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Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology
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Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology

1005-264X

Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences

https://www.plant-ecology.com/EN/column/column57.shtml

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 333 19 35 5
Ecology and Evolution 375 42 77 10
Environmental Sciences 636 20 31 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 110
Documents by Best Scientists*: 157
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 24
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.355
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology?

The journal investigates studies in Ecology, Botany, Agronomy, Horticulture and Forestry. It covers various topics on Ecology such as Species diversity, Plant community, Ecosystem, Species richness and Vegetation. Photosynthesis is a major topic of Botany research presented in it.

The studies in Agronomy featured incorporate elements of Soil water, Nutrient and Water content.

  • Ecology (26.52%)
  • Botany (22.80%)
  • Agronomy (21.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • ESTIMATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY OF CHINESE TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION BASED ON REMOTE SENSING (147 citations)
  • SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GRASSLAND BIOMASS IN CHINA (89 citations)
  • VARIATIONS IN GRASSLAND VEGETATION COVER IN RELATION TO CLIMATIC FACTORS ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU (78 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology:

The journal publications primarily tackle Ecology, Forestry, Physical geography, Agronomy and Botany. The published papers with studies in Forestry featured incorporate elements of Subtropics, Agroforestry, Biomass (ecology), Biomass and Evergreen. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Physical geography, it also covers topics in Steppe, Climate change, Global change, Grassland and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology mainly deals with areas of study such as Ecology, Agronomy, Botany, Grassland and Plateau. While Ecology is the focus of Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, it also provided insights into the studies of Eastern china and Microbial population biology. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Agronomy, it also covered topics in Biomass, Nitrogen fixation and Nutrient.

Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Botany but it intersects with the subject of Subtropics. Issues in Grassland were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Soil organic matter and Environmental chemistry. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology facilitates discussions on Plateau that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ecosystem and Community structure.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF NETPHYTOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES IN THE CHUKCHI SEA AND BERING SEA (5 citations)
  • Dynamics of soil soluble nitrogen and plant productivity in artificial pastures on the Qingzang Plateau (1 citations)
  • NDVI dynamics and driving climatic factors in the Protected Zones for Ecological Functions in China (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 Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zhou Guangsheng (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jingyun Fang (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zongqiang Xie (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yang Wanqin (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • En-Rong Yan (11 papers) published 1 paper 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 Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (222 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Northeast Forestry University (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sichuan Agricultural University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lanzhou University (18 papers) absent 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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 Modern Pollen Dataset of China

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Review on characteristics and main hypotheses of plant ecological stoichiometry

    Di Tian;Zheng-Bing Yan;Jing-Yun Fang

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • A revised scheme of vegetation classification system of China

    Ke Guo;Jing-Yun Fang;Guo-Hong Wang;Zhi-Yao Tang

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Vegetation classification system and classification of vegetation types used for the compilation of vegetation of China

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Relationship between biodiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality and multiserviceability: literature overview and research advances

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Contents and protocols for the classification and description of Vegetation Formations, Alliances and Associations of vegetation of China

    Guo-Hong Wang;Jing-Yun Fang;Ke Guo;Zong-Qiang Xie

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Research progress on the effects of grazing on grassland ecosystem

    Yang-Jian Zhang;Jun-Tao Zhu;Ruo-Nan Shen;Li Wang

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Leaf morphological traits: ecological function, geographic distribution and drivers

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • A review on the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on tree growth and productivity in forest ecosystems

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Ecological impacts of nitrogen deposition on terrestrial ecosystems: research progresses and prospects

    (2020)
    15 Citations

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