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Australasian Plant Pathology
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Australasian Plant Pathology

0815-3191

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13313

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 215 32 51 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 56
Documents by Best Scientists*: 77
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 68
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.33
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Australasian Plant Pathology?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Botany, Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture and Ecology (disciplines). Some problems in Botany that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Veterinary medicine and Inoculation. Cultivar, Fungicide, Sowing, Crop and Root rot are all aspects of Agronomy research featured in it.

The Entomology research presented falls under the domain of Ecology. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Horticulture, focusing on Conidium. Ecology (disciplines) research discussed connects with the study of Agriculture.

It focuses on Agriculture as well as the interrelated topic of Agroforestry.

  • Botany (46.75%)
  • Agronomy (22.67%)
  • Entomology (21.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Plant root-bacterial interactions in biological control of soilborne diseases and potential extension to systemic and foliar diseases (257 citations)
  • Estimating disease losses to the Australian wheat industry (238 citations)
  • Biological control of plant diseases (232 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Australasian Plant Pathology:

The published articles mostly deal with topics like Botany, Agronomy, Mycology, Horticulture and Inoculation. The most cited articles focus on Botany but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Veterinary medicine and Pathogen. The journal articles deal with Entomology in conjunction with Ecology (disciplines) and similar fields in Agriculture.

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 foci of Australasian Plant Pathology are Horticulture, Fungus, Inoculation, Agronomy and Pathogen. Pathogenicity and Internal transcribed spacer are some topics wherein Horticulture research discussed in Australasian Plant Pathology have an impact. The Fungus works featured in Australasian Plant Pathology incorporate elements from Conidium and Microbiology.

It facilitates discussions on Inoculation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Plant disease resistance and Shoot. While the journal focused on Agronomy, it was also able to explore topics like PEST analysis and Agriculture. The study of Pathogen encompasses disciplines such as Gene, as well as fields such as Blight, all of which overlap with one another.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Development and validation of functional markers (Tetra-primer ARMS and KASP) for the bacterial blight resistance gene xa5 in rice (2 citations)
  • Epidemiology and management of blackleg of canola in response to changing farming practices in Australia (2 citations)
  • Evidence for Yunnan as the major origin center of the dominant wheat fungal pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (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.

The top authors publishing in Australasian Plant Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael J. Wingfield (65 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Roger G. Shivas (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • G.E.St.J. Hardy (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lester W. Burgess (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • David Guest (29 papers) published 2 papers 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 Australasian Plant Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Queensland (151 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sydney (111 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Murdoch University (104 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Melbourne (97 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (85 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 20.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.17% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.87% of all publications and 50.79% 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

  • Characterization and sensitivity of Botrytis cinerea to benzimidazole and succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors fungicides, and illustration of the resistance profile

    Muhammad Imran;Esmat F. Ali;Sabry Hassan;Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr;Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Genotype by environment interaction for area under the disease-progress curve (AUDPC) value in spring barley using additive main effects and multiplicative interaction model

    Jan Bocianowski;Anna Tratwal;Kamila Nowosad

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Occurrence of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus in Western Australia

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Meyerozyma guilliermondii SQUCC-33Y suppresses postharvest fruit rot of strawberry caused by Alternaria alternata

    B. A. A. Al-Rahbi;A. M. Al-Sadi;I. H. Al-Mahmooli;S. S. Al-Maawali

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Investigating hyperparasites as potential biological control agents of rust pathogens on cereal crops

    Andrew Wilson;William S Cuddy;Robert F Park;Gregory F Harm

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Fungicide control of Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi, causal agent of chestnut rot in Australia

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Ganoderma infection of oil palm – a persistent problem in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

    E. A. Gorea;I. D. Godwin;A. M. Mudge

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis and Myrtoporthe bodenii gen. et sp. nov. on Eucalyptus in Sabah, Malaysia

    M. R. B. A. Rauf;A. R. McTaggart;A. R. McTaggart;S. Marincowitz;I. Barnes

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Chrysoporthe puriensis sp. nov. from Tibouchina spp. in Brazil: an emerging threat to Eucalyptus

    M. E. S. Oliveira;M. E. S. Oliveira;N. A. van der Merwe;M. J. Wingfield;B. D. Wingfield

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Ceratocystis wilt in Chukrasia tabularis in Vietnam: identification, pathogenicity and host tolerance

    N. M. Chi;T. T. Trang;N. P. Nhung;D. N. Quang

    (2021)
    10 Citations

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