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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

0939-6314

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/334

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 354 21 29 11
Plant Science and Agronomy 457 5 11 3
Environmental Sciences 471 19 26 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 90
Documents by Best Scientists*: 94
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 75
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.864
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Vegetation History and Archaeobotany?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Archaeology, Ecology, Vegetation, Climate change and Holocene. Topics in Archaeology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Period (geology) and Woodland. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany primarily discusses Ecology topics, particularly Pollen, Macrofossil, Deciduous, Taxon and Paleoecology.

The Pollen research presented falls under the domain of Botany. The journal addresses concerns in Botany which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Domestication and Agronomy. It facilitates discussions on Vegetation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Peat, Steppe and Deforestation.

The Climate change works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Agriculture, Climatology, Physical geography and Land use. The work on Agriculture tackled in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany brings together disciplines like Agroforestry and Crop. Holocene research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Palynology, Glacial period, Radiocarbon dating and Pleistocene.

  • Archaeology (41.47%)
  • Ecology (31.53%)
  • Vegetation (30.85%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Multi-proxy studies in palaeolimnology (252 citations)
  • Pollen productivity estimates of key European plant taxa for quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation: a review (234 citations)
  • The cultivation of Castanea sativa (Mill.) in Europe, from its origin to its diffusion on a continental scale (225 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Vegetation History and Archaeobotany:

The journal articles explore disciplines such as Holocene, Ecology, Pollen, Vegetation and Climate change. The Holocene studies which were featured in the journal articles aim to expound on the research in Archaeology. The journal publications focus on Vegetation but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Woodland which is concerned with Cultural landscape.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Archaeology, Vegetation, Climate change, Agriculture and Ecology. In it, Flora and Grazing are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Archaeology research. Topics in Vegetation explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Woodland, Pollen, Physical geography and Holocene.

Palynology is a major topic of Pollen research presented in it. The journal explores topics in Climate change which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Natural (archaeology), Period (geology), Land use, Deforestation and Wetland. It focuses on Agriculture but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Bronze Age, Agroforestry, Human settlement and Crop.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • 13,000 years of sociocultural plant use in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile (8 citations)
  • Tracking the history of grapevine cultivation in Georgia by combining geometric morphometrics and ancient DNA (7 citations)
  • Agriculture and palaeoeconomy in prehistoric Xinjiang, China (3000–200 bc ) (7 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 Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Willy Tinner (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hermann Behling (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Stefanie Jacomet (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Felix Bittmann (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Manfred Rösch (21 papers) published 2 papers 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 Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (53 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Göttingen (53 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Basel (42 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bergen (37 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 2.60% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.67% of all publications and 36.00% 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

  • Vegetation and disturbance history of the Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany

    Willem O. van der Knaap;Willem O. van der Knaap;Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen;Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen;Lorenz Fahse;Sönke Szidat

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Tracking the history of grapevine cultivation in Georgia by combining geometric morphometrics and ancient DNA

    Laurent Bouby;Nathan Wales;Mindia Jalabadze;Nana Rusishvili

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Assessing the occurrence and status of wheat in late Neolithic central China: the importance of direct AMS radiocarbon dates from Xiazhai

    Zhenhua Deng;Dorian Q. Fuller;Xiaolong Chu;Yanpeng Cao

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • 20,000 years of interactions between climate, vegetation and land use in Northern Greece

    Sylvia Kristina Gassner;Sylvia Kristina Gassner;Erika Gobet;Erika Gobet;Christoph Schwörer;Christoph Schwörer;Jacqueline van Leeuwen;Jacqueline van Leeuwen

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • 8,000 years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy)

    Tiziana Pedrotta;Erika Gobet;Christoph Schwörer;Giorgia Beffa

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe

    Vivian A. Felde;Vivian A. Felde;Suzette G. A. Flantua;Cathy R. Jenks;Blas M. Benito

    (2020)
    25 Citations

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