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Annals of Applied Biology
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Annals of Applied Biology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 118 70 77 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 132
Documents by Best Scientists*: 132
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 99
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.558
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annals of Applied Biology?

The foci of Annals of Applied Biology are Botany, Agronomy, Horticulture, Cultivar and Inoculation. Discussions in Annals of Applied Biology are anchored in the subject of Botany and the similar topic of Virus. It encompasses presentations on Agronomy, specifically Crop, Sowing, Fungicide, Poaceae and Yield (wine).

Inoculation research discussed connects with the study of Virology.

  • Botany (40.34%)
  • Agronomy (33.14%)
  • Horticulture (23.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • THE TOXICITY OF POISONS APPLIED JOINTLY1 (1526 citations)
  • AN AUTOMATIC VOLUMETRIC SPORE TRAP (1322 citations)
  • A uniform decimal code for growth stages of crops and weeds (1261 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annals of Applied Biology:

The journal publications cover a variety of subjects, including Botany, Agronomy, Horticulture, Virus and Virology. The studies on Botany discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Inoculation and Host (biology). Topics like Crop, Cultivar, Aphid, Sowing and Poaceae are tackled as part of the discussions on Agronomy in the published articles.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Horticulture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Horticulture, Botany, Agronomy, Ecology and Phenology. In it, Resistance (ecology) and Genotype are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Horticulture research. The Botany study tackling the subject of Photosynthesis is the focus of Annals of Applied Biology.

Crop is a primary topic of Agronomy research in Annals of Applied Biology. The studies on Ecology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of PEST analysis and Diversity (politics). It explores themes in Phenology like BBCH-scale and links them with other fields of study like Heating energy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Linking abiotic stress, plant metabolites, biostimulants and functional food (12 citations)
  • Polyamines as key regulatory players in plants under metal stress – a way for an enhanced tolerance (6 citations)
  • Soil seedbank: Old methods for new challenges in agroecology? (5 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 Annals of Applied Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • R. L. Wain (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roger A. C. Jones (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A. G. Whitehead (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • G. A. Hide (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • B. Kassanis (33 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 Annals of Applied Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • The Hertz Corporation (880 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Warwick (367 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Imperial College London (279 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Scottish Crop Research Institute (259 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aberystwyth University (205 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, 6.93% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 2.13% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.21% of all publications and 73.40% 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

  • Polyamines as key regulatory players in plants under metal stress – a way for an enhanced tolerance

    Sofia Spormann;Cristiano Soares;Jorge Teixeira;Fernanda Fidalgo

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Putative new plant viruses associated with Plasmopara viticola‐infected grapevine samples

    Marco Chiapello;Julio Rodríguez‐Romero;Luca Nerva;Marco Forgia

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Foliar application of wood distillate boosts plant yield and nutritional parameters of chickpea

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Vertical farming systems bring new considerations for pest and disease Management

    Joe M. Roberts;Joe M. Roberts;Toby J. A. Bruce;James M. Monaghan;Tom W. Pope

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • The sweet side of misbalanced nutrients in cadmium-stressed plants

    Marcia E. A. Carvalho;Paulo R. C. Castro;Marcin Kozak;Ricardo A. Azevedo

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Relationship between onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) and Stemphylium vesicarium in the development of Stemphylium leaf blight in onion

    Ashley Leach;Frank Hay;Riley Harding;Kellie C. Damann

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Integrating univariate and multivariate statistical models to investigate genotype × environment interaction in durum wheat

    Reza Mohammadi;Behzad Sadeghzadeh;Mohammad Mehdi Poursiahbidi;Malak Masoud Ahmadi

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Plant architectural responses in simultaneous maize/soybean strip intercropping do not lead to a yield advantage

    Shuangwei Li;Shuangwei Li;Jochem B. Evers;Wopke van der Werf;Ruili Wang

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Augmented descriptions of growth and development stages of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) grown from different types of planting material

    Olivia Cynthia Kacheyo;Luuk Christiaan Maria van Dijk;Michiel Erik de Vries;Paul Christiaan Struik

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Resistance in melon to Monosporascus cannonballus and M. eutypoides; fungal pathogens associated with Monosporascus root rot and vine decline

    Gabriel Castro;Gorka Perpiñá;Cristina Esteras;Josep Armengol

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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