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New Zealand Geographer
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New Zealand Geographer

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 728 5 5 1
Social Sciences and Humanities 1239 8 21 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 30
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 32
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.333
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at New Zealand Geographer?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Archaeology, New Zealand studies, Economic geography, Media studies and Anthropology. The Economic geography study tackling the subject of Human geography is the focus of New Zealand Geographer. The majority of Human geography studies presented zero in on Development geography.

  • Archaeology (7.12%)
  • New Zealand studies (6.82%)
  • Economic geography (5.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • El Niño Southern Oscillation and Climatic Variability (341 citations)
  • THE ATMOSPHERE AND WEATHER OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (180 citations)
  • Wellbeing, health and geography: A critical review and research agenda (143 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at New Zealand Geographer:

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Gender studies, Politics, Social science, Archaeology and Hydrology. The journal publications about Aotearoa are all disciplines of Gender studies that connect with topics in Samoan. The most cited publications explore topics in Social science which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Epistemology, Space (commercial competition) and Environmental ethics.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Anthropology, Corporate governance, Art history, Aotearoa and Historical geography are tackled in the journal. New Zealand Geographer holds forums on Corporate governance that merges themes from other disciplines such as Gender studies, Co-creation and Media studies. Posthuman, Calico and Politics are some topics wherein Art history research discussed in New Zealand Geographer have an impact.

Most of the works presented in New Zealand Geographer deals with Aotearoa but it intersects with the subject of Environmental health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Tikanga rua: Bicultural spatial governance in Aotearoa New Zealand (1 citations)
  • New Zealand Geographical Society Awards 2021 (0 citations)
  • Geography Scholarship, scholarship and thinking (0 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 New Zealand Geographer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robin Kearns (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Roche (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Eric Pawson (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Perry (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Holland (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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in New Zealand Geographer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Canterbury (306 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Auckland (273 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Otago (199 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Massey University (172 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Waikato (133 papers) published 3 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 86.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.70% of all publications and 4.35% 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

  • Cycling amongst Māori: Patterns, influences and opportunities

    Rhys Jones;Bruce Kidd;Kirsty Wild;Alistair Woodward

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Cycling projects in low‐income communities: Exploring community perceptions of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets

    Rebekah Thorne;Kirsty Wild;Alistair Woodward;Hamish Mackie

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Music and city branding: Auckland as a ‘City of Music’

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • What keeps an island community COVID-19 free in a global pandemic?

    Pam Oliver;Neil Lindsay;Robin Kearns

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Music festival geographies: Place‐creation and attendee experience

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Linking music, place and heritage: <scp>Anthonie Tonnon's Rail Land</scp>

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Cycling and how to study it: Looking at the New Zealand case

    Alan Latham

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Unintentional non‐fatal hospitalised falls and motor vehicle injuries in the Auckland and Northland regions: Geographical patterns and associations with rurality

    Jinfeng Zhao;Pauline Gulliver;Daniel J. Exeter;Arier Lee

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Professor Ron Johnston, 1941–2020. Kua hinga te totara I te Wao Nui a Tane—The totara has fallen in the forest of Tane

    Wendy Larner

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Participatory research in practice: Understandings of power and embodied methodologies

    (2021)
    1 Citations

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