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Quaternary Research
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Quaternary Research

0033-5894

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 166 256 233 21
Environmental Sciences 446 38 44 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 331
Documents by Best Scientists*: 259
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 131
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.677
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Quaternary Research?

Holocene, Oceanography, Glacial period, Physical geography and Paleontology are the subjects of interest in the journal. Quaternary Research holds forums on Holocene that merges themes from other disciplines such as Ecology, Climate change, Vegetation, Climatology and Radiocarbon dating. The journal connects research in Climatology with the related topic of Precipitation.

While Oceanography is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Structural basin and Sediment. The Glacial period study which was featured in the journal aims to expound on the research in Geomorphology. Quaternary Research features Geomorphology research that overlaps with concepts in Geochemistry.

While work presented in Quaternary Research provided substantial information on Physical geography, it also covered topics in Period (geology), Paleoclimatology, Younger Dryas, Hydrology and Chronology. The journal concentrated on Paleontology research, specifically Pleistocene and Quaternary. Pleistocene studies covered in the journal falls within the purview of Archaeology.

  • Holocene (30.95%)
  • Oceanography (21.53%)
  • Glacial period (20.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Age dating and the orbital theory of the ice ages: Development of a high-resolution 0 to 300,000-year chronostratigraphy (2952 citations)
  • Oxygen isotope and palaeomagnetic stratigraphy of Equatorial Pacific core V28-238: Oxygen isotope temperatures and ice volumes on a 105 year and 106 year scale☆ (2266 citations)
  • Origin and consequences of cyclic ice rafting in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean during the past 130,000 years (1760 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Quaternary Research:

The most cited papers aim to foster the development of research in Holocene, Glacial period, Physical geography, Oceanography and Climatology. The studies on Holocene discussed at the journal publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Radiocarbon dating, Pollen, Pleistocene, Quaternary and Vegetation. The journal papers explore issues in Glacial period which can be linked to other research areas like Glacier and Ice core.

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

  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Quaternary Research mainly deals with areas of study such as Physical geography, Holocene, Pleistocene, Paleontology and Glacial period. In it, Pollen, Climate change, Quaternary, Arid and Last Glacial Maximum are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Physical geography research. While the journal focused on Pollen, it was also able to explore topics like Younger Dryas and Swamp.

The journal tackles topics on Holocene, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Oceanography. Pleistocene research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Sedimentary rock and Paleoclimatology. The Glacial period studies in it expound on topics in

  • Vegetation, which have a strong connection to Charcoal and Environmental change,
  • Loess and related Context (language use)..

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Mismatches of scale in the application of paleoclimatic research to Chinese archaeology (10 citations)
  • Optimizing extraction and targeted capture of ancient environmental DNA for reconstructing past environments using the PalaeoChip Arctic-1.0 bait-set (9 citations)
  • Enviromagnetic study of Late Quaternary environmental evolution in Lower Volga loess sequences, Russia (7 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 Quaternary Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stephen C. Porter (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hai Cheng (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Steven L. Forman (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daniel R. Muhs (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cathy Whitlock (21 papers) published 1 paper 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 Quaternary Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Geological Survey (223 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (149 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (117 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Arizona (116 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (98 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, 50.93% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.87% of all publications and 56.60% 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

  • The “Missing Glaciations” of the Middle Pleistocene

    Philip D. Hughes;Philip L. Gibbard;Jürgen Ehlers

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Optimizing extraction and targeted capture of ancient environmental DNA for reconstructing past environments using the PalaeoChip Arctic-1.0 bait-set

    Tyler J. Murchie;Melanie Kuch;Ana T. Duggan;Marissa L. Ledger

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Composition and consequences of the IntCal20 radiocarbon calibration curve

    Paula J. Reimer

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Quaternary Type Sections: Imagination or Reality?

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • What the past can say about the present and future of fire

    Jennifer R. Marlon

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • New constraints on the last deglaciation of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet in coastal Southeast Alaska

    Alia J. Lesnek;Jason P. Briner;James F. Baichtal;Alex S. Lyles

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • A multimethod dating study of ancient permafrost, Batagay megaslump, east Siberia

    Julian B Murton;Thomas Opel;Phillip Toms;Alexander Blinov

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Current practices in building and reporting age-depth models

    Terri Lacourse;Konrad Gajewski

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • What is diatomite

    Petra Zahajská;Sophie Opfergelt;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Johanna Stadmark

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Enviromagnetic study of Late Quaternary environmental evolution in Lower Volga loess sequences, Russia

    Chiara Költringer;Thomas Stevens;Balázs Bradák;Bjarne Almqvist

    (2021)
    36 Citations

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