Ornithology

Top Research Topics at The Auk?

The Auk is mainly concerned with subjects like Zoology, Ecology, Archaeology, Fishery and Nest. The works on Zoology deal in particular with Plumage. It explores research in Ecology and the adjacent study of Reproductive success.

The Archaeology study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Environmental ethics.

• Zoology (24.93%)
• Ecology (23.09%)
• Archaeology (10.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Unrepeatable repeatabilities: a common mistake (2654 citations)
• Threatened Birds of the World (1027 citations)
• The Niche-Relationships of the California Thrasher (1008 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Auk:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Ecology, Zoology, Nest, Predation and Habitat. The Ecology study tackled in the published papers is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Reproductive success. The studies tackled in the journal papers, which mainly focus on Zoology, apply to Hatching as well.

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

• Ecology
• Zoology
• Habitat

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of The Auk are Ecology, Ornithology, Classics, Habitat and Songbird. Tropical birds is a focus of the Ecology works in The Auk. Ornithology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Archaeology and Addendum.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Addendum to the Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds (2 citations)
• Latitude does not influence cavity entrance orientation of South American avian excavators (1 citations)
• Put some muscle behind it: Understanding movement capacity of tropical birds (1 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 The Auk (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alexander Sprunt (156 papers) absent at the last edition,
• William Brewster (133 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Witmer Stone (124 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert Ridgway (110 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harry C. Oberholser (105 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• American Museum of Natural History (157 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Cornell University (154 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Geological Survey (148 papers) absent at the last edition,
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service (113 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Washington (92 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 20.00% 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.