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Agriculture and Human Values
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Agriculture and Human Values

0889-048X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10460

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 357 9 8 5
Environmental Sciences 536 13 15 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 82
Documents by Best Scientists*: 79
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 99
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.076
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Agriculture and Human Values?

Agriculture and Human Values tackles a plethora of topics, such as Agriculture, History general, Economic growth, Food systems and Sustainable development. The studies in Agriculture featured incorporate elements of Economy, Marketing, Natural resource economics and Agricultural economics. Topics in History general were tackled in line with various other fields like Environmental ethics, Economic history and Social science.

While the journal focused on Economic growth, it was also able to explore topics like Livelihood, Public relations, Sustainability, Food security and Politics. It investigates Politics research which frequently intersects with Political economy. The in-depth study on Food systems also explores topics in the intersecting field of Food sovereignty.

The Sustainable development works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Environmental sociology and Development studies. Many of the studies tackled connect Environmental sociology with a similar field of study like 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Interdisciplinary research on topics like 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are the foci of Agriculture and Human Values.

  • Agriculture (33.39%)
  • History general (32.59%)
  • Economic growth (25.62%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Re-embedding global agriculture: The international organic and fair trade movements (471 citations)
  • Coming in to the foodshed (470 citations)
  • Culturing community development, neighborhood open space, and civic agriculture: The case of Latino community gardens in New York City (362 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Agriculture and Human Values:

The published papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Economic growth, Agriculture, Food systems, Sustainability and Marketing. Social movement, Food security, Public relations and Urban agriculture are some topics wherein Economic growth research discussed in the journal publications has an impact. In addition to Agriculture research, the journal publications aim to explore topics under Environmental ethics, History general and Agricultural economics.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Agriculture and Human Values are Development studies, Environmental sociology, Sustainable development, Agriculture and Food systems. The journal encompasses Development studies studies in the context of Economic growth as a whole. The Environmental sociology research discussed in the journal can contribute to the expansion of the discourse in closely related subjects like

  • Political economy and related Agrarian society,
  • Economic Justice which intersects with area such as Politics..

Sustainable development research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Livelihood, Agricultural economics, Environmental planning and Sustainable agriculture, Sustainability. The research on Agriculture tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Agroforestry and Psychological resilience. Agriculture and Human Values explores topics in Food systems which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Food sovereignty, Food processing and Social movement.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Food system perspective on fisheries and aquaculture development in Asia (13 citations)
  • Understanding the public attitudinal acceptance of digital farming technologies: a nationwide survey in Germany (8 citations)
  • Digitalization and the third food regime. (6 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 Agriculture and Human Values (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Amitrajeet A. Batabyal (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul M. Thompson (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alessandro Bonanno (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Laura B. DeLind (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Douglas H. Constance (10 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 Agriculture and Human Values (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michigan State University (64 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (47 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cornell University (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 8.89% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.82% of all publications and 55.28% 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

  • Agroecology and the emergence of a post COVID-19 agriculture.

    Miguel A. Altieri;Clara Ines Nicholls

    (2020)
    111 Citations
  • The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean.

    Linda S. Prokopy;Benjamin M. Gramig;Alisha Bower;Sarah P. Church

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Food system perspective on fisheries and aquaculture development in Asia

    Xavier Tezzo;Xavier Tezzo;Simon R. Bush;Peter Oosterveer;Ben Belton;Ben Belton

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Framing of sustainable agricultural practices by the farming press and its effect on adoption

    Niki A. Rust;Rebecca M. Jarvis;Mark S. Reed;Julia Cooper

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Do food donation tax credits for farmers address food loss/waste and food insecurity? A case study from Ontario.

    Lesia Kinach;Kate Parizeau;Evan D. G. Fraser

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Managing for the middle: rancher care ethics under uncertainty on Western Great Plains rangelands

    Hailey Wilmer;María E. Fernández-Giménez;Shayan Ghajar;Peter Leigh Taylor

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • New opportunities for the redesign of agricultural and food systems.

    Jules Pretty

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Effects of development interventions on biocultural diversity: a case study from the Pamir Mountains

    L. Jamila Haider;Wiebren J. Boonstra;Anzurat Akobirshoeva;Maja Schlüter

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Ecological regulation for healthy and sustainable food systems: responding to the global rise of ultra-processed foods

    (2023)
    23 Citations

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