Class information for: |
Basic class information |
| Class id | #P | Avg. number of references |
Database coverage of references |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14901 | 743 | 50.4 | 40% |
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 |