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African Journal of Agricultural Research
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African Journal of Agricultural Research

1991-637X

Published by: Academic Journals

https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 431 10 12 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 22
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at African Journal of Agricultural Research?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Agronomy, Horticulture, Agriculture, Botany and Crop. Randomized block design, Yield (wine), Sowing, Cultivar and Fertilizer are Agronomy topics of special interest in it. Germination, Shoot, Seedling and Dry weight are all subfields of Horticulture research that were featured in the journal.

Agriculture research presented in African Journal of Agricultural Research encompasses a variety of subjects, including Agroforestry, Production (economics), Agricultural economics and Agricultural science.

  • Agronomy (33.77%)
  • Horticulture (22.22%)
  • Agriculture (12.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Analysis of the factors affecting the instrument and machinery assets in enterprises that deal with agricultural production: The case of Erzurum Province (618 citations)
  • The Assistat Software Version 7.7 and its use in the analysis of experimental data (335 citations)
  • Production of bioethanol from sweet sorghum: A review (247 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at African Journal of Agricultural Research:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Agronomy, Horticulture, Agriculture, Botany and Irrigation. The journal articles focus on Horticulture as well as the interrelated topics of Salinity. Issues in Agriculture were discussed in the journal articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Productivity, Production (economics), Agroforestry and Agricultural economics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Horticulture, Agriculture, Agronomy, Crop and Sowing. As a part of African Journal of Agricultural Research, discussions in Horticulture involve topics like Cultivar, Germination, Seedling, Pepper and Dry weight. The journal focuses on Agriculture but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Descriptive statistics which is concerned with Agricultural science.

Some problems in Agronomy that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Soil pH, Phosphorus and Nutrient. The research on Nutrient tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Soil water and Soil test. The journal focuses on Sowing but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Weed control, Toxicology, Yield (wine) and Weed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Factors affecting the adoption of mobile applications by farmers: An empirical investigation (2 citations)
  • Phosphorus management issues for crop production: A review (1 citations)
  • Long-term spatial-temporal temperature characteristics of a pastoral ecosystem in Kajiado County, Kenya (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in African Journal of Agricultural Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Reginaldo Ferreira Santos (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Deonir Secco (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Samuel Nelson Melegari de Souza (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marconi Batista Teixeira (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva (14 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in African Journal of Agricultural Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • CGIAR (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ankara University (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tehran (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Multi environment and spatial analysis of early maturing sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes in dry lowland areas of Ethiopia

    Amare Seyoum;Amare Nega;Kedanemaryam Wagaw;Taye Tadesse

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Soil fertility status for potato production in the central highlands of Malawi

    Chandiona Munthali;Rintaro Kinoshita;Daigo Aiuchi;Jiwan Palta

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Effect of kernel type on hardness and interrelationship with endosperm chemical components of Malawian local maize (Zea mays L.) varieties during storage

    Ephantus Nguma;Daiki Murayama;Chandiona Munthali;Kazumitsu Onishi

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Importance and diversity of Mycorrhizae under plantain cultivation in the slash-and-burn and non-burn cropping systems in the forest region of Kisangani, Tshopo Province, D.R. Congo

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Lime requirements for bean production on two contrasting soils of Lake Victoria Crescent agro-ecological zone

    P. Kyomuhendo;M. M. Tenywa;O. Semalulu;A. Lenssen

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Limestone application effects on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield and grain iron and zinc concentration on a Ferralsol soil in Uganda

    Rosemary Bulyaba;Andrew W. Lenssen;Kenneth J. Moore;Onesmus Semalulu

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Soil moisture content and maize grain yield under conventional and conservation agriculture practices - results of short term field tests in Liselo, Namibia

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Response of pepper leaves epidermal cell under ozone stress to ascorbic acid treatment

    Abdulaziz A. Alsahli;Mohamed El-Zaidy;Abdullah R. Doaigey;Ahlam Al Watban

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Relative costs and benefits of implementing desiccant bead drying/hermetic storage and alternative drying and storage technologies for vegetable seeds in Kenya and Tanzania

    Richard O. Musebe;Daniel Karanja;Kent J. Bradford;Roger Day

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Effects of tractor forward velocity on soil compaction under different soil water contents in Tunisia

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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