Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Top Research Topics at Organisms Diversity & Evolution?

The journal focuses on Ecology, Zoology, Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetic tree and Genus. The Ecology study featured in Organisms Diversity & Evolution draws connections with the study of Phylogeography. Issues in Zoology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Sister group, Cladistics, Species complex and Monophyly.

While work presented in Organisms Diversity & Evolution provided substantial information on Monophyly, it also covered topics in Paraphyly and Botany. Topics in Evolutionary biology were tackled in line with various other fields like Lineage (evolution) and Mitochondrial DNA. It explores issues in Phylogenetic tree which can be linked to other research areas like Taxon and Phylogenetics.

Organisms Diversity & Evolution connects research in Genus with the related topic of Crustacean. Most of the works presented in it deals with Biodiversity but it intersects with the subject of Habitat. Organisms Diversity & Evolution links adjacent topics like Biogeography with Biological dispersal.

• Ecology (34.66%)
• Zoology (31.96%)
• Evolutionary biology (21.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• raxmlGUI: a graphical front-end for RAxML (1993 citations)
• “Digital inking”: how to make perfect line drawings on computers (243 citations)
• Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions (224 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Organisms Diversity & Evolution:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Zoology, Monophyly, Phylogenetic tree and Taxon. While the published papers focused on Ecology, they were also able to explore topics like Evolutionary biology, Phylogeography and Species complex. The journal articles focus on Monophyly but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Botany and Molecular phylogenetics.

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

• Genus
• Ecology
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Organisms Diversity & Evolution facilitates discussions on Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Genus, Phylogenetic tree and Ecology. The studies in Evolutionary biology featured incorporate elements of Biodiversity, Taxon, Monophyly, Phylogenetics and Systematics. Some problems in Zoology that were presented in Organisms Diversity & Evolution overlapped with concepts under Trophic level and Genetic variability.

While the journal focused on Genus, it was also able to explore topics like Braconidae, Aphidiinae, Goniodorididae and Morphology (biology). The studies on Phylogenetic tree discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Identification key and Tribe (biology). It features Ecology research that overlaps with concepts in Biological dispersal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The specialized thoracic skeletomuscular system of the myrmecophile Claviger testaceus (Pselaphinae, Staphylinidae, Coleoptera) (3 citations)
• Evolutionary insights into the eco-phenotypic diversification of Dysdera spiders in the Canary Islands (3 citations)
• Towards a global list of accepted species III. Independence and stakeholder inclusion (2 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 Organisms Diversity & Evolution (based on the number of publications) are:

• Miguel Vences (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Uwe Fritz (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Heike Wägele (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gerhard Haszprunar (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gonzalo Giribet (9 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Organisms Diversity & Evolution (based on the number of publications) are:

• American Museum of Natural History (51 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Ruhr University Bochum (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Natural History Museum (20 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, 16.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.64% of all publications and 38.64% 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.