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Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
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Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

1867-1594

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/12549

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 342 46 54 10
Ecology and Evolution 627 6 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 67
Documents by Best Scientists*: 71
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 40
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.648
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments?

Paleontology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Fauna and Devonian are among the topics commonly tackled in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. The work on Paleontology addressed in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments expands to the thematically related Genus. The journal focuses on Biodiversity but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Zoology, Mammal, Pleistocene, Paleogene and Paleoecology.

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Paleogene and Neogene. Presentations on Ecology include those discussing Taphonomy, Habitat, Range (biology) and Biogeography. The Fauna works featured in it incorporate elements from Late Miocene and Biostratigraphy.

It explores topics in Devonian which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Paleozoic, Conodont, Marine transgression, Late Devonian extinction and Facies. Tournaisian is a focus of the Carboniferous works in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. The study on Cretaceous presented in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments intersects with the topics under Mesozoic.

  • Paleontology (61.27%)
  • Biodiversity (34.02%)
  • Ecology (22.54%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • ‘CLAMP Online’: a new web-based palaeoclimate tool and its application to the terrestrial Paleogene and Neogene of North America (94 citations)
  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic squamates of Europe (68 citations)
  • Sedimentary and palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China (56 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments:

Paleontology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Cretaceous and Taphonomy are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The published papers explore research in Paleontology and the adjacent study of Extinction event. The journal papers with studies in Ecology featured incorporate elements of Land bridge and Crown group.

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

  • Genus
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Paleontology, Devonian, Biodiversity, Carboniferous and Conodont are the subjects of interest in the journal. The journal focuses on Paleontology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Fauna which is concerned with Rodent. It facilitates discussions on Devonian that incorporate concepts from other fields like Massif, Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point, Stratigraphy and Endemism.

The presented research on Biodiversity deals specifically with Assemblage (archaeology) but it also addresses topics in Cretaceous. The concepts on Carboniferous presented in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments can also apply to other research fields, including Biostratigraphy and Marine transgression. The research on Conodont featured in it combines topics in other fields like Geochemistry, Extinction event and Section (archaeology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in Sardinia (Italy) (7 citations)
  • The Devonian–Carboniferous boundary in the Carnic Alps (Austria and Italy) (6 citations)
  • The Devonian–Carboniferous boundary in Belgium and surrounding areas (5 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 Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Königshof (21 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Michael Wuttke (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dieter Uhl (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Wilma Wessels (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ursula B. Göhlich (12 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 Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American Museum of Natural History (56 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tübingen (38 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Naturhistorisches Museum (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (28 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (28 papers) published 4 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, 11.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.43% of all publications and 23.88% 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 topographic evolution of the Tibetan Region as revealed by palaeontology

    Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Tao Su;Tao Su;Paul J Valdes;Alexander J Farnsworth

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Paleogene climate dynamics in the Primorye Region, Far East of Russia, based on a Coexistence Approach analysis of palaeobotanical data

    Olesya V. Bondarenko;Nadezhda I. Blokhina;Volker Mosbrugger;Torsten Utescher

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • The Devonian–Carboniferous boundary in the Carnic Alps (Austria and Italy)

    Claudia Spalletta;Carlo Corradini;Raimund Feist;Dieter Korn

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • The Devonian-Carboniferous transition at Borkewehr near Wocklum (northern Rhenish Massif, Germany) – a potential GSSP section

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • The Devonian–Carboniferous boundary in the stratotype area (SE Montagne Noire, France)

    Raimund Feist;Jean-Jacques Cornée;Carlo Corradini;Sven Hartenfels

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Pteridophytes as primary colonisers after catastrophic events through geological time and in recent history

    Barry A. Thomas;Christopher J. Cleal

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • A new Helicidae (Gastropoda) from the Middle Miocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a revision of the genus Paradrobacia

    Mathias Harzhauser;Oleg Mandic;Hartmut Nordsieck;Thomas A. Neubauer;Thomas A. Neubauer

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Taxonomy, palaeoecology and stratigraphy of the middle Miocene mollusk fauna from the Gračanica coal pit near Bugojno in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Oleg Mandic;Mathias Harzhauser;Thomas A. Neubauer;Thomas A. Neubauer

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Palynofloral diversity and palaeoenvironments of early Eocene Akri lignite succession, Kutch Basin, western India

    Poonam Verma;Rahul Garg;M. R. Rao;Sunil Bajpai

    (2020)
    12 Citations

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