Agricultural and Food Science

Top Research Topics at Agricultural and Food Science?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Agronomy, Agriculture, Animal science, Food science and Horticulture. The research on Agronomy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Soil water and Nitrogen. The work on Agriculture tackled in it brings together disciplines like Production (economics), Agricultural economics and Agricultural science.

The main emphasis of it is the subject of Animal science, focusing on Silage.

• Agronomy (20.27%)
• Agriculture (13.49%)
• Animal science (13.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The effects of light-emitting diode lighting on greenhouse plant growth and quality (224 citations)
• From climate-smart agriculture to climate-smart landscapes (179 citations)
• Home gardens: a promising approach to enhance household food security and wellbeing (168 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Agricultural and Food Science:

The most cited articles primarily focus on research topics in Agronomy, Agriculture, Food security, Animal science and Botany. Aside from discussions in Agronomy, the journal publications also deal with the subject of Nutrient which intersects with Soil water disciplines. The most cited articles go beyond the discussion of Agriculture and connect it with closely related disciplines like

• Agricultural economics which intersects with area such as Production (economics),
• Agroforestry which intersects with area such as Climate change..

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

• Ecology
• Agriculture
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Agriculture, Food security, Agricultural economics, Agricultural science and Socioeconomics. The journal features works in Agriculture, more specifically Agricultural productivity, and explores their relation to disciplines like Tanzania. The Food security works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Descriptive statistics, Diversification (marketing strategy), Livelihood, Welfare and Developing country.

In addition to Agricultural economics research, Agricultural and Food Science aims to explore topics under Qualitative comparative analysis, Production (economics), Agricultural diversification and Mixed farming. Topics in Agricultural science were tackled in line with various other fields like Service delivery framework, Poultry farming and Scale (social sciences). The presented research on Socioeconomics deals specifically with Empowerment but it also addresses topics in Unpaid work, Kenya and Remittance.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Analyzing the contribution of crop diversification in improving household food security among wheat dominated rural households in Sinana District, Bale Zone, Ethiopia (4 citations)
• The nutritional use of millet grain for food and feed: a review (3 citations)
• Agricultural insurance access and acceptability: examining the case of smallholder farmers in Ghana (2 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Agricultural and Food Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Armi Kaila (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Maija-Liisa Salo (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Matti Näsi (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Pekka Huhtanen (28 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Agricultural and Food Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Helsinki (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Eastern Finland (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• International Livestock Research Institute (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Ghana (14 papers) published 3 papers 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, 23.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 55.00% 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.