Paleobiology

Top Research Topics at Paleobiology?

The journal investigates studies in Ecology, Paleontology, Humanities, Archaeology and Taxon. The study on Ecology presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Extinction. Extinction event research are fields of study within Extinction but they also intertwine with concepts in Origination.

Cretaceous, Paleozoic, Fossil Record, Ordovician and Phanerozoic are all subfields of Paleontology research that were featured in the journal. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Humanities and Ethnology. The concepts on Taxon presented in Paleobiology can also apply to other research fields, including Evolutionary biology and Clade, Phylogenetic tree.

• Ecology (20.27%)
• Paleontology (16.78%)
• Humanities (15.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Exaptation; a missing term in the science of form (3368 citations)
• Punctuated equilibria; the tempo and mode of evolution reconsidered (1932 citations)
• Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering (1774 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Paleobiology:

The journal publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Ecology, Paleontology, Extinction, Taxon and Evolutionary biology. The journal papers focus on Ecology but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Paleozoic which is concerned with Ordovician. The most cited publications feature works in Extinction, more specifically Extinction event, and explore their relation to disciplines like Origination.

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

• Ecology
• Genus
• Paleontology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetic tree, Zoology and Taxon are tackled in the journal. Paleobiology focuses on Ecology as well as the interrelated topic of Paleozoic. The research on Phylogenetic tree featured in Paleobiology combines topics in other fields like Permian, Phylogenetics, Paleoecology and Morphology (biology).

Paleobiology holds forums on Zoology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Context (language use) and Troodon. Biodiversity, Naticidae and Extinction are some topics wherein Taxon research discussed in the journal have an impact. Paleobiology addresses concerns in Paleontology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Foraminifera and Genus.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• How to build a dinosaur: Musculoskeletal modeling and simulation of locomotor biomechanics in extinct animals (16 citations)
• A new method for quantifying heterochrony in evolutionary lineages (13 citations)
• Principal component analysis of avian hind limb and foot morphometrics and the relationship between ecology and phylogeny (6 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 Paleobiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alain Turq (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ofer Bar-Yosef (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Foote (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stephen Jay Gould (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Geerat J. Vermeij (26 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 Paleobiology (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Chicago (119 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harvard University (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Michigan (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• National Museum of Natural History (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
• American Museum of Natural History (45 papers) published 3 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, 38.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.13% of all publications and 45.16% 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.