biodiversity studies presented zero in on Global biodiversity.

• Ecology (28.61%)
• Evolutionary biology (21.53%)
• Biodiversity (14.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem (538 citations)
• The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops. (453 citations)
• A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality (414 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature Ecology and Evolution:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Genome. In addition to Evolutionary biology research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Phylogenetic tree, Molecular evolution, Introgression, Phylogenetics and Gene. The published papers focus on Biodiversity but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Extinction, Phylogenetic diversity, Land use and Environmental resource management.

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

• Ecology
• Gene
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Global biodiversity. It encompasses presentations on Ecology, specifically Habitat, Range (biology), Abundance (ecology), Climate change and Reef. Studies on Reef discussed in Nature Ecology and Evolution link to the field of Coral reef.

The concepts on Evolutionary biology presented in Nature Ecology and Evolution can also apply to other research fields, including Natural selection, Vertebrate, Genome, Gene and Adaptation. In Nature Ecology and Evolution, Extinction, Species richness, Threatened species and Diversity (business) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Biodiversity research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade. (39 citations)
• A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night (35 citations)
• Polarization of microbial communities between competitive and cooperative metabolism. (30 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 Nature Ecology and Evolution (based on the number of publications) are:

• Nico Eisenhauer (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• James E. M. Watson (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Josep Peñuelas (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Peter B. Reich (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Philippe Ciais (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Nature Ecology and Evolution (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (99 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (95 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (68 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Queensland (66 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (62 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 5.19% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.18% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.35% of all publications and 31.05% 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.