Sainte-Marie, B. 2010. THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF THE JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY - A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY. JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY 30 (4): 541-549

[Eugene Garfield]

Sainte-Marie, B. 2010. THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF THE JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN 
BIOLOGY - A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY. JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY 30 (4): 
541-549.

Author Full Name(s): Sainte-Marie, Bernard
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: bibliometric analysis; citations; impact factor; journal history
KeyWords Plus: TAXONOMIC INFLATION; CARIDEAN SHRIMPS; IMPACT FACTOR; 
DECAPODA; CRAYFISH; HISTORY; OCYPODIDAE; COMPETITION; FREQUENCY; 
BRACHYURA

Abstract: This review examines some of the characteristics and highlights some 
notable articles of the Journal of Crustacean Biology (JCB) in its first 30 years 
of existence. A total of 2052 articles appeared in JCB from the first issue in 
February 1981 to the end of 2009. The number of articles by volume increased 
from 50 in 1981 to 93 in 2002 and then declined to around 70. From 1981 to 
2009, article size varied around a mean of 11 pages (pre-2005 format) but 
mean number of authors and references by article increased by a factor of 1.87 
and 2.20, respectively. JCB content is predominated numerically by taxonomy 
and systematics (36% of all articles), but other research areas (anatomy, 
physiology, development, growth-reproduction, life history, behavior, ecology, 
conservation) were also represented from the outset. JCB's 2-year impact 
factor increased significantly from 1991 to 2009. Longer-term impact of JCB is 
evident in the fact that almost half of all JCB articles were cited in 2009 and 
that the mean age of those cited articles was only slightly less than the mean 
age of all JCB articles (12.6 vs 13.3 years). However, citations to JCB differ 
widely across research areas, with articles in taxonomy cited on average at 
less than half the rate of articles in the areas of ecology or conservation. The 
most cited JCB articles by combination of research area and decade of 
publication deal primarily with higher crustaceans (malacostracans) and are 
reviews or original research articles with cross-disciplinary appeal.

Addresses: Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Maurice Lamontagne Inst, Mont Joli, PQ 
G5H 3Z4, Canada

Reprint Address: Sainte-Marie, B, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Maurice 
Lamontagne Inst, Mont Joli, PQ G5H 3Z4, Canada.

E-mail Address: Bernard.Sainte-Marie at dfo-mpo.gc.ca
ISSN: 0278-0372
DOI: 10.1651/10-3363.1
URL (not open access): http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1651/10-3363.1