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Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
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Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 224 119 192 16
Plant Science and Agronomy 242 22 43 9
Ecology and Evolution 418 23 32 9

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Number of Best Scientists*: 205
Documents by Best Scientists*: 296
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 93
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.658
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology?

Paleontology, Botany, Pollen, Ecology and Palynology are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Biostratigraphy, Cretaceous, Taxon, Devonian and Paleozoic are some of the facets of Paleontology tackled in the journal. The study on Cretaceous presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Mesozoic.

The work tackled in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology goes beyond the discipline of Botany as it also encompasses Permian. Pollen study tackled is connected to the field of Peat. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Ecology but it intersects with the subject of Holocene.

The studies in Holocene featured incorporate elements of Glacial period and Quaternary. The journal explores issues in Palynology which can be linked to other research areas like Structural basin, Dinoflagellate, Paleobotany and Acritarch. The study on Vegetation presented in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology intersects with subjects under the field of Physical geography.

  • Paleontology (41.44%)
  • Botany (33.29%)
  • Pollen (28.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Glossary of pollen and spore terminology (1435 citations)
  • A palaeoecological study of holocene peat bog sections in Germany and The Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae, cormophytes and animals (635 citations)
  • Palynology of tertiary sediments from tropical areas (514 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Ecology, Pollen, Paleontology, Botany and Vegetation. The most cited publications address concerns in the field of Ecology by exploring it in line with topics in Holocene which intersect with Quaternary, Glacial period and Radiocarbon dating subjects. Aside from discussions in Paleontology, the most cited papers also deal with the subject of Palynology which intersects with Structural basin disciplines.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Paleontology, Botany, Palynology, Permian and Genus. The presentations focused mostly on Palynology in an attempt to further explore topics in Pollen. While the journal mainly focused on Permian studies, it also tackled the scientific discipline of interrelated fields such as

  • Paleozoic together with Mesozoic,
  • Carboniferous together with Pennsylvanian..

The featured Genus research is covered under the field of Ecology. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology explores research in Ecology and the adjacent study of Holocene. The Vegetation works featured in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology incorporate elements from Swamp, Glacial period, Woodland and Physical geography.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A volcanic tuff near the Carboniferous–Permian boundary, Taiyuan Formation, North China: Radioisotopic dating and global correlation (17 citations)
  • A whole noeggerathialean plant Tingia unita Wang from the earliest Permian peat-forming flora, Wuda Coalfield, Inner Mongolia (10 citations)
  • Two new species of Sigillaria Brongniart from the Wuda Tuff (Asselian: Inner Mongolia, China) and their implications for lepidodendrid life history reconstruction (6 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 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Thomas N. Taylor (95 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hans Kerp (45 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jean Galtier (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jiří Bek (44 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Michael Krings (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (238 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (122 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Amsterdam (89 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (82 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (81 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than 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, 9.30% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.68% of all publications and 30.77% 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

  • Rate-of-change analysis in paleoecology revisited: A new approach

    Ondřej Mottl;John-Arvid Grytnes;Alistair W.R. Seddon;Manuel J. Steinbauer;Manuel J. Steinbauer

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • A volcanic tuff near the Carboniferous–Permian boundary, Taiyuan Formation, North China: Radioisotopic dating and global correlation

    Mark D. Schmitz;Hermann W. Pfefferkorn;Shu-Zhong Shen;Jun Wang

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Palynology of the Cenomanian to lowermost Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Chalk of the Trunch Borehole (Norfolk, UK) and a new dinoflagellate cyst bioevent stratigraphy for NW Europe

    Martin A. Pearce;Ian Jarvis;Philip J. Ball;Jiří Laurin

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Long-term herbivore population dynamics in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its implications for early human impacts

    Xiaozhong Huang;Jun Zhang;Michael Storozum;Sisi Liu

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Promoting a standardized description of fossil tracheidoxyls

    Anaïs Boura;Marion Bamford;Marc Philippe

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Modern pollen representation of the vegetation of the Tagus Basin (central Iberian Peninsula)

    César Morales-Molino;Ludovic Devaux;Ludovic Devaux;Muriel Georget;Vincent Hanquiez

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • A major environmental shift by the middle Eocene in southern China: Evidence from palynological records

    Yulong Xie;Fuli Wu;Xiaomin Fang

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • At a crossroads: The late Eocene flora of central Myanmar owes its composition to plate collision and tropical climate

    Huasheng Huang;Daniel Pérez-Pinedo;Robert J. Morley;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Site formation processes, human activities and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions from archaeobotanical records in cave and rock-shelter sites in NE Iberia

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone, Early Pleistocene of Southern Spain

    (2022)
    21 Citations

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