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The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
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The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

0012-9623

Published by: Ecological Society of America

https://esa.org/history/history-of-the-esa-bulletin/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 283 350 247 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 391
Documents by Best Scientists*: 260
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bulletin of The Ecological Society of America?

The scientific interests tackled in Bulletin of The Ecological Society of America are Ecology, Ecology (disciplines), Botany, Environmental ethics and Ecosystem. Ecology research is concerned with Habitat in particular. Most of the Botany studies addressed also intersect with Carbon dioxide.

Issues in Carbon dioxide were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Photosynthesis and Agronomy.

  • Ecology (25.68%)
  • Ecology (disciplines) (8.90%)
  • Botany (8.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data (1356 citations)
  • Interpreting the Results from Multiple Regression and Structural Equation Models (246 citations)
  • Maximizing the Value of Ecological Data with Structured Metadata: An Introduction to Ecological Metadata Language (EML) and Principles for Metadata Creation (174 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bulletin of The Ecological Society of America:

The most cited articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Ecology (disciplines), Statistics, Environmental ethics and Environmental resource management. The most cited publications address concerns in Ecology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Epistemology and Terminology. The published papers explore themes in Statistics like Multivariate analysis, Normality, Raw data and Generalized linear model and link them with other fields of study like Factor regression model.

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

  • Ecology
  • World War II
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Ecology, Zoology, Ecology (disciplines), Optics and Resolution (electron density). The presentations discussing Ecology offer insights in topics such as Habitat, Predation, Climate change and Reef. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Habitat but it intersects with the subject of Occupancy.

The in-depth study on Ecology (disciplines) also explores topics in the intersecting field of Environmental ethics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Beginner's Guide to Conducting Reproducible Research (3 citations)
  • Smokey the Beaver: Beaver-Dammed Riparian Corridors Stay Green During Wildfire Throughout the Western USA (2 citations)
  • Protected Area, Easement, and Rental Contract Data Reveal Five Communities of Land Protection in the United States (1 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 Bulletin of The Ecological Society of America (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Frank N. Egerton (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David W. Inouye (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen L. Young (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jill S. Baron (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard L. Lindroth (13 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 Bulletin of The Ecological Society of America (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Wisconsin–Parkside (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ecological Society of America (24 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wyoming (23 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Davis (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 58.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 25.00% 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

  • Repeated Fire Shifts Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling by Changing Plant Inputs and Soil Decomposition Across Ecosystems

    Adam F. A. Pellegrini;Sarah E. Hobbie;Peter B. Reich;Ari Jumpponen

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Long‐term Dynamics and Drivers of Coral and Macroalgal Cover on Inshore Reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

    Daniela M. Ceccarelli;Richard D. Evans;Murray Logan;Philippa Mantel

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • The Impact of Yeast Presence in Nectar on Bumble Bee Behavior and Fitness

    María I. Pozo;Gaby Van Kemenade;Annette Van Oystaeyen;Tomás Aledón-Catalá

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change-Amplified Pulse Heat Stress Events on Coral Reef Fish Communities

    Jennifer M. T. Magel;Sean A. Dimoff;Julia K. Baum

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Climate Change Drives Habitat Contraction of a Nocturnal Arboreal Marsupial at Its Physiological Limits

    Benjamin Wagner;Patrick J. Baker;Stephen B. Stewart;Linda F. Lumsden

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Quantifying Natural Disturbances Using a Large‐Scale Dendrochronological Reconstruction to Guide Forest Management

    Vojtěch Čada;Volodymyr Trotsiuk;Pavel Janda;Martin Mikoláš

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • An Assessment of Population Size and Demographic Drivers of the Bearded Vulture Using Integrated Population Models

    Antoni Margalida;José Jiménez;José M. Martínez;José A. Sesé

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • The Cresting Wave: Larval Settlement and Ocean Temperatures Predict Change in the American Lobster Harvest

    Noah G. Oppenheim;Richard A. Wahle;Damian C. Brady;Andrew Goode

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Predicting Functional Responses in Agroecosystems from Animal Movement Data to Improve Management of Invasive Pests

    Mark Q. Wilber;Sarah M. Chinn;James C. Beasley;Raoul K. Boughton

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Weed Species, Not Mulching, Affect Web‐Building Spiders and Their Prey in Organic Fruit Orchards in South Africa

    F. Arvidsson;P. Addison;M. Addison;C. R. Haddad

    (2020)
    23 Citations

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