Class information for:
Level 1: HYRAX MIDDEN//ARID ENVIRONM SYST GRP//ROCK HYRAX MIDDENS

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
14901 743 50.4 40%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
4 4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES//GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY//METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 1766162
31 3       GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL//GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY//HOLOCENE 107938
1719 2             GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL//HOLOCENE//PALEOECOL PALINOL 6641
14901 1                   HYRAX MIDDEN//ARID ENVIRONM SYST GRP//ROCK HYRAX MIDDENS 743

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 HYRAX MIDDEN authKW 211349 1% 86% 6
2 ARID ENVIRONM SYST GRP address 164384 1% 100% 4
3 ROCK HYRAX MIDDENS authKW 164384 1% 100% 4
4 SHEFFIELD INT DRYLANDS address 159493 3% 20% 19
5 KALAHARI DESERT authKW 138688 1% 38% 9
6 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY journal 125410 6% 7% 44
7 LESOTHO HIGHLANDS authKW 123288 0% 100% 3
8 MARINE GEOSCI UNIT address 120857 1% 29% 10
9 ARCHAEOL HIST CULTURE RELIG address 115626 1% 26% 11
10 DRAKENSBERG authKW 103579 1% 23% 11

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Geography, Physical 47082 42% 0% 314
2 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary 19434 59% 0% 438
3 Geology 7357 14% 0% 104
4 Paleontology 5717 12% 0% 89
5 Archaeology 1042 4% 0% 31
6 Geography 264 3% 0% 22
7 Oceanography 206 4% 0% 31
8 Water Resources 161 5% 0% 34
9 Multidisciplinary Sciences 155 3% 0% 20
10 Soil Science 145 3% 0% 22

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 ARID ENVIRONM SYST GRP 164384 1% 100% 4
2 SHEFFIELD INT DRYLANDS 159493 3% 20% 19
3 MARINE GEOSCI UNIT 120857 1% 29% 10
4 ARCHAEOL HIST CULTURE RELIG 115626 1% 26% 11
5 ENVIRONM GEOG SCI 100587 5% 7% 34
6 QUATERNARY DATING UNIT 97402 1% 30% 8
7 JOINT COUNCIL GEOSCI 65749 1% 40% 4
8 DISCIPLINE GEOL SCI 59771 1% 36% 4
9 ENVIRONM GEOGR H SCI 54793 0% 67% 2
10 PALEOENVIRONM PALEOCLIMATS PAL 54793 0% 67% 2

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 125410 6% 7% 44
2 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 94846 12% 3% 86
3 PALAEOECOLOGY OF AFRICA 51006 1% 21% 6
4 SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL 21051 1% 6% 9
5 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA 20193 1% 4% 11
6 AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW 16022 1% 5% 8
7 QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 14996 6% 1% 44
8 PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 12850 7% 1% 49
9 QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 12575 5% 1% 38
10 SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN 11871 1% 3% 9

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 HYRAX MIDDEN 211349 1% 86% 6 Search HYRAX+MIDDEN Search HYRAX+MIDDEN
2 ROCK HYRAX MIDDENS 164384 1% 100% 4 Search ROCK+HYRAX+MIDDENS Search ROCK+HYRAX+MIDDENS
3 KALAHARI DESERT 138688 1% 38% 9 Search KALAHARI+DESERT Search KALAHARI+DESERT
4 LESOTHO HIGHLANDS 123288 0% 100% 3 Search LESOTHO+HIGHLANDS Search LESOTHO+HIGHLANDS
5 DRAKENSBERG 103579 1% 23% 11 Search DRAKENSBERG Search DRAKENSBERG
6 AEOLIAN DEFLATION 92465 0% 75% 3 Search AEOLIAN+DEFLATION Search AEOLIAN+DEFLATION
7 OKAVANGO RIFT ZONE 92465 0% 75% 3 Search OKAVANGO+RIFT+ZONE Search OKAVANGO+RIFT+ZONE
8 AFRICAN SURFACE 82192 0% 100% 2 Search AFRICAN+SURFACE Search AFRICAN+SURFACE
9 CLAY DUNE 82192 0% 100% 2 Search CLAY+DUNE Search CLAY+DUNE
10 INTERDUNE DEPOSITS 82192 0% 100% 2 Search INTERDUNE+DEPOSITS Search INTERDUNE+DEPOSITS

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 CHASE, BM , MEADOWS, ME , (2007) LATE QUATERNARY DYNAMICS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA'S WINTER RAINFALL ZONE.EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS. VOL. 84. ISSUE 3-4. P. 103-138 66 63% 186
2 LIM, S , CHASE, BM , CHEVALIER, M , REIMER, PJ , (2016) 50,000 YEARS OF VEGETATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SOUTHERN NAMIB DESERT, PELLA, SOUTH AFRICA.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY. VOL. 451. ISSUE . P. 197 -209 50 70% 3
3 ZHAO, XQ , DUPONT, L , SCHEFUSS, E , MEADOWS, ME , HAHN, A , WEFER, G , (2016) HOLOCENE VEGETATION AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN THE WINTER AND SUMMER RAINFALL ZONES OF SOUTH AFRICA.HOLOCENE. VOL. 26. ISSUE 6. P. 843 -857 48 83% 0
4 RIEDEL, F , HENDERSON, ACG , HEUSSNER, KU , KAUFMANN, G , KOSSLER, A , LEIPE, C , SHEMANG, E , TAFT, L , (2014) DYNAMICS OF A KALAHARI LONG-LIVED MEGA-LAKE SYSTEM: HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL AND LIMNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE MAKGADIKGADI BASIN (BOTSWANA) DURING THE TERMINAL 50 KA.HYDROBIOLOGIA. VOL. 739. ISSUE 1. P. 25 -53 60 63% 2
5 HAHN, A , COMPTON, JS , MEYER-JACOB, C , KIRSTEN, KL , LUCASSSEN, F , MAYO, MP , SCHEFUSS, E , ZABEL, M , (2016) HOLOCENE PALEO-CLIMATIC RECORD FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAMAQUALAND MUDBELT: A SOURCE TO SINK APPROACH.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL. VOL. 404. ISSUE . P. 121 -135 53 54% 0
6 SCOTT, L , NEUMANN, FH , BROOK, GA , BOUSMAN, CB , NORSTROM, E , METWALLY, AA , (2012) TERRESTRIAL FOSSIL-POLLEN EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LAST 26 THOUSAND YEARS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. VOL. 32. ISSUE . P. 100 -118 41 65% 35
7 CHEVALIER, M , CHASE, BM , (2016) DETERMINING THE DRIVERS OF LONG-TERM ARIDITY VARIABILITY: A SOUTHERN AFRICAN CASE STUDY.JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. VOL. 31. ISSUE 2. P. 143 -151 36 55% 3
8 THOMAS, DSG , BURROUGH, SL , (2016) LUMINESCENCE-BASED DUNE CHRONOLOGIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DUNE DATABASE RECORDS ACROSS THE SUBCONTINENT.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL. VOL. 410. ISSUE . P. 30 -45 34 52% 5
9 STONE, AEC , THOMAS, DSG , (2013) CASTING NEW LIGHT ON LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL AND PALAEOHYDROLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE NAMIB DESERT: A REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE IN THE REGION.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS. VOL. 93. ISSUE . P. 40 -58 58 42% 5
10 FITCHETT, JM , GRAB, SW , BAMFORD, MK , MACKAY, AW , (2016) A MULTI-PROXY ANALYSIS OF LATE QUATERNARY PALAEOENVIRONMENTS, SEKHOKONG RANGE, EASTERN LESOTHO.JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. VOL. 31. ISSUE 7. P. 788 -798 37 59% 0

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 20914 OKAVANGO DELTA//OKAVANGO//HARRY OPPENHEIMER OKAVANGO
2 10466 AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD//LIMNOL UNIT//MARINE PALYNOLOGY
3 5023 MIDDLE STONE AGE//HOWIESONS POORT//STILL BAY
4 18683 AIZOACEAE//SUCCULENT KAROO//RUSCHIOIDEAE
5 3342 AEOLIAN//AEOLIAN SAND TRANSPORT//AEOLIAN TRANSPORT
6 9480 AZANIA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA//SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN//JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
7 26945 SLACKWATER DEPOSITS//PALAEOFLOODS//PALAEOFLOOD HYDROLOGY
8 27706 GRASSLAND BIOME//BRAUN BLANQUET//BRAUN BLANQUET CLASSIFICATION
9 17815 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY//SOR RONDANE MOUNTAINS//DRONNING MAUD LAND
10 29691 BEACHROCK//DELTA STUDIES//INTERTIDAL LITHIFICATION

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