| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology and Evolution | 193 | 228 | 261 | 17 |
| Environmental Sciences | 421 | 44 | 56 | 12 |
Polar Biology focuses largely on the fields of Ecology, Oceanography, Arctic, Zoology and Predation. Ecology studies presented include Habitat, Abundance (ecology), Crustacean, Fauna and Range (biology). Most of the works presented in Polar Biology deals with Crustacean but it intersects with the subject of Krill.
The work on Oceanography addressed in Polar Biology expands to the thematically related Phytoplankton. It explores issues in Phytoplankton which can be linked to other research areas like Chlorophyll a and Plankton. The journal connects the study in Plankton with the closely related area of Zooplankton.
In addition to Predation research, the journal aims to explore topics under Foraging and Fishery. It is mostly focused on Benthic zone, specifically Benthos. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Sea ice and the similar topic of Algae.
The published papers primarily tackle Ecology, Oceanography, Sea ice, Arctic and Phytoplankton. The journal papers investigate Ecology research which frequently intersects with Zoology. The Oceanography research presented in the most cited papers focuses mostly on Abundance (ecology) and, on occasion, topics in Species diversity.
The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Ecology, Arctic, Zoology, Oceanography and Fishery. Biodiversity, Abundance (ecology), Climate change, Range (biology) and Ecosystem are among the concentrations of Ecology that garnered much attention in Polar Biology. It holds forums on Arctic that merges themes from other disciplines such as Biomass (ecology), Fish migration, Habitat and Global warming.
The research on Zoology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Fecundity, Pygoscelis and Predation. The journal focuses on Oceanography but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Phytoplankton which is concerned with Diatom. It focuses on Fishery but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Population decline, Foraging and Seabird.
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 Polar Biology (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Polar Biology (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 8.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.96% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.57% of all publications and 38.92% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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(2020)Christophe Barbraud;Karine Delord;Charles A. Bost;Adrien Chaigne
(2020)Nora Diehl;Ulf Karsten;Kai Bischof
(2020)Rachael Herman;Alex Borowicz;Maureen Lynch;Phil Trathan
(2020)Lech Stempniewicz;Izabela Kulaszewicz;Jon Aars
(2021)Jennifer M. Marsh;Franz J. Mueter
(2020)G. J. Divoky;E. Brown;K. H. Elliott
(2021)Martine J. van den Heuvel-Greve;Anneke M. van den Brink;Sander T. Glorius;G. Arjen de Groot
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