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Periodical citations in aquatic entomology and freshwater benthic biology
Author(s) -
RESH VINCENT H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
freshwater biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2427
pISSN - 0046-5070
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1985.tb00247.x
Subject(s) - limnology , benthic zone , aquatic science , bionomics , entomology , ecology , biology , systematic entomology , citation , aquatic ecosystem , library science , larva , biochemistry , cladistics , gene , computer science , phylogenetic tree
SUMMARY.1 Periodicals cited and frequency of periodical citation were examined for two aquatic entomology textbooks published in 1984 ( The Ecology of Aquatic Insects , Resh & Rosenberg, eds.; An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America , Merritt & Cummins, eds.) and a bibliography of freshwater benthic biology [published by the North American Benthological Society (NABS) in 1984]. These results were then compared with periodicals cited in Wetzel's (1983) Limnology textbook and with analyses of literature citations in limnology and entomology. 2 In the aquatic entomology and benthic biology sources, eighteen‐twenty journals each contained ≥1% of total citations and fourteen‐twenty‐eight journals (3.3–5.3% of all journals cited) contained 50% of total citations; however, over one‐half (51.7–57.8%) of the journals contained only a single citation. 3 In the limnology sources examined, thirteen‐seventeen journals contained ≥1% of total citations, twenty‐four‐fifty‐nine journals (4.3–17.8% of all journals cited) contained 50% of total citations, and 54.5–58.5% of the journals contained a single citation. 4 Core lists of journals (≥1% of total citations) in Resh & Rosenberg and NABS closely agreed with core lists used for Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts.5 Based on analysis of 1684 papers published in seven journals from 1975 to 1984, 48% of papers published on aquatic entomology and freshwater benthic biology topics dealt with descriptive studies of macroinvertebrate life histories of bionomics.