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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29660| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Not specified |
| Title: | Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well |
| Authors: | Dengler, Jürgen Biurrun, Idoia Jansen, Florian Willner, Wolfgang |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.3897/VCS.118454 10.21256/zhaw-29660 |
| Published in: | Vegetation Classification and Survey |
| Volume(Issue): | 5 |
| Page(s): | 1 |
| Pages to: | 10 |
| Issue Date: | 19-Jan-2024 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Pensoft |
| ISSN: | 2683-0671 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 070: News media, journalism and publishing 580: Plants (Botany) |
| Abstract: | On the occasion of the completion of the fourth volume of Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), we have analysed the performance of the journal since its inception. The number of papers and pages show a moderate increase over the years. VCS has been included in the Scopus database for more than a year and received its first CiteScore of 2.0 in summer 2023 but is not yet included in the Web of Science Core Edition. We therefore used data from the Scopus database to compare the citation impact of articles in VCS with that of 29 other ecological journals. By calculating normalized citation rates per journal and publication year, we found that VCS started at the bottom of the rankings in the first two years (28th out of 30) but improved to 26th in 2022 and 14th in 2023. Together with the known time lag and the strong positive relationships between the different citation metrics, this allows a projection of the future development of the CiteScores and, after inclusion in the Web of Science, the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). Using the Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) from the Scopus database, we identified the top 12 out of 95 VCS articles published in the first four years that received more citations than expected for their age and field. We also present the four Editors’ Choice papers of 2023, among which Strohbach and Strohbach (2023; Vegetation Classification and Survey 4: 241–284) received the Editors’ Award in 2023. We conclude that VCS is on the right track, supported by the fact that in 2024 most authors will still be charged no or very low article processing charges (APCs). |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29660 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Jansen, F., & Willner, W. (2024). Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.118454
Dengler, J. et al. (2024) ‘Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well’, Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, pp. 1–10. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.118454.
J. Dengler, I. Biurrun, F. Jansen, and W. Willner, “Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well,” Vegetation Classification and Survey, vol. 5, pp. 1–10, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.3897/VCS.118454.
DENGLER, Jürgen, Idoia BIURRUN, Florian JANSEN und Wolfgang WILLNER, 2024. Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well. Vegetation Classification and Survey. 19 Januar 2024. Bd. 5, S. 1–10. DOI 10.3897/VCS.118454
Dengler, Jürgen, Idoia Biurrun, Florian Jansen, and Wolfgang Willner. 2024. “Vegetation Classification and Survey Is Performing Well.” Vegetation Classification and Survey 5 (January): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.118454.
Dengler, Jürgen, et al. “Vegetation Classification and Survey Is Performing Well.” Vegetation Classification and Survey, vol. 5, Jan. 2024, pp. 1–10, https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.118454.
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