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Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
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Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

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Published by: Missouri Botanical Garden Press

https://annals.mobot.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 397 9 11 4
Ecology and Evolution 668 10 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 20
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.346
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden?

The topics of Botany, Ecology, Taxonomy (biology), Genus and Zoology are the focal point of discussions in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It focuses on different Botany studies like Taxon, Pollen, Herbarium, Pollination and Inflorescence. The Pollination study tackling the subject of Pollinator is the focus of the journal.

More specifically, the research on Ecology in it is related to Flora. The research on Flora discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Panama. The study on Taxonomy (biology) presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Geographic distribution.

  • Botany (50.15%)
  • Ecology (23.31%)
  • Taxonomy (biology) (16.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene rbcL. (1747 citations)
  • The {ITS} region of nuclear ribosomal {DNA}: {A} valuable source of evidence on angiosperm phylogeny (1541 citations)
  • Changes in plant community diversity and floristic composition on environmental and geographical gradients (1326 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden:

The most cited publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Botany, Ecology, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary biology and Paleontology. The published papers explore research in Botany alongside concepts in Monophyly and other areas of study in Paraphyly. Phylogenetic tree and Ribosomal DNA are some topics wherein Evolutionary biology research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Botany, Genus, Taxonomy (biology), Taxon and Key (lock). The Botany works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Salsoloideae and Phylogenetic tree. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Genus, it also covered topics in Nomenclature, Gentianaceae, Life history theory, Taxonomic rank and Habit (biology).

Amaranthaceae and Subfamily are some topics wherein Taxonomy (biology) research discussed in it have an impact. The journal explores issues in Taxon which can be linked to other research areas like Calyx, Stamen, Type (biology), Inflorescence and Trichome. The overlapping concepts between Identification (biology) and Verbenaceae, Tribe (biology), Citharexylum, Poeae and Agrostis are the key highlights of Key (lock) study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Chromosome Numbers and Ploidy Levels of Some Paniceae and Paspaleae Species (Poaceae, Panicoideae) (1 citations)
  • The Neotropical Croton sect. Geiseleria (Euphorbiaceae): Classification Update, Phylogenetic Framework, and Seven New Species from South America (1 citations)
  • Insights into the Taxonomy of Citharexylum (Verbenaceae): A Revision of the South American Taxa (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 Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert E. Woodson (129 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert W. Schery (103 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Goldblatt (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alwyn H. Gentry (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edgar Anderson (40 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 the Missouri Botanical Garden (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Missouri Botanical Garden (51 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Royal Botanic Gardens (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (8 papers) published 2 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, 14.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 25.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • A Synopsis of the Genus Stipa (Poaceae) in Middle Asia, Including a Key to Species Identification, an Annotated Checklist, and Phytogeographic Analyses

    Marcin Nobis;Marcin Nobis;Polina D. Gudkova;Polina D. Gudkova;Arkadiusz Nowak;Arkadiusz Nowak;Jakub Sawicki

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Natural Enemies and the Maintenance of Tropical Tree Diversity: Recent Insights and Implications for the Future of Biodiversity in a Changing World

    Liza S. Comita;Liza S. Comita;Simon M. Stump

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • New and Repeating Tipping Points: The Interplay of Fire, Climate Change, and Deforestation in Neotropical Ecosystems

    Mark B. Bush

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • A Continuum of Conspicuousness, Floral Signals, and Pollination Systems in Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae): Evidence of Ambophily and Entomophily in a Mostly Anemophilous Family

    Ana Carolina Galindo da Costa;William Wayt Thomas;Artur Campos D. Maia;Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Chromosome Numbers and Ploidy Levels of Some Paniceae and Paspaleae Species (Poaceae, Panicoideae)

    Ana Isabel Honfi;Osvaldo Morrone;Fernando Omar Zuloaga

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Cnidochloa: A New Genus of Grasses from Brazil (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae)

    Fernando O. Zuloaga;Sandra S. Aliscioni;M. Amalia Scataglini

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Poa (Poaceae) of Colombia: A Taxonomic Revision

    Steven P. Sylvester;Steven P. Sylvester;Robert J. Soreng;William J. Bravo-Pedraza;Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Molecular Phylogeny of Axonopus (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paspaleae): Monophyly, Synapomorphies, and Taxonomic Implications for Infrageneric Classification and Species Complexes

    Carolina Delfini;Carolina Delfini;Juan M. Acosta;Vinicius Castro Souza;Fernando O. Zuloaga

    (2020)
    2 Citations

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