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Palaeontographica Abteilung A
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Palaeontographica Abteilung A

0375-0442

Published by: Schweizerbart

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 621 8 6 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Palaeontographica Abteilung A-palaozoologie-stratigraphie?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Paleontology, Fauna, Archaeology, Cretaceous and Devonian. The Paleontology study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Taxonomy (biology).

  • Paleontology (49.06%)
  • Fauna (9.43%)
  • Archaeology (8.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Dilophosaurus Wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda). Osteology and comparisons (215 citations)
  • The Osteology and Functional Morphology of the Late Cretaceous Pterosaur Pteranodon (127 citations)
  • Zur Kenntnis mesozoischer und alttertiärer Dinoflagellaten und Hystrichosphaerideen von Nord- und Mitteldeutschland sowie einigen anderen europäischen Gebieten (110 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Palaeontographica Abteilung A-palaozoologie-stratigraphie:

The most cited publications focus largely on the fields of Paleontology, Cretaceous, Anatomy, Archaeology and Evolutionary biology. Issues in Paleontology were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Systematics and Fauna. The most cited papers tackle research in Osteology as part of the general discipline of Anatomy, however, they also discuss concepts in Histology.

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

  • Genus
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Paleontology, Archaeology, Taxonomy (biology), Peninsula and Foraminifera. It tackles research in various disciplines, including Paleontology and Order (business). Topics in Archaeology explored in Palaeontographica Abteilung A-palaozoologie-stratigraphie were investigated in conjunction with research in Late Miocene, Tribe (biology) and Odontopleurida.

The journal addresses concerns in Taxonomy (biology) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Biodiversity and Oceanography, Waves and shallow water, Submarine pipeline. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Peninsula, it also covered topics in Mediterranean climate, Quaternary, Pleistocene and Holocene. The journal explores topics in Foraminifera which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Type (biology) and Aptian.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A microbialite with its entombed benthic community from the Middle Triassic (Anisian-Ladinian) Muschelkalk Group of Germany (1 citations)
  • Meles meles from Middle Pleistocene to Early Holocene of the Italian Peninsula within the evolution of European badgers in the Quaternary of Eurasia (1 citations)
  • A new trilobite fauna from the Middle Permian of the Kitakami Mountains/Northeast Japan (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 Palaeontographica Abteilung A-palaozoologie-stratigraphie (based on the number of publications) are:

  • P. Martin Sander (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mathias Harzhauser (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dirk Fehse (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Antonino Briguglio (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Wighart von Koenigswald (5 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 Palaeontographica Abteilung A-palaozoologie-stratigraphie (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Zurich (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Florence (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Turin (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • École normale supérieure de Lyon (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Naples Federico II (1 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

  • Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from Timor: taxonomy and biochronology

    Romain Jattiot;Hugo Bucher;Arnaud Brayard

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) bivalves from Buttenheim, Franconia (Southern Germany)

    Baran Karapunar;Winfried Werner;Franz T. Fürsich;Alexander Nützel

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • New materials of Khoratpithecus, a late Miocene hominoid from Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand, confirm its pongine affinities

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian‒Tithonian) ammonites and biostratigraphy of the Spiti Shale Formation of the Spiti and Zanskar regions in the Indian Himalayas

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Calcareous algae and foraminifers across the Permian-Triassic boundary interval (uppermost Bellerophon Formation and basal Werfen Formation) in the Dolomites (South Tyrol – Trentino, Italy)

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Middle Devonian epicontinental ostracods from western Canada. 1. Palaeocopina

    (2020)
    1 Citations

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