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Botany
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Botany

1916-2790

Published by: Canadian Science Publishing

https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/cjb

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 255 28 35 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 86
Documents by Best Scientists*: 98
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 100
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.338
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Botany?

The journal primarily tackles Botany, Ecology, Germination, Biochemistry and Ultrastructure. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Botany, apply to Agronomy as well. Vegetation is part of Ecology studies tackled in it.

  • Botany (95.74%)
  • Ecology (14.18%)
  • Germination (6.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A method for the extraction of chlorophyll from leaf tissue without maceration (2071 citations)
  • Medium and techniques for induction and growth of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant cell cultures (2050 citations)
  • Community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Pinus muricata forest: above- and below-ground views (603 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Botany:

The published articles investigate studies in Botany, Ecology, Germination, Biochemistry and Agronomy. In addition to Botany research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Inoculation and Mycorrhiza. The majority of Ecology studies in the published papers are focused on the issues of Vegetation.

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 main points discussed in Botany deals with Botany, Ecology, Germination, Agronomy and Morphology (biology). Botany and Indigenous are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. It covers various topics on Ecology such as Vegetation, Plant community, Taiga and Plant species.

Germination research is the primary subject tackled in Botany with a focus on Dormancy. The journal centers on topics in Agronomy, with a focus on Growing season. Aside from research in Ethnobotany, Botany also discusses Ethnology studies.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • DKW basal salts improve micropropagation and callogenesis compared with MS basal salts in multiple commercial cultivars of Cannabis sativa (8 citations)
  • Grazing exclosures reveal divergent patterns of change in bunchgrass grasslands of Western Canada (2 citations)
  • Reassessing species boundaries in the Syagrus glaucescens complex (Arecaceae) using leaf anatomy (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 Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bernard R. Baum (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A. Funk (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ernest Small (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Denis Barabé (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John N. A. Lott (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 Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of British Columbia (75 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Guelph (66 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Alberta (57 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Laval University (45 papers) published 1 paper 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, 6.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.00% of all publications and 52.00% 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

  • Effects of light, temperature, salinity, and maternal habitat on seed germination of Aeluropus lagopoides (Poaceae): an economically important halophyte of arid Arabian deserts

    Arvind Bhatt;Sanjay Gairola;María Mercedes Carón;Andrea Santo

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • The orchid embryo – ‘an embryonic protocorm’

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • New species in the Gymnopilus junonius group (Basidiomycota: Agaricales)

    R. Greg Thorn;David W. Malloch;Irja Saar;Yves Lamoureux

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Reactive oxygen species are required for spore wall formation in Physcomitrella patens.

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Application of the hydrotime model to assess seed priming effects on the germination of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) in response to water stress

    Samaneh Tatari;Farshid Ghaderi-Far;Ahad Yamchi;Asieh Siahmarguee

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Physiological and biochemical insights for salt stress tolerance in the habitat-indifferent halophyte Salsola drummondii during the vegetative stage

    Attiat Elnaggar;Attiat Elnaggar;Attiat Elnaggar;Kareem A. Mosa;Ali El-Keblawy;Amel Tammam

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Understanding bud rot development, caused by Botrytis cinerea, on cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants grown under greenhouse conditions

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • Organically grown cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants contain a diverse range of culturable epiphytic and endophytic fungi in inflorescences and stem tissues

    (2023)
    10 Citations
  • Fracture of the dimorphic fruits of Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae)

    Waheed Arshad;Federica Marone;Margaret Elizabeth Collinson;Gerhard Leubner-Metzger;Gerhard Leubner-Metzger

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • In vitro rooting of hybrid hazelnuts (Corylus avellana × Corylus americana) in a temporary immersion system

    James Nicholson;Mukund R. Shukla;Praveen K. Saxena

    (2020)
    8 Citations

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