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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Marine and fisheries research Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies South African History and Culture
ISSN0035-919X
Citation impact (2-yr)0.85
h-index58
i10-index562
Total citations19,945
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Cape Town
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa per year

40
2014
40
2015
33
2016
33
2017
22
2018
49
2019
26
2020
33
2021
27
2022
20
2023
26
2024
20
2025

Citation impact of Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa by publication year

471
2014
585
2015
532
2016
308
2017
213
2018
390
2019
218
2020
409
2021
115
2022
74
2023
29
2024
20
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology: The Legacy of Charles Elton

Timm Hoffman · 1 Nov 2012

Invasive alien organisms pose a serious threat to the biodiversity and functioning of many marine and terrestrial environments in the world. British ecologist Charles Elton realised this and wrote about it more than 50 years ago in a classic book entitled The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants. What has happened since Elton's 1958…

THE OKAVANGO DELTA

T. S. McCarthy, W.N. Ellery · 1 Jan 1998

SUMMARY The Okavango Delta is a large, low gradient (ca. 1:3400), alluvial fan situated in a graben structure which is an extension of the East African Rift system. The catchment is situated in sub-tropical central Angola (rainfall ca. 1000 mm/a), and is underlain by Kalahari sand. Okavango River water therefore has a very low dissolved…

“Wilding the farm or farming the wild”? The evolution of scientific game ranching in South Africa from the 1960s to the present

Jane Carruthers FRSSAf · 1 Oct 2008

This article analyses in some detail the scientific developments relating to extensive game ranching for meat production in South Africa from the 1960s onwards. Initially it recalls how game was utilised in South Africa in the nineteenth century and then reflects on the rise of the modern livestock industry and its detrimental effect on the…

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa use?
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 12 (3): 45–58.
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