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Web Ecology
H-index 7

Web Ecology

2193-3081

Published by: Copernicus Publications

https://www.web-ecology.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 481 33 22 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 37
Documents by Best Scientists*: 25
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 22
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.937
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Web Ecology?

Web Ecology covers a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Habitat, Species richness, Biodiversity and Ecosystem. The Ecology study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Botany. Presentations on Botany include those discussing Germination and Seedling.

The study on Biodiversity presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Ecological succession. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Ecosystem and Shrub. Topics in Ecology (disciplines) were tackled in line with various other fields like Ecological systems theory and Ecosystem services.

Vegetation works presented in it have a specific focus on Plant community. The study on Mediterranean climate presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Biomass (ecology). The journal focused on Abundance (ecology) research but expanded to cover Generalist and specialist species.

  • Ecology (98.12%)
  • Habitat (15.96%)
  • Species richness (11.74%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An assessment of wildlife road casulties – the potential discrepancy between numbers counted and numbers killed (108 citations)
  • Mediterranean-climate oak savannas: the interplay between abiotic environment and species interactions (61 citations)
  • A systematic review of the recent ecological literature on cushion plants: champions of plant facilitation (50 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Web Ecology:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Ecology, Habitat, Species richness, Trophic level and Ecology (disciplines). The journal publications link adjacent topics like Ecology with Statistics. The studies on Habitat discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Extinction, Megachilidae, Brood, Population size and Functional response.

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

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Web Ecology are Ecology, Vulture, General pattern, Temperate climate and Yield (finance). The journal blends together research topics in Ecology and Microbial inoculant. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Temperate climate, it also covered topics in Agriculture, Food security, Crop yield and Pollinator.

The Dominance (ecology) works featured in Web Ecology incorporate elements from Forest management, Forestry, Pinus massoniana and Joint probability distribution. The journal explores topics in Wetland which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Woody plant, Grassland, Vegetation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Grazing. It facilitates discussions on Grazing that incorporate concepts from other fields like Biodiversity and Ecological succession.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Changes in the Cerrado vegetation structure: insights from more than three decades of ecological succession (1 citations)
  • Ecological correlates of crop yield growth and interannual yield variation at a global scale (1 citations)
  • Frog vocalization is influenced by moon phases: Brazilian frogs tend to prefer low-albedo phases (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 Web Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Roland Brandl (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Luca Luiselli (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Corrado Battisti (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jordi Moya-Laraño (4 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 Web Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Coimbra (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Marburg (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rivers State University of Science and Technology (5 papers) absent at the last 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, 33.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% 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 75.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • Scientists' warning on endangered food webs

    Ruben H. Heleno;William J. Ripple;Anna Traveset

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Changes in the Cerrado vegetation structure: insights from more than three decades of ecological succession

    Rogério Victor S. Gonçalves;João Custódio F. Cardoso;Paulo Eugênio Oliveira;Denis Coelho Oliveira

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Ecological niche and potential geographic distributions of Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) under current and future climate conditions

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Toward a new generation of effective problem solvers and project-oriented applied ecologists

    Corrado Battisti;Giovanni Amori;Luca Luiselli;Luca Luiselli

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Life in the suburbs: artificial heat source selection for nocturnal thermoregulation in a diurnally active tropical lizard

    NioKing Amadi;Robert Belema;Harrison Obodo Chukwu;Daniele Dendi

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Ecological correlates of crop yield growth and interannual yield variation at a global scale

    Gabriela Gleiser;Nicolay Leme da Cunha;Agustín Sáez;Marcelo Adrián Aizen

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Plant spatial aggregation modulates the interplay between plant competition and pollinator attraction with contrasting outcomes of plant fitness

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • When nature meets the divine: effect of prohibition regimes on the structure and tree species composition of sacred forests in northern Greece

    Valentino Marini Govigli;Valentino Marini Govigli;John R. Healey;Jennifer L. G. Wong;Kalliopi Stara

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Morphometric traits of shells determine external attack and internal utilization marks in the Roman snail in eastern Germany

    Claudia Tluste;Udo Bröring;Tomáš Němec;Klaus Birkhofer

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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