Australian Journal of Crop Science

Top Research Topics at Australian Journal of Crop Science?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Agronomy, Horticulture, Botany, Crop yield and Cultivar. It investigates Agronomy research which frequently intersects with Nutrient. Horticulture study tackled is connected to the field of Salinity.

Some problems in Botany that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Genetic marker, Explant culture and Genetic diversity. The research on Genetic diversity featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Genetics, Biotechnology and Germplasm. The studies in Crop yield featured incorporate elements of Dry matter and Yield (wine).

The journal focused on Shoot research but expanded to cover Dry weight.

• Agronomy (41.22%)
• Horticulture (30.31%)
• Botany (21.72%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Annual intercrops: an alternative pathway for sustainable agriculture. (430 citations)
• Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants: Their Generation, Signal Transduction, and Scavenging Mechanisms (395 citations)
• Effect of drought stress on yield, proline and chlorophyll contents in three chickpea cultivars (380 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Australian Journal of Crop Science:

The journal papers investigate studies in Agronomy, Crop yield, Botany, Horticulture and Cultivar. Chlorophyll and Salinity are some topics wherein Agronomy research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact. The study of Horticulture in the journal publications encompasses disciplines such as Proline, as well as fields such as Catalase, all of which overlap with one another.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Agronomy, Horticulture, Botany, Human fertilization and Sowing. The tackled Agronomy research is interrelated with Yield (engineering) which concerns subjects like Quality (physics). It explores Horticulture concepts, specifically Cultivar, Postharvest and Jatropha curcas but expands to research in Rotation.

The study on Cultivar presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Yield (wine). The in-depth study on Botany also explores topics in the intersecting field of Chemical composition. The journal features studies on Sorghum, including topics such as Sorghum bicolor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Chemical composition and seasonal variation of the essential oils of leaves of Garcinia gardneriana (Planchon & Triana) Zappi (Clusiaceae) (2 citations)
• Complex soil contamination severely impacts seed-sown crop viability in Australia (1 citations)
• Effect of the season on establishment of some turf grasses under the climatic conditions in eastern Morocco (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Australian Journal of Crop Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hussein Shimelis (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Ivan Ricardo Carvalho (26 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Mohd Razi Ismail (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rob Melis (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hans Raj Gheyi (16 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Australian Journal of Crop Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sao Paulo State University (54 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Universiti Putra Malaysia (44 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (42 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Federal University of Campina Grande (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
• University of São Paulo (26 papers) published 5 papers 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, 15.74% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.58% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.88% of all publications and 26.37% 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.