Oryx

Top Research Topics at Oryx?

Oryx explores disciplines such as Ecology, Wildlife, Fishery, Environmental ethics and Threatened species. Habitat, Endangered species, IUCN Red List, Range (biology) and Habitat destruction are some of the facets of Ecology tackled in the journal. While IUCN Red List is the focus of Oryx, it also provided insights into the studies of Conservation status and Critically endangered.

It focuses on Wildlife but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as National park, Agroforestry, Socioeconomics and Environmental protection. Environmental ethics research discussed connects with the study of Art history.

• Ecology (25.92%)
• Wildlife (11.38%)
• Fishery (11.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Flora Europaea Vol. 4, edited by T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. M. Moore, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters, and D. A. Webb. Cambridge University Press, £25. (535 citations)
• Human-felid conflict: a review of patterns and priorities worldwide. (470 citations)
• The use of camera traps for estimating jaguar Panthera onca abundance and density using capture/recapture analysis (381 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Oryx:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Ecology, Wildlife, Threatened species, Environmental resource management and Habitat. The Ecology study tackled in the journal publications is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Fishery. While the most cited publications focused on Wildlife, they were also able to explore topics like Agroforestry and Environmental protection.

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

• Ecology
• IUCN Red List
• Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Ecology, Threatened species, Fishery, Habitat and Endangered species. Oryx facilitated presentations on Ecology research, particularly Occupancy, Critically endangered, Panthera, Carnivore and Predation. The research on Threatened species featured in Oryx combines topics in other fields like Conservation status, IUCN Red List and Biodiversity.

The in-depth study on IUCN Red List also explores topics in the intersecting field of Data deficient. Research on Fishery addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Range (biology). Habitat destruction is part of Habitat studies tackled in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• First country-wide survey of the Endangered Asian elephant: Towards better conservation and management in Sri Lanka (12 citations)
• Surrogate rearing a keystone species to enhance population and ecosystem restoration (10 citations)
• Counting Sunda clouded leopards with confidence: incorporating individual heterogeneity in density estimates (9 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 Oryx (based on the number of publications) are:

• Richard Fitter (92 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John A. Burton (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• E. J. Milner-Gulland (37 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Kent H. Redford (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• David W. Macdonald (34 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 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 Oryx (based on the number of publications) are:

• Wildlife Conservation Society (154 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Fauna & Flora International (109 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (98 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (86 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (65 papers) published 6 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, 50.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.00% of all publications and 54.00% 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.