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Palaontologische Zeitschrift
H-index 12

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

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Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/12542

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 297 58 64 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 79
Documents by Best Scientists*: 79
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 36
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.684
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Palaeontologische Zeitschrift?

Palaeontologische Zeitschrift primarily tackles Humanities, Paleontology, Zoology, Anatomy and Genus. Issues in Paleontology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Taxonomy (biology) and Fauna.

  • Humanities (34.12%)
  • Paleontology (28.48%)
  • Zoology (8.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Phylogenie und System der Pelmatozoen (258 citations)
  • Neue Mikrofossilien des baltischen Silurs. IV (243 citations)
  • Modern planktic foraminifera (175 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Palaeontologische Zeitschrift:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Paleontology, Humanities, Anatomy, Ecology and Genus. Paleontology study tackled in the journal articles is connected to the field of Fauna. Research in Genus discussed in the published papers is concerned with the study of Zoology as a whole.

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 Palaeontologische Zeitschrift (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hermann Schmidt (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ehrhard Voigt (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Friedrich Frhr von Huene (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Walter Gross (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jörg Maletz (16 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 Palaeontologische Zeitschrift (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bonn (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tübingen (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Hamburg (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Mainz (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Kiel (34 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, 50.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Current understanding on the Cambrian Explosion: questions and answers

    Unknown

    (2021)
    110 Citations
  • Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding “Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data”: Myanmar amber

    Joachim T. Haug;Dany Azar;Andrew Ross;Jacek Szwedo

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding "Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data" : The importance of private collections

    Carolin Haug;Jelle W. F. Reumer;Jelle W. F. Reumer;Jelle W. F. Reumer;Joachim T. Haug;Antonio Arillo

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Microbial processes during deposition and diagenesis of Banded Iron Formations

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Re-description of the Spence Shale palaeoscolecids in light of new morphological features with comments on palaeoscolecid taxonomy and taphonomy

    Anna F. Whitaker;Paul G. Jamison;James D. Schiffbauer;Julien Kimmig

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • On the presence of Ichniotherium in the Coconino Sandstone (Cisuralian) of the Grand Canyon and remarks on the occupation of deserts by non-amniote tetrapods

    Heitor Francischini;Spencer G. Lucas;Sebastian Voigt;Lorenzo Marchetti

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Habitability of the early Earth: liquid water under a faint young Sun facilitated by strong tidal heating due to a closer Moon

    René Heller;René Heller;Jan-Peter Duda;Jan-Peter Duda;Max Winkler;Joachim Reitner;Joachim Reitner

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Ooids forming in situ within microbial mats (Kiritimati atoll, central Pacific)

    Pablo Suarez-Gonzalez;Joachim Reitner

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • The discovery of widespread agrichnia traces in Devonian black shales of North America: another chapter in the evolving understanding of a “not so anoxic” ancient sea

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Burrows without a trace—How meioturbation affects rock fabrics and leaves a record of meiobenthos activity in shales and mudstones

    Juergen Schieber;Ryan D. Wilson

    (2021)
    13 Citations

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