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Nova Hedwigia
H-index 7

Nova Hedwigia

0029-5035

Published by: Schweizerbart

https://www.schweizerbart.de/journals/nova_hedwigia

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 440 8 10 3
Ecology and Evolution 562 12 29 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 39
Documents by Best Scientists*: 56
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 47
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.311
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nova Hedwigia?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Botany, Ecology, Taxonomy (biology), Algae and Zoology. The studies on Botany discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Ascomycota and Morphology (biology). The Ecology research presented places emphasis on topics like Lichen, Habitat, Flora, Diatom and Taxon.

Taxonomy (biology) and Geographic distribution are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

  • Botany (50.45%)
  • Ecology (34.60%)
  • Taxonomy (biology) (23.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fossil ascomycetes in Quaternary deposits (365 citations)
  • A revision of Verticillium section Prostrata. IV. The genera Lecanicillium and Simplicillium gen. nov. (252 citations)
  • The genus Saprolegnia. (220 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nova Hedwigia:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Botany, Ecology, Taxonomy (biology), Algae and Genus. The most cited publications feature Botany research that overlaps with concepts in Ascomycota. While the most cited articles focused on Ecology, they were also able to explore topics like Oceanography and Morphology (biology).

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Botany, Taxonomy (biology), Ecology, Marchantiophyta and Basidiomycota are the focal point of discussions in Nova Hedwigia. Agaricales studies in the realm of Botany interact with fields like Molecular identification. Topics in Taxonomy (biology) were tackled in line with various other fields like Mucoromycota, Atlantic forest, Absidia and Mucoromycotina.

Issues in Ecology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cyanobacteria and Diversity (politics). The work on Marchantiophyta tackled in Nova Hedwigia brings together disciplines like Tropical biodiversity, Heteroscyphus, Phytogeography and Lejeuneaceae. The studies in Basidiomycota featured incorporate elements of Polyporales, Southern china and Molecular phylogenetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Absidia bonitoensis (Mucorales, Mucoromycota), a new species isolated from the soil of an upland Atlantic forest in Northeastern Brazil (2 citations)
  • Diversity of liverworts and hornworts in Polylepis sericea forests in the Andes of Venezuela (1 citations)
  • Mallomonas siderea sp. nov.(Synurales, Chrysophyceae), a new tropical species from the sectionTorquatae (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 Nova Hedwigia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harald Kürschner (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfgang Frey (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Michael Stech (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • André Aptroot (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • María J. Cano (22 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Nova Hedwigia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Liège (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Illinois Natural History Survey (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles University in Prague (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alabama (4 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • The genus Cheilolejeunea (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) in tropical America

    Cid José Passos Bastos;S. Robbert Gradstein

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • A new nivicolous species of Lamproderma (Myxomycetes) from lowland and mountainous regions of Europe

    (2023)
    12 Citations
  • Rhizoglomus cacao, a new species of the Glomeraceae from the rhizosphere of Theobroma cacao in Peru, with an updated identification key for all species attributed to Rhizoglomus

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Marine fungi recorded from Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. and their secondary product potential

    Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab;E.B. Gareth Jones;Ali H. Bahkali

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • The genera of Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta) of tropical America – an update

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • The genus Orthoseira Thwaites: historical overview, current status and recommendations for the future

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • The genus Radula Dumort. (Radulaceae, Marchantiophyta) in Brazil

    Fúvio Rubens Oliveira-da-Silva;S. Robbert Gradstein;Anna Luiza Ilkiu-Borges

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Vegetation affinity of the moss species Meesia triquetra, Paludella squarrosa, Pseudocalliergon trifarium and Scorpidium scorpioides across European regions

    Tomás Peterka;Michal Hájek

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Rhyniotaxillus minutulus n. sp., apico-sized colonial cyanobacterium from the 410-million-yr-old Windyfield chertof Scotland

    Michael Krings

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Four new Fragilaria (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) species in Europe with coarse striae

    (2022)
    4 Citations

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