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Plankton and Benthos Research
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Plankton and Benthos Research

1880-8247

Published by: Plankton Society of Japan

http://www.plankton.jp/PBR/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 610 11 24 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 15
Documents by Best Scientists*: 28
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 26
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.256
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Plankton and Benthos Research?

The foci of Plankton and Benthos Research are Ecology, Oceanography, Zoology, Fishery and Bay. Copepod, Plankton, Estuary, Predation and Crustacean are all aspects of Ecology discussed in Plankton and Benthos Research. The studies on Oceanography discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Abundance (ecology) and Phytoplankton.

Topics in Zoology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Cnidaria and Box jellyfish. The journal centers on topics in Fishery, with a focus on Jellyfish. The journal blends together research topics in Bay and Hypoxia (environmental).

  • Ecology (34.62%)
  • Oceanography (30.09%)
  • Zoology (21.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Eutrophication and occurrences of harmful algal blooms in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan (180 citations)
  • Blooms of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai: a threat to the fisheries sustainability of the East Asian Marginal Seas (156 citations)
  • Combined effects of food supply and temperature on asexual reproduction and somatic growth of polyps of the common jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l. (85 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plankton and Benthos Research:

The most cited articles cover a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Fishery, Oceanography, Larva and Jellyfish. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Ecology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Zoology and Budding. Bay is a major topic of Oceanography research in the published articles.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Oceanography

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Plankton and Benthos Research are Oceanography, Zoology, Bay, Fishery and Hydrozoa. It explores issues in Oceanography which can be linked to other research areas like Polychaete, Copepod and Nemertea. Plankton and Benthos Research holds forums on Zoology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Ingestion and Microplastics.

The journal addresses concerns in Bay which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Epiphyte, Sea cucumber, Dendrochirotida, Phenology and Zostera marina. The presented Fishery study covers related areas such as Limnoperna fortunei and Mussel and also touches on topics like Distribution (economics) and Ilisha elongata. Plankton and Benthos Research explores Hydrozoa concepts, specifically Leptothecata and Anthoathecata but expands to research in Blackfordia.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Gelatinous zooplankton community around a hydrothermally active deep-sea caldera: results from ROV video records (1 citations)
  • Holothurian assemblages before the harvest-boom era in inner reefs of Ishigaki Island, focusing on population dynamics of lollyfish Holothuria atra Jäger, 1833 (0 citations)
  • Aquatic invertebrate’s Carbohydrate-binding module assists environmental cellulase to immobilize in wetland sediments (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 Plankton and Benthos Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hiroshi Ueda (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Satoru Taguchi (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ichiro Imai (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiroshi Miyake (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Atsushi Yamaguchi (11 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 Plankton and Benthos Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Hokkaido University (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kyoto University (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Tohoku University (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (25 papers) published 3 papers 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, 16.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 42.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 23.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.29% of all publications and 19.05% 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

  • Duobrachium sparksae (incertae sedis Ctenophora Tentaculata Cydippida): A new genus and species of benthopelagic ctenophore seen at 3,910 m depth off the coast of Puerto Rico

    Michael Ford;Nicholas Bezio;Nicholas Bezio;Allen Collins

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Impacts of coastal armouring on rubble mobile cryptofauna at shallow coral reefs in Okinawa, Japan

    Giovanni D Masucci;Piera Biondi;James D Reimer

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • A sea pen field in shallow water in the Amakusa Islands, southern Japan

    Yuka Kushida;Hiroki Kise;Catherine S. McFadden;James Davis Reimer

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Feeding ecology of a mysid species, Neomysis awatschensis in the Lake Kasumigaura: combining approach with microscopy, stable isotope analysis and DNA metabarcoding

    Yasuhide Nakamura;Akihiro Tuji;Wataru Makino;Shin Ichiro S. Matsuzaki

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Records and distribution of the coral-killing sponge Chalinula nematifera in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • A description of a novel swimming behavior in a dioecious population of Craspedacusta sowerbii, the rediscovery of the elusive Astrohydra japonica and the first genetic analysis of freshwater jellyfish in Japan

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Ascidians observed associating epizoically on holothurians in waters in the Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Seasonal changes in the community structure of chaetognaths and the life cycle of the dominant chaetognath Eukrohnia hamata in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific

    Yoshimi Tone Matsumoto;Atsushi Yamaguchi

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Morphological and molecular analyses of Blackfordia sp. (Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) newly discovered in Vietnam

    Akane Iida;Dhugal J. Lindsay;Tran Manh Ha

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • A Goniopora stokesi community at Tatsugasako, Otsuki, Kochi, Japan: a new northernmost specimen-based record

    James Davis Reimer;Takuma Fujii;Hiroki Kise;Kensuke Yanagi

    (2020)
    2 Citations

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