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Zoology in the Middle East
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Zoology in the Middle East

0939-7140

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tzme20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 334 3 3 2
Ecology and Evolution 714 13 13 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 18
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 27
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.249
Impact Factor: 0.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Zoology in The Middle East?

Zoology in The Middle East generally zeroes in on subjects such as Ecology, Zoology, Fishery, Fauna and Taxonomy (biology). It concentrates on Ecology topics that focus on Habitat, Hymenoptera, Range (biology), Mediterranean climate and Predation. The Zoology study featured in it draws connections with the study of Zoogeography.

The work on Zoogeography tackled in Zoology in The Middle East brings together disciplines like Middle East and Archaeology. Turtle (robot) is a primary topic of Fishery research in the journal. Research on Taxonomy (biology) presented in Zoology in The Middle East concerns the broader topic of Botany.

  • Ecology (42.09%)
  • Zoology (37.42%)
  • Fishery (14.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Status of the fish fauna in the South Caspian Basin of Iran (187 citations)
  • Population and nesting ecology of the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and the Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, in northern Cyprus (98 citations)
  • Nesting of the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Mediterranean: a review of status and conservation needs (63 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Zoology in The Middle East:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Ecology, Fishery, Zoology, Mediterranean climate and Fauna. The works on Fishery tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Endangered species and Mediterranean sea. The published papers explore themes in Zoology like Subspecies, Systematics and Hamadryas baboon and link them with other fields of study like Papio hamadryas.

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

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Zoology in The Middle East mainly tackles studies in Zoology, Genus, Taxonomy (biology), Fishery and Ecology. Zoology in The Middle East holds forums on Zoology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Phylogenetics, Palestine and Endemism. The Genus works featured in Zoology in The Middle East incorporate elements from Elevation, Montivipera and Biogeography.

In addition to Taxonomy (biology) research, the journal aims to explore topics under Evolutionary biology and Paleontology, Scarabaeoidea, Morphology (biology). While Fishery is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean sea and Burhinus. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Ecology and Alien.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • New taxa of six families of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran (2 citations)
  • Molecular and morphometric characterization of fruit bats of the genus Rousettus Gray, 1821 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Iran (2 citations)
  • Camera trap records confirm the survival of the Leopard (Panthera pardus L., 1758) in eastern Turkey (Mammalia: Felidae) (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 Zoology in The Middle East (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zuhair S. Amr (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Kasparek (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Haji Gholi Kami (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brian W. Coad (20 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 Zoology in The Middle East (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ege University (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • American Museum of Natural History (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tehran (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Razi University (30 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, 14.89% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.50% of all publications and 42.50% 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

  • The past, current and future habitat range of the Spider-tailed Viper, Pseudocerastes urarachnoides (Serpentes: Viperidae) in western Iran and eastern Iraq as revealed by habitat modelling

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • First satellite-tracked migration of an Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) in the Middle East ends in human-caused mortality

    Kyle D. Kittelberger;Evan R. Buechley;Michael Ford;Kayahan Ağırkaya

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Poorly studied Black-headed Penduline Tit (<i>Remiz macronyx</i>) recorded for the first time in Turkey (Aves: Remizidae)

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • A new ancient leiobunine genus and species from the Russian Northwest Caucasus (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae)

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Infection of Lophoura edwardsi Kölliker, 1853 (Copepoda: Sphyriidae), on the Hollowsnout Grenadier Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810) (Osteichthyes: Macrouridae) in the southeastern Mediterranean

    Bella S. Galil;Guy Paz;Yana Yudkovski;Menachem Goren;Menachem Goren

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Validation of Palaemon audouini Heller, 1861 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), an overlooked species from the Red Sea

    Sammy De Grave;Christopher W. Ashelby

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • A new species of the genus Israelius Richards, 1952 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Iran

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Discovery of the Black-headed Ground Snake Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Jan, 1862) in Cyprus (Reptilia: Colubridae)

    Karin Tamar;Hans Jörg Wiedl;Erez Maza;Daniel Jablonski

    (2020)
    1 Citations

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