Welcome to part 3 of our review of the most highly cited papers published by Methods in Ecology and Evolution in 2011. In case you missed them, here are part 1 and part 2 of this series. Population monitoring and management Meta-analysis of transmitter effects on avian behaviour and ecology Douglas G. Barron, Jeffrey D. Brawn and Patrick J. Weatherhead The effects of geolocator drag … Continue reading 2011 top cited papers – part 3
How safe is mist netting? Evaluating the risk of injury and mortality to birds remains our most highly accessed article for the second month in a row – just managing to stay ahead of RNCEP: global weather and climate data at your fingertips, which has been receiving fantastic interest since we published it in July of this year. This open source package, written in R, is intended to help … Continue reading Top papers for August
Welcome back for the final part of our look at the most highly cited papers published by Methods in Ecology and Evolution so far, as recorded by ISI. (Don’t forget to look back at the first two parts, if you missed them previously!) Population monitoring Meta-analysis of transmitter effects on avian behaviour and ecology Douglas G. Barron, Jeffrey D. Brawn and Patrick J. Weatherhead Making overall … Continue reading Top cited papers – part 3
Open access research papers, freely available applications, and papers supported by podcasts continued to be our most popular publications for June. Open papers How safe is mist netting? Evaluating the risk of injury and mortality to birds, by Spotswood et al., and A simple method for in situ-labelling with 15N and 13C of grassland plant species by foliar brushing, by Putz et al., both received a lot of downloads, with How … Continue reading Top papers for June
Although regular readers may find April’s most frequently accessed papers quite familiar, there are several interesting changes. The one to watch for April was Factors and mechanisms explaining spatial heterogeneity: a review of methods for insect populations, by Vinatier et al., which nearly quadrupled in popularity to become the month’s second most accessed paper. It’s currently available to download for free, so do take advantage! … Continue reading Top papers for April
March may be a distant memory to some, but at the Methods in Ecology and Evolution office it’s very much on our minds as we’ve just received the March update to our top papers. Freya Harrison’s review article on getting started with meta-analysis remains our most downloaded paper (and you can listen to a podcast on getting started with meta-analysis if you’re pushed for time!), … Continue reading Top papers for March
We’ve just been given the latest stats on our top downloaded articles for February, which make for some interesting reading. As you will (hopefully!) already know, Methods in Ecology and Evolution switched from being free for all to opt-in only at the start of this year, and we’ve seen some dramatic changes in download patterns since the switchover. Our Application papers have been heavily downloaded … Continue reading Top papers for February
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