Wildlife Biology

Top Research Topics at Wildlife Biology?

Wildlife Biology mainly deals with areas of study such as Ecology, Habitat, Predation, Zoology and Wildlife. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Ecology but it intersects with the subject of Population density. The studies in Habitat featured incorporate elements of Fishery, Foraging, Physical geography and Nest.

In addition to Predation research, Wildlife Biology aims to explore topics under Ungulate, Animal science and Canis. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Wildlife, focusing on Wildlife management. While Grouse is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Black grouse and Lagopus.

The Lagopus works, particularly on Red grouse are tackled in Wildlife Biology.

• Ecology (60.34%)
• Habitat (25.82%)
• Predation (17.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Who killed Bambi? The role of predation in the neonatal mortality of temperate ungulates (262 citations)
• Long-term changes in sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus populations in western North America (225 citations)
• Impact of exotic generalist predators on the native fauna of Australia (223 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Wildlife Biology:

The most cited papers focus largely on the fields of Ecology, Habitat, Predation, Zoology and Ursus. The most cited publications link adjacent topics like Ecology with Demography. Physical geography, Foraging, Vegetation and Grassland are some topics wherein Habitat research discussed in the published articles has an impact.

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

• Ecology
• IUCN Red List
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Ecology, Habitat, Wildlife, Zoology and Demography. The study on Ecology presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Selection (genetic algorithm). Topics in Habitat explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Aerial survey, Arctic, Protected area, Fishery and Physical geography.

The featured works in Wildlife management and Wildlife trade, which all belong in the domain if Wildlife, also overlaps with concepts under Potential effect. The journal addresses concerns in Zoology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Abundance (ecology), Home range and Camera trap. Wildlife Biology holds forums on Demography that merges themes from other disciplines such as Sharp-tailed grouse, Sex ratio and Body size.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Gastrointestinal parasitic infection in the hazel grouse Tetrastes bonasia in France (2 citations)
• Shrub density effects on the community structure and composition of a desert animal community (2 citations)
• Wind energy facilities affect resource selection of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus (2 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Wildlife Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jon E. Swenson (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John D. C. Linnell (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ilse Storch (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Matthieu Guillemain (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• David Baines (15 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Wildlife Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• United States Geological Survey (41 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Oslo (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Aarhus University (23 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (21 papers) published 1 paper 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, 17.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.26% of all publications and 51.28% 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.