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Agricultural & Environmental Letters
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Agricultural & Environmental Letters

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 173 27 41 13
Environmental Sciences 590 23 27 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 58
Documents by Best Scientists*: 64
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Agricultural & Environmental Letters?

The main points discussed in Agricultural & Environmental Letters deals with Agronomy, Environmental chemistry, Hydrology, Soil water and Soil science. It focuses on Agronomy research which is adjacent to topics in Yield (engineering).

  • Agronomy (21.60%)
  • Environmental chemistry (14.81%)
  • Hydrology (9.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Should Soil Testing Services Measure Soil Biological Activity (64 citations)
  • Linking Soil Phosphorus to Dissolved Phosphorus Losses in the Midwest (46 citations)
  • Ecosystem Services and Disservices Are Bundled in Simple and Diverse Cover Cropping Systems (42 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Agricultural & Environmental Letters:

The journal articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Agronomy, Soil health, Environmental chemistry, Cover crop and Agricultural economics. Most of the Agronomy studies addressed in the most cited publications also intersect with Livestock. The most cited papers with studies in Soil health featured incorporate elements of Soil type, Humus, Soil test and Soil conditioner.

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Agronomy, Environmental chemistry, Agricultural science, Biofuel crop and Agroforestry. It tackles research in various disciplines, including Agronomy and Residual. Agricultural & Environmental Letters explores Environmental chemistry to see how it intertwines with other fields like Cadmium and Arsenic.

The research on Agricultural science tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of China, Crop rotation and Japonica rice.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Rapid and inexpensive assessment of soil total iron using Nix Pro color sensor (1 citations)
  • Farmer perspectives on benefits of and barriers to extended crop rotations in Iowa, USA (1 citations)
  • Introduction to P-TRAP software for designing phosphorus removal structures (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 Agricultural & Environmental Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter J. A. Kleinman (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Alan J. Franzluebbers (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jerry L. Hatfield (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Aaron L.M. Daigh (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter L. O'Brien (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Agricultural & Environmental Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agricultural Research Service (49 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • North Carolina State University (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Arkansas (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • North Dakota State University (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 62.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.75% of all publications and 6.25% 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

  • Cover crops and weed suppression in the U.S. Midwest: A meta-analysis and modeling study

    Virginia Nichols;Rafael Martinez-Feria;David Weisberger;Sarah Carlson

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Soil health management practices and crop productivity

    Grace L. Miner;Grace L. Miner;Jorge A. Delgado;James A. Ippolito;Catherine E. Stewart

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Grazed perennial grasslands can match current beef production while contributing to climate mitigation and adaptation

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Addressing conservation practice limitations and trade‐offs for reducing phosphorus loss from agricultural fields

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Quantitative comparison of the storage protein distribution in glandless and glanded cottonseeds

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Farmer perspectives on benefits of and barriers to extended crop rotations in Iowa, USA

    David A. Weisberger;Marshall D. McDaniel;J. G. Arbuckle;Matt Liebman

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • FRST: A national soil testing database to improve fertility recommendations

    Sarah E. Lyons;Deanna L. Osmond;Nathan A. Slaton;John T. Spargo

    (2020)
    24 Citations

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