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Records of the Western Australian Museum
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Records of the Western Australian Museum

0312-3162

Published by: Western Australian Museum

https://museum.wa.gov.au/research/records-supplements/records

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 741 7 11 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 8
Documents by Best Scientists*: 11
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Records of the western Australian Museum?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Ecology, Zoology, Genus, Fishery and Fauna. It concentrated on Ecology research, specifically Range (biology), Habitat, Crustacean, Archipelago and Taxon. The journal investigates Range (biology) research which frequently intersects with Cape.

The study on Zoology featured in Records of the western Australian Museum expounds on the topic of Acari in particular. Topics in Genus were tackled in line with various other fields like Spider and Key (lock).

  • Ecology (43.78%)
  • Zoology (32.15%)
  • Genus (19.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Groundwater calcrete aquifers in the Australian arid zone: the context to an unfolding plethora of stygal biodiversity (93 citations)
  • Subterranean copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Pilbara region in Western Australia (68 citations)
  • Aquatic invertebrate assemblages of wetlands and rivers in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia (63 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Records of the western Australian Museum:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Ecology, Zoology, Fauna, Fishery and Range (biology). Many of the studies tackled in the most cited publications connect Ecology with a similar field of study like Structural basin. The published papers hold forums on Fishery that merge themes from other disciplines such as Archipelago and Mollusca.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Records of the western Australian Museum was organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Systematics, Diversity (politics), Benthic algae and Distribution (economics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Diversity and distribution of marine benthic algae and seagrasses in the tropical Kimberley, Western Australia (1 citations)
  • A Guide to the Ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics (0 citations)
  • Molecular data support the Atelurinae and Coletiniinae as sister groups: a second Lepidospora (Brinckina) species (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae: Coletiniinae) from the Pilbara (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 Records of the western Australian Museum (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mark S. Harvey (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gerald R. Allen (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul Doughty (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Julianne M. Waldock (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Volker W. Framenau (10 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 Records of the western Australian Museum (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Australian Museum (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Curtin University (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Western Australia (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Adelaide (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • American Museum of Natural History (2 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Five new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from Western Australia, with a revised generic placement for Aname armigera

    Mark S. Harvey;Karl Gruber;Mia J. Hillyer;Joel A. Huey

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • New species of the pseudoscorpion genus Synsphyronus (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae) from Australia

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia

    Jack A. Eastwood;Paul Doughty;Mark N. Hutchinson;Mitzy Pepper

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Two new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Geogarypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Geogarypidae) from northern Australia

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Systematics and biogeography of Lesser Sunda paddy frogs (Dicroglossidae: Fejervarya)

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • A new species of spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the mulga woodlands of inland Western Australia

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Range extension of the Whitefin Swellshark Cephaloscyllium albipinnum (Scyliorhinidae) and possible implications for its conservation status

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • The type locality of Solinus pingrup (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypinidae)

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Three new species of Sollasella (Porifera: Demospongiae: Axinellida: Raspailiidae) from Western Australia

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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