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Urban Ecosystems
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Urban Ecosystems

1083-8155

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11252

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 133 187 200 23
Environmental Sciences 369 32 38 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 255
Documents by Best Scientists*: 254
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 85
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.831
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Urban Ecosystems?

Urban Ecosystems explores disciplines such as Urban ecology, Ecology, Habitat, Urbanization and Species richness. The studies in Urban ecology featured incorporate elements of Biodiversity, Urban planning, Urban ecosystem, Environmental resource management and Vegetation. The Biodiversity study featured in Urban Ecosystems draws connections with the study of Agroforestry.

The work on Urban ecosystem tackled in Urban Ecosystems brings together disciplines like Urban density and Environmental planning. Ecology (disciplines) and Ecosystem services are some topics wherein Environmental resource management research discussed in the journal have an impact. Abundance (ecology), Introduced species, Predation, Species diversity and Wildlife are some of the facets of Ecology tackled in it.

The research on Habitat tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Range (biology), Woodland, Foraging and Wetland. The Urbanization study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Land use. Land cover is a major topic of Land use research.

  • Urban ecology (80.91%)
  • Ecology (63.55%)
  • Habitat (31.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals (1358 citations)
  • Ecosystem Processes Along an Urban-to-Rural Gradient (457 citations)
  • Quantifying urban forest structure, function, and value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project (441 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Urban Ecosystems:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Urban ecology, Ecology, Urbanization, Habitat and Species richness. In addition to Urban ecology research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Urban planning, Urban ecosystem, Ecosystem services, Environmental resource management and Vegetation. While the most cited papers mainly focused on Urbanization studies, they also tackled the scientific discipline of interrelated fields such as

  • Environmental planning which intersects with area such as Urban wildlife,
  • Environmental protection which intersects with area such as Socioeconomics..

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

  • Ecology
  • Habitat
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Urban Ecosystems investigates areas of study like Urban ecology, Ecology, Habitat, Urbanization and Species richness. The journal focuses on Urban ecology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Abundance (ecology), Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Ecosystem services and Vegetation. The Ecology study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Biological dispersal.

The studies on Habitat discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Population density, Range (biology), Wildlife, Environmental resource management and Spatial heterogeneity. The tackled Urbanization research is interrelated with Predation which concerns subjects like Zoology. Species richness research featured in Urban Ecosystems incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Impervious surface, Seed dispersal and Urban planning.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Noise and tree species richness modulate the bird community inhabiting small public urban green spaces of a Neotropical city (9 citations)
  • Butterfly species’ responses to urbanization: differing effects of human population density and built-up area (8 citations)
  • Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches (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 Urban Ecosystems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ian MacGregor-Fors (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Colleen T. Downs (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Steward T. A. Pickett (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wayne C. Zipperer (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Joanna Burger (11 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 Urban Ecosystems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Forest Service (42 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Arizona State University (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ohio State University (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Auburn University (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Helsinki (23 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 8.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.42% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.75% of all publications and 65.10% 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

  • Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions

    Unknown

    (2022)
    233 Citations
  • Design catalogue for eco-engineering of coastal artificial structures: a multifunctional approach for stakeholders and end-users

    Kathryn O'Shaughnessy;Stephen J. Hawkins;Ally J. Evans;Ally J. Evans;Mick E. Hanley

    (2020)
    127 Citations
  • Soil organic carbon stock in different urban land uses: high stock evidence in urban parks

    Claudia Canedoli;Chiara Ferrè;Davide Abu El Khair;Emilio Padoa-Schioppa

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • Effects of habitat-patch size and patch isolation on the diversity of forest birds in the urban-forest mosaic of Durban, South Africa

    Mfundo S. T. Maseko;Manqoba M. Zungu;David A. Ehlers Smith;Yvette C. Ehlers Smith

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • Urbanization homogenizes the interactions of plant-frugivore bird networks

    Israel Schneiberg;Danilo Boscolo;Mariano Devoto;Vinicius Marcilio-Silva

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • The relationship between pollinator community and pollination services is mediated by floral abundance in urban landscapes

    Hamutahl Cohen;Hamutahl Cohen;Stacy M. Philpott;Heidi Liere;Brenda B. Lin

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Noise and tree species richness modulate the bird community inhabiting small public urban green spaces of a Neotropical city

    Beatriz Ferreira da Silva;João Carlos Pena;Arleu Barbosa Viana-Junior;Matheus Vergne

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Adapting to urban ecosystems: unravelling the foraging ecology of an opportunistic predator living in cities

    Adrián Méndez;Tomás Montalvo;Raül Aymí;María Carmona

    (2020)
    44 Citations

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