Diversity and Distributions

Top Research Topics at Diversity and Distributions?

Diversity and Distributions was organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Biodiversity, Habitat, Species richness and Introduced species. Diversity and Distributions connects research in Ecology with the related topic of Biological dispersal. It holds forums on Biodiversity that merges themes from other disciplines such as Environmental resource management, Ecosystem, Endemism and Biogeography.

The research on Habitat featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Abundance (ecology) and Vegetation. The subject of Threatened species, which is connected to the field of Endangered species, serves as the foundation of the Species richness research featured in it. The concepts on Introduced species presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Propagule pressure and Alien.

The main emphasis of Diversity and Distributions is the research on Climate change, emphasizing the topic of Global warming. The research on Species distribution discussed in Diversity and Distributions draws on the closely related field of Environmental niche modelling. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Ecological niche and the similar topic of Niche.

• Ecology (99.18%)
• Biodiversity (30.35%)
• Habitat (23.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A statistical explanation of MaxEnt for ecologists (3376 citations)
• Naturalization and invasion of alien plants: concepts and definitions (2711 citations)
• Effects of sample size on the performance of species distribution models (1372 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Diversity and Distributions:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Ecology, Biodiversity, Introduced species, Species richness and Habitat. The journal publications feature Ecology research that overlaps with concepts in Biological dispersal. The Biodiversity research presented in the most cited publications focuses mostly on Ecological niche and, on occasion, topics in Niche.

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

• Ecology
• Habitat
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Diversity and Distributions investigates studies in Ecology, Climate change, Biodiversity, Habitat and Range (biology). Ecology research discussed connects with the study of Environmental resource management. Issues in Climate change were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Biological dispersal, Physical geography and Land use, land-use change and forestry.

The study of Land use serves as the foundation of the Land use, land-use change and forestry research discussed in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• A blueprint for securing Brazil's marine biodiversity and supporting the achievement of global conservation goals (11 citations)
• High fire frequency and the impact of the 2019–2020 megafires on Australian plant diversity (10 citations)
• Analytical guidelines to increase the value of community science data: An example using eBird data to estimate species distributions (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Diversity and Distributions (based on the number of publications) are:

• David M. Richardson (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Petr Pyšek (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Wilfried Thuiller (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Hugh P. Possingham (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jorge M. Lobo (18 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 Diversity and Distributions (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (127 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Stellenbosch University (76 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (74 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Melbourne (73 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Queensland (73 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 0.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.41% of all publications and 45.77% 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.