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Zoologischer Anzeiger

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 156 14 18 7
Ecology and Evolution 307 44 56 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 69
Documents by Best Scientists*: 86
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 49
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.597
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Zoologischer Anzeiger?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Zoology, Ecology, Taxonomy (biology), Anatomy and Botany. Zoologischer Anzeiger connects the study in Zoology with the closely related area of Larva. The Taxonomy (biology) study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Helminths.

Zoologischer Anzeiger emphasizes research on Anatomy, which includes concerns such as Ultrastructure. Specifically, studies on Vespoidea are prevalent in the Hexapoda works discussed.

  • Zoology (40.22%)
  • Ecology (17.42%)
  • Taxonomy (biology) (14.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The pseudohermaphroditism of prosobranchs; morphological aspects (137 citations)
  • Ectoparasiten und Abstammungslehre (107 citations)
  • A revision of the cestode family proteocephalidae (101 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Zoologischer Anzeiger:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Zoology, Ecology, Anatomy, Evolutionary biology and Morphology (biology). The most cited articles investigate Zoology research which frequently intersects with Lepidoptera genitalia. The studies on Anatomy discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Crustacean, Arthropod and Nervous system.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Zoologischer Anzeiger covers a variety of subjects, including Zoology, Genus, Evolutionary biology, Taxonomy (biology) and Monophyly. The main emphasis of the journal is the subject of Zoology, focusing on Hymenoptera. The journal focuses on Genus but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Taxon, Sister group, Cladistics and Key (lock).

The research on Evolutionary biology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Systematics, Morphology (biology) and Genetic divergence. The close relationship between Osteology and Dipsadidae is one of the points of interest dissected in Taxonomy (biology) research. Topics in Larva were tackled in line with various other fields like Antenna (biology) and Chaetotaxy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • On the intertidal firefly genus Micronaspis Green, 1948, with a new species and a phylogeny of Cratomorphini based on adult and larval traits (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) (4 citations)
  • A new subfamily of Gonyleptidae formed by false Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878 from Brazil, with revalidation of Pachylobos Piza, 1940 and description of a new genus (4 citations)
  • A phantom on the trees: Integrative taxonomy supports a reappraisal of rear-fanged snakes classification (Dipsadidae: Philodryadini) (3 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 Zoologischer Anzeiger (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Norm Johnson (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joe Cora (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Günther Enderlein (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karl W. Verhoeff (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfdietrich Eichler (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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Zoologischer Anzeiger (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (46 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (25 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • American Museum of Natural History (20 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sao Paulo State University (20 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (19 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 2.83% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.69% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.71% of all publications and 33.01% 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

  • An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

    Daniel Stec;Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen;Łukasz Michalczyk

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • Integrative approach reveals new species of water bears (Pilatobius, Grevenius, and Acutuncus) from Arctic cryoconite holes, with the discovery of hidden lineages of Hypsibius

    Krzysztof Zawierucha;Jakub Buda;Tereza Novotna Jaromerska;Karel Janko;Karel Janko

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Description of Milnesium pentapapillatum sp. nov., with an amendment of the diagnosis of the order Apochela and abolition of the class Apotardigrada (Tardigrada)

    Witold Morek;Joanna A. Ciosek;Łukasz Michalczyk

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Revisiting the genus Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016 (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) – remarks, updated dichotomous key and an integrative description of new species from Madagascar

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Tomasz Bartylak;Daniel Stec;Adam Kulpa

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Revisiting the systematics of the Leptodactylus melanonotus group (Anura: Leptodactylidae): Redescription of L. petersii and revalidation of its junior synonyms

    Thiago Gazoni;Mariana L. Lyra;Santiago R. Ron;Christine Strüssmann

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • First insight into cryptic diversity of a Caucasian subterranean amphipod of the genus Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae)

    Michal Rendoš;Teo Delić;Denis Copilaș-Ciocianu;Cene Fišer

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Phenotypically exceptional Echiniscus species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from Argentina (Neotropics)

    Piotr Gąsiorek;Marcin Bochnak;Katarzyna Vončina;Łukasz Michalczyk

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Cytogenetic studies on the social parasite Acromyrmex ameliae (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) and its hosts reveal chromosome fusion in Acromyrmex

    Luísa Antônia Campos Barros;Hilton Jeferson Alves Cardoso de Aguiar;Gisele Amaro Teixeira;Danival José de Souza

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • A new subfamily of Gonyleptidae formed by false Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878 from Brazil, with revalidation of Pachylobos Piza, 1940 and description of a new genus

    Rafael N. Carvalho;Rafael N. Carvalho;Adriano B. Kury

    (2021)
    12 Citations

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