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Biology and Fertility of Soils
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Biology and Fertility of Soils

0178-2762

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/374

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 38 170 232 34
Environmental Sciences 219 81 109 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 357
Documents by Best Scientists*: 345
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 30
SCIMAGO H-index: 154
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.84
Impact Factor: 5.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biology and Fertility of Soils?

Biology and Fertility of Soils focuses largely on the fields of Agronomy, Soil water, Botany, Soil biology and Environmental chemistry. The study of Soil organic matter and how it intertwines with concepts under Soil carbon were explored in the presented Agronomy research. It explores issues in Soil water which can be linked to other research areas like Organic matter, Nitrification and Animal science.

The journal connects research in Organic matter with the related topic of Humus. The studies on Nitrification discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Denitrification, Nitrate and Ammonium. Biology and Fertility of Soils addresses concerns in the field of Botany by exploring it in line with topics in Inoculation which intersect with Shoot subjects.

The Soil biology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Earthworm. The studies in Environmental chemistry featured incorporate elements of Soil pH, Mineralogy, Incubation and Nitrogen. Ecosystem is a focus of the presented Ecology works and it dives deep in Ecosystem.

  • Agronomy (47.52%)
  • Soil water (36.70%)
  • Botany (23.96%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The use of phospholipid fatty acid analysis to estimate bacterial and fungal biomass in soil (1896 citations)
  • Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal – a review (1870 citations)
  • Fatty acid patterns of phospholipids and lipopolysaccharides in the characterisation of microbial communities in soil: a review (1601 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biology and Fertility of Soils:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Agronomy, Soil water, Botany, Soil biology and Organic matter. The works on Agronomy tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Loam, Nutrient and Soil fertility. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Soil water, it also covers topics in Environmental chemistry, Biomass and Nitrogen cycle.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Biology and Fertility of Soils are Soil water, Agronomy, Environmental chemistry, Nitrification and Animal science. The presented Soil water study covers related areas such as Soil organic matter and also touches on topics like Amendment. The concepts on Agronomy presented in Biology and Fertility of Soils can also apply to other research fields, including Abundance (ecology) and Soil respiration.

The research on Environmental chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Soil pH, Earthworm, Nutrient and Incubation. Nitrification is the main point of discussion in it but it also connects with fields such as

  • Denitrification together with Leaching (agriculture), Ammonia and Fertilizer,
  • Autotroph which intersects with area such as Mineralization (soil science),
  • Nitrous oxide that intertwine with fields like Nitrate.. The journal deals with Shoot in conjunction with Relative species abundance and similar fields in Rhizosphere and Botany.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Divergent mineralization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic substrates and their priming effect in soils depending on their preferential utilization by bacteria and fungi (7 citations)
  • Different community compositions between obligate and facultative oomycete plant parasites in a landscape-scale metabarcoding survey (6 citations)
  • Contrasting response of organic carbon mineralisation to iron oxide addition under conditions of low and high microbial biomass in anoxic paddy soil (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 Biology and Fertility of Soils (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paolo Nannipieri (39 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Rainer Georg Joergensen (38 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Petra Marschner (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Qirong Shen (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Schloter (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Biology and Fertility of Soils (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (262 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (99 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (89 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (73 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (71 papers) published 2 papers 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, 3.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.49% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.68% of all publications and 28.87% 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

  • Exploring phosphorus fertilizers and fertilization strategies for improved human and environmental health

    Prem S. Bindraban;Christian O. Dimkpa;Renu Pandey

    (2020)
    493 Citations
  • C:N:P stoichiometry regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and concomitant shifts in microbial community composition in paddy soil

    Xiaomeng Wei;Zhenke Zhu;Yi Liu;Yu Luo

    (2020)
    193 Citations
  • Effect of organic substitution rates on soil quality and fungal community composition in a tea plantation with long-term fertilization

    Lingfei Ji;Kang Ni;Zhidan Wu;Junwei Zhang

    (2020)
    159 Citations
  • Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects

    (2021)
    132 Citations
  • Hyphosphere microbiome of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a realm of unknowns

    (2022)
    82 Citations
  • Impact of different earthworm ecotypes on water stable aggregates and soil water holding capacity

    Jamal Hallam;Mark Edward Hodson

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Changes in root morphological traits in soybean co-inoculated with Bradyrhizobium spp. and Azospirillum brasilense or treated with A. brasilense exudates

    Artur Berbel Lirio Rondina;Artur Berbel Lirio Rondina;Alisson Wilson dos Santos Sanzovo;Gabriel Silva Guimarães;Jhonatan Rafael Wendling;Jhonatan Rafael Wendling

    (2020)
    73 Citations
  • Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil.

    Qingling Fu;Qingling Fu;Maïder Abadie;Aimeric Blaud;Aimeric Blaud;Alison Carswell

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Sorgoleone release from sorghum roots shapes the composition of nitrifying populations, total bacteria, and archaea and determines the level of nitrification

    Papa Saliou Sarr;Yasuo Ando;Satoshi Nakamura;Santosh Deshpande

    (2020)
    64 Citations

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