Class information for:
Level 1: INQUIRY CYCLE//ALTERNATE HYPOTHESES//ANALOG INFORMATION

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
26900 242 50.6 26%



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
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
466 3       HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//ANNALS OF SCIENCE//ISIS 24377
1910 2             JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY//HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES 5890
26900 1                   INQUIRY CYCLE//ALTERNATE HYPOTHESES//ANALOG INFORMATION 242

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 INQUIRY CYCLE authKW 168237 1% 67% 2
2 ALTERNATE HYPOTHESES authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
3 ANALOG INFORMATION authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
4 APPLIED INQUIRY CYCLE authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
5 AVIAN SCIENCE authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
6 BIRD STUDY authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
7 CLUTCH SIZE EQUATION authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
8 DESIGN OF FIELD RESEARCH authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
9 ECOLOGICAL GENERALIZATIONS authKW 126179 0% 100% 1
10 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON CLUTCH SIZE authKW 126179 0% 100% 1

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 History & Philosophy of Science 3726 14% 0% 33
2 Ecology 2924 39% 0% 95
3 Biology 958 18% 0% 44
4 Philosophy 261 5% 0% 13
5 Evolutionary Biology 247 7% 0% 17
6 Ornithology 225 3% 0% 8
7 Biodiversity Conservation 156 4% 0% 10
8 Psychology, Biological 144 3% 0% 7
9 Mathematical & Computational Biology 106 4% 0% 10
10 Zoology 65 6% 0% 15

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 HERBARIO CETAV 126179 0% 100% 1
2 MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES IMEDEA 31543 0% 25% 1
3 OREGON FISH WILDLIFE OFF 31543 0% 25% 1
4 NEVADA STATE OFF 21028 0% 17% 1
5 COOPERAT ENVIRONM RISK ASSESSMENT REMED 18024 0% 14% 1
6 DEAKIN INTEGRAT ECOL 18024 0% 14% 1
7 LATIN AMER CARIBBEAN PROGRAM 12616 0% 10% 1
8 ENDANGERED NONGAME SPECIES PROGRAM 4851 0% 4% 1
9 SURVEY OFF 4204 0% 3% 1
10 PHILOSOPHY PUBL POLICY 4068 0% 3% 1

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 NEW YORK FISH AND GAME JOURNAL 57488 2% 8% 6
2 JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY 17665 4% 2% 9
3 OIKOS 15645 12% 0% 29
4 ZHURNAL OBSHCHEI BIOLOGII 8996 5% 1% 11
5 BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY 6933 3% 1% 7
6 ACTA BIOTHEORETICA 6085 2% 1% 6
7 SCIENCE DIGEST 5484 0% 4% 1
8 SYNTHESE 5046 5% 0% 12
9 QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 3220 1% 1% 3
10 RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA-BIOLOGY FORUM 2967 1% 1% 3

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 INQUIRY CYCLE 168237 1% 67% 2 Search INQUIRY+CYCLE Search INQUIRY+CYCLE
2 ALTERNATE HYPOTHESES 126179 0% 100% 1 Search ALTERNATE+HYPOTHESES Search ALTERNATE+HYPOTHESES
3 ANALOG INFORMATION 126179 0% 100% 1 Search ANALOG+INFORMATION Search ANALOG+INFORMATION
4 APPLIED INQUIRY CYCLE 126179 0% 100% 1 Search APPLIED+INQUIRY+CYCLE Search APPLIED+INQUIRY+CYCLE
5 AVIAN SCIENCE 126179 0% 100% 1 Search AVIAN+SCIENCE Search AVIAN+SCIENCE
6 BIRD STUDY 126179 0% 100% 1 Search BIRD+STUDY Search BIRD+STUDY
7 CLUTCH SIZE EQUATION 126179 0% 100% 1 Search CLUTCH+SIZE+EQUATION Search CLUTCH+SIZE+EQUATION
8 DESIGN OF FIELD RESEARCH 126179 0% 100% 1 Search DESIGN+OF+FIELD+RESEARCH Search DESIGN+OF+FIELD+RESEARCH
9 ECOLOGICAL GENERALIZATIONS 126179 0% 100% 1 Search ECOLOGICAL+GENERALIZATIONS Search ECOLOGICAL+GENERALIZATIONS
10 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON CLUTCH SIZE 126179 0% 100% 1 Search ENVIRONMENTAL+EFFECTS+ON+CLUTCH+SIZE Search ENVIRONMENTAL+EFFECTS+ON+CLUTCH+SIZE

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 MURRAY, BG , (2001) ARE ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES SCIENTIFIC?.BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS. VOL. 76. ISSUE 2. P. 255 -289 28 32% 24
2 MURRAY, BG , (1999) IS THEORETICAL ECOLOGY A SCIENCE? A REPLY TO TURCHIN (1999).OIKOS. VOL. 87. ISSUE 3. P. 594-600 11 65% 8
3 MURRAY, BG , (2000) UNIVERSAL LAWS AND PREDICTIVE THEORY IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.OIKOS. VOL. 89. ISSUE 2. P. 403-408 10 53% 24
4 CARMEL, Y , KENT, R , BAR-MASSADA, A , BLANK, L , LIBERZON, J , NEZER, O , SAPIR, G , FEDERMAN, R , (2013) TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH DURING THE LAST THREE DECADES - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.PLOS ONE. VOL. 8. ISSUE 4. P. - 6 50% 11
5 MURRAY, BG , NOLAN, V , (2007) A MORE INFORMATIVE METHOD FOR ANALYZING REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS.JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY. VOL. 78. ISSUE 4. P. 401-406 5 71% 5
6 MURRAY, BG , (1992) THE EVOLUTION OF CLUTCH SIZE - A REPLY.EVOLUTION. VOL. 46. ISSUE 5. P. 1581-1584 8 73% 1
7 LLAMBI, LD , (1998) AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEBATE IN ECOLOGY: POPPER AND THE HYPOTHESIS TEST.INTERCIENCIA. VOL. 23. ISSUE 5. P. 286 -+ 7 64% 1
8 MCINTOSH, RP , (2009) THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST: THE LIFE HISTORY OF A JOURNAL.AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST. VOL. 161. ISSUE 1. P. 13-44 3 100% 2
9 WEINER, J , (1999) ON SELF-CRITICISM IN ECOLOGY.OIKOS. VOL. 85. ISSUE 2. P. 373-374 4 100% 4
10 CREUTZBURG, BR , HAWKINS, CP , (2008) WHAT DO J-NABS PAPERS TELL US ABOUT THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE IN FRESHWATER BENTHIC SCIENCE?.JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. VOL. 27. ISSUE 3. P. 593-604 7 41% 5

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 34194 DNEPRODZERZHINSK//DYNAMICS OF DIVERSITY//ECOLOGICAL STANDARDIZATION
2 15906 COCCOBIUS FULVUS//APHYTIS YANONENSIS//UNASPIS YANONENSIS
3 28656 WILDLIFE EDUCATION//WILDLIFE CAREERS//WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN
4 22963 EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS//ERNST MAYR//JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY
5 18033 SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATION//PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//SCIENTIFIC MODELS
6 9269 ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY//NESTEDNESS//SMALL ISLAND EFFECT
7 29828 BERTALANFFYS GROWTH CURVE//DROOP QUOTA MODEL//FLOERKEA PROSERPINACOIDES
8 35623 DRYLAND AGR LAND USE SYST//ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS A CUNN EX BENTH//AGGREGATED KNOWLEDGE
9 34124 IDAHO FISH WILDLIFE COOPERAT UNIT//PACKERY CHANNEL//BIO ERS PROGRAMS ITIS
10 24538 DAISYWORLD//GAIA THEORY//GAIA HYPOTHESIS

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