Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Top Research Topics at Urban Forestry & Urban Greening?

The objective of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is to combine knowledge in the areas of Ecology, Urban forestry, Urban forest, Environmental planning and Environmental resource management. Ecology studies presented in it focus on topics such as Habitat, Species richness, Biodiversity, Vegetation and Urbanization. The concepts on Urban forestry presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Tree (data structure), Forest management and Environmental protection.

The field of Forestry is the anchor for the Urban forest studies presented in the journal. Recreation and Urban planning are some topics wherein Environmental planning research discussed in the journal have an impact. Studies on Recreation discussed in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening link to the field of Socioeconomics.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Environmental resource management, apply to Ecosystem services as well.

• Ecology (18.97%)
• Urban forestry (14.39%)
• Urban forest (13.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Air pollution removal by urban trees and shrubs in the United States (1310 citations)
• Landscape planning and stress (641 citations)
• A systematic quantitative review of urban tree benefits, costs, and assessment methods across cities in different climatic zones (477 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Urban Forestry & Urban Greening:

The main points discussed in the most cited papers deal with Urban forestry, Ecology, Environmental resource management, Environmental protection and Urban forest. In addition to Urban forestry research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Urban ecology, Socioeconomics and Species diversity. The most cited publications explore research in Ecosystem services and overlapping concepts in Green infrastructure and Urban ecosystem to expand the discourse in Environmental resource management.

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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chi Yung Jim (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Brian Kane (24 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch (23 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• David J. Nowak (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Andrew K. Koeser (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (based on the number of publications) are:

• United States Forest Service (84 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (81 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Copenhagen (67 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (56 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Hong Kong (43 papers) published 9 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, 7.75% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.02% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.81% of all publications and 58.27% 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.