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Primates
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Primates

0032-8332

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10329

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 201 10 12 5
Ecology and Evolution 337 46 84 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 86
Documents by Best Scientists*: 151
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.419
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Primates?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Animal ecology, Ecology, Zoology, Demography and Social psychology. The work on Animal ecology tackled in Primates brings together disciplines like Habitat, Behavioural sciences, Anatomy, Primate and Troglodytes. It tackles issues in Ecology, particularly in the topics of Predation, Foraging, National park, Home range and Range (biology).

Zoology research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Captivity. Some problems in Demography that were presented in Primates overlapped with concepts under Offspring, Juvenile, Adult male and Social group. Topics in Social psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Developmental psychology and Cognitive psychology.

  • Animal ecology (99.60%)
  • Ecology (27.23%)
  • Zoology (24.01%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Newly-acquired pre-cultural behavior of the natural troop of Japanese monkeys on Koshima islet (639 citations)
  • The Social group of wild Chimpanzees in the Mahali Mountains (390 citations)
  • Mental map in wild chimpanzees: An analysis of hammer transports for nut cracking (344 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Primates:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Animal ecology, Ecology, Demography, Zoology and Social psychology. The journal articles blend together research topics in Animal ecology and Japanese monkeys. While Social psychology is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology and Behavioural sciences.

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

  • Ecology
  • Internal medicine
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Animal ecology, Zoology, Primate, Ecology and Demography are the subjects of interest in the journal. Primates facilitates discussions on Animal ecology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Habitat, Predation, Behavioural sciences, National park and Competition (biology). The close relationship between Troglodytes and Subspecies is one of the points of interest dissected in National park research.

Primates holds forums on Zoology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Range (biology), Foraging, Aggression and Threatened species. Primate research in the journal involves the investigation of Arboreal locomotion studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Gait. Demography research featured in Primates incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Offspring, Juvenile, Context (language use) and Dominance (ethology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada) in crops—more than in pasture areas—reduce aggression and affiliation (3 citations)
  • Intercommunity interactions and killings in central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) from Loango National Park, Gabon (2 citations)
  • Hunting of mammals by central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in the Loango National Park, Gabon. (2 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 Primates (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tetsuro Matsuzawa (65 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Toshisada Nishida (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William C. McGrew (38 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Hideo Nigi (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yuzuru Hamada (30 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 Primates (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kyoto University (381 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Primate Research Institute (334 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (63 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Davis (58 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 4.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.00% of all publications and 39.00% 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

  • Intra-community Infanticide in Wild, Eastern Chimpanzees: A 24-year Review

    Adriana E Lowe;Catherine Hobaiter;Caroline Asiimwe;Klaus Zuberbühler

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Maternal cannibalism in two populations of wild chimpanzees

    Pawel Fedurek;Patrick Tkaczynski;Caroline Asiimwe;Catherine Hobaiter

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Elephant behavior toward the dead: A review and insights from field observations

    Shifra Z. Goldenberg;Shifra Z. Goldenberg;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Review of GPS collar deployments and performance on nonhuman primates.

    Kerry M Dore;Malene F Hansen;Malene F Hansen;Amy R Klegarth;Claudia Fichtel

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Behavioural responses of free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) towards dying and dead conspecifics.

    Nachiketha Sharma;Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel;Shiro Kohshima;Raman Sukumar

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Well-digging in a community of forest-living wild East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Electrocutions in free-living black-tufted marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) in anthropogenic environments in the Federal District and surrounding areas, Brazil.

    Alexandra A B G Pereira;Bianca Dias;Sarah I Castro;Marina F A Landi

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Responses to dead and dying conspecifics and heterospecifics by wild mountain gorillas ( Gorilla beringei beringei ) and chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii )

    David P Watts

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Sexual dimorphism in the loud calls of Azara's owl monkeys (Aotus azarae): evidence of sexual selection?

    Alba Garcia de la Chica;Maren Huck;Catherine Depeine;Marcelo Rotundo

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Infant adoptions in wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata)

    (2022)
    12 Citations

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