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Cogent Food & Agriculture
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Cogent Food & Agriculture

2331-1932

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/oafa20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 236 25 35 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 64
Documents by Best Scientists*: 74
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cogent food & agriculture?

Cogent food & agriculture investigates areas of study like Agronomy, Food science, Agriculture, Agroforestry and Horticulture. Cogent food & agriculture connects research in Agronomy with the related topic of Soil fertility. The research on Food science tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Antioxidant and Botany.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Agriculture, apply to Agricultural economics as well. Cogent food & agriculture focused on Agricultural economics research but expanded to cover Food security.

  • Agronomy (19.93%)
  • Food science (18.51%)
  • Agriculture (10.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Portraying mechanics of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): A review (213 citations)
  • Occurrence, importance and control of mycotoxins: A review (94 citations)
  • Effect of primary processing of cereals and legumes on its nutritional quality: A comprehensive review (81 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cogent food & agriculture:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Food science, Biotechnology, Agronomy, Wheat flour and Antioxidant. The most cited publications explore topics in Food science which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Water content and Carbohydrate content. While Biotechnology is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Livestock, Human nutrition, Crop and Food industry.

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

  • Agriculture
  • Botany
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Cogent food & agriculture mostly deals with topics like Agronomy, Agricultural economics, Crop, Agriculture and Agricultural science. Agronomy research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Proximate composition, Nutrient and Soil fertility. The journal holds forums on Agricultural economics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Productivity, Livestock, Inorganic fertilizer, Developing country and Multivariate probit model.

The tackled Crop research is interrelated with Food security which concerns subjects like Socioeconomics. It investigates Agriculture in the context of the closely related subject of areas like

  • Climate change that connect with fields like Natural resource economics,
  • Agroforestry which is related to area like Cropping system.. In addition to Agricultural science research, the journal aims to explore topics under Profitability index and Livelihood.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Adoption of climate-resilient potato varieties under partial population exposure and its determinants: Case of smallholder farmers in Meru County, Kenya (4 citations)
  • Response of potato crop to selected nutrients in central and eastern highlands of Kenya (3 citations)
  • Enhancing the role of rural agricultural extension programs in poverty alleviation: A review (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 Cogent food & agriculture (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Manuel Tejada Moral (19 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fatih Yildiz (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Farooq Ahmad Masoodi (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu (10 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Samuel Ayofemi Olalekan Adeyeye (8 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 Cogent food & agriculture (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bahir Dar University (49 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Haramaya University (44 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (37 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Seville (24 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 11.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 57.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.19% of all publications and 17.14% 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

  • Honeybee keeping constraints and future prospects

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Response of potato crop to selected nutrients in central and eastern highlands of Kenya

    James N. Mugo;James N. Mugo;Nancy N. Karanja;Charles K. Gachene;Klaus Dittert

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Determinants of market participation decision by smallholder haricot bean (<i>phaseolus vulgaris</i> l.) farmers in Northwest Ethiopia

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Genotype x environment interaction and yield stability of normal and biofortified maize inbred lines in stress and non-stress environments

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Land degradation unmasked as the key constraint in sunflower ( Helianthus annus ) production: Role of GIS in revitalizing this vital sector

    (2023)
    14 Citations
  • Agricultural land suitability analysis of Southern Punjab, Pakistan using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) techniques

    (2024)
    12 Citations
  • Importance of common bean genetic zinc biofortification in alleviating human zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa

    Mashamba Philipo;Patrick Alois Ndakidemi;Ernest Rashid Mbega

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Rainfall variability and its seasonal events with associated risks for rainfed crop production in Southwest Ethiopia

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • Determinants of beekeeping adoption by smallholder rural households in Northwest Ethiopia

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Enset farming system – a resilient, climate-robust production system in South and South-Western Ethiopia

    (2022)
    9 Citations

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