Quaternaire

Top Research Topics at Quaternaire?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Humanities, Quaternary, Pleistocene, Western europe and Archaeology. Quaternaire focuses on Quaternary but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Geomorphology, Cenozoic and Holocene. The main emphasis of Quaternaire is the research on Cenozoic, emphasizing the topic of Phanerozoic.

Quaternaire features Holocene research that overlaps with concepts in Physical geography. Quaternaire focuses on Pleistocene research as part of the broader topic of Paleontology. Among the topics covered in Quaternaire are Western europe and Forestry.

Cave is a major topic of Archaeology research presented in it.

• Humanities (17.12%)
• Quaternary (10.80%)
• Pleistocene (9.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Optically stimulated luminescence dating: How significant is incomplete light exposure in fluvial environments? (147 citations)
• The East Carpatian loess record: a reference for the Middle and late Pleniglacial stratigraphy in Central Europe. (99 citations)
• ESR Dating of Quartz Extracted from Quaternary sediments application to Fluvial Terraces system of Northern France (71 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Quaternaire:

The published papers aim to foster the development of research in Humanities, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Cenozoic and Paleontology. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Pleistocene that incorporate concepts from other fields like Geomorphology, Loess, Holocene and Physical geography. The most cited papers deal with Cenozoic in conjunction with Biostratigraphy and similar fields in Theria, Eutheria and Ruminantia.

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

• Ecology
• Paleontology
• Pleistocene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Humanities, Archaeology, Interglacial, Hystrix and Zoology. Studies on Archaeology discussed in Quaternaire link to the field of Genus.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The first appearance of Hystrix (Rodentia, Mammalia) in Portugal, last Interglacial, Gruta da Figueira Brava (Setúbal) (0 citations)
• Récentes investigations malacologiques Holocènes en Champagne (France) : repères malacostratigraphiques, remarques biogéographiques et anthropisation des versants (0 citations)
• L’Érosion des formations superficielles de versant au néolithique moyen à Nice (Alpes‑Maritimes). Signature granulométrique et poids des paramètres naturels et anthropiques (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Quaternaire (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jean-Jacques Bahain (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Josette Renault-Miskovsky (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Pierre Antoine (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jean Sommé (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nicole Limondin-Lozouet (37 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 Quaternaire (based on the number of publications) are:

• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Université du Québec à Montréal (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• École normale supérieure de Lyon (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Liège (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Max Planck Society (4 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, 85.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% 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 0.00% 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.