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Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
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Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

0735-2689

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/bpts20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 172 31 25 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 71
Documents by Best Scientists*: 45
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 145
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.283
Impact Factor: 4.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences?

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences is mainly concerned with subjects like Botany, Ecology, Genetics, Agronomy and Biochemistry. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences addresses concerns in Botany which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Nitrogen fixation, Symbiosis and Nutrient. The study on Ecology featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Ecosystem in particular.

As a part of it, discussions in Genetics involve topics like Gene and Genome. The work on Agronomy addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Agroforestry. It focuses on Agroforestry as well as the interrelated topic of Agriculture.

Biochemistry studies presented in Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences focus on topics such as Metabolic pathway and Biosynthesis.

  • Botany (21.92%)
  • Ecology (16.55%)
  • Genetics (14.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Drought and Salt Tolerance in Plants (1855 citations)
  • Plant Volatiles: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives (844 citations)
  • Plant Growth-Promoting Effects of Diazotrophs in the Rhizosphere (788 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Botany, Agronomy, Ecology, Biochemistry and Genetics. The journal papers explore research in Symbiosis and overlapping concepts in Rhizobium to expand the discourse in Botany. The published articles hold forums on Agronomy that merge themes from other disciplines such as Photosynthesis and Salinity.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Evolutionary biology, Genomics, Plant breeding, Cell biology and Transcription factor. The journal holds forums on Genomics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Quantitative trait locus, Genetic dissection and Nested association mapping. Research on Plant breeding presented in the journal concerns the broader topic of Agronomy.

Cell biology research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Organogenesis, Meristem initiation, Meristem and Meristem maintenance. The discussions emphasized the topic of Transcription factor in an attempt to further explore the field of Biochemistry. It focuses on Genome editing but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Glycine which is concerned with Biotechnology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Melatonin: A Potential Agent in Delaying Leaf Senescence (4 citations)
  • An Ecological Insight into the Multifaceted World of Plant-Endophyte Association (3 citations)
  • On the Role of Transposable Elements in the Regulation of Gene Expression and Subgenomic Interactions in Crop Genomes (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 Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rattan Lal (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Maurizio G. Paoletti (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Pimentel (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert N. Trigiano (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dennis J. Gray (12 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 Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tennessee (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Cornell University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (15 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, 5.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 37.50% of all publications and 31.25% 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

  • Mechanisms of Cadmium Accumulation in Plants

    Thibault Sterckeman;Sebastien Thomine

    (2020)
    303 Citations
  • No-Till Farming and Conservation Agriculture in South Asia – Issues, Challenges, Prospects and Benefits

    J. Somasundaram;N. K. Sinha;Ram C. Dalal;Rattan Lal

    (2020)
    158 Citations
  • Fire as a selective agent for both Serotiny and Nonserotiny over space and time

    Byron B. Lamont;Juli G. Pausas;Tianhua He;Ed T. F. Witkowski

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Genomics and Marker-Assisted Improvement of Vegetable Crops

    Ivan Simko;Mengyuan Jia;Jelli Venkatesh;Byoung Cheorl Kang

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • Natural Products from Bryophytes: From Basic Biology to Biotechnological Applications

    Armin Horn;Arnaud Pascal;Isidora Loncarevic;Raíssa Volpatto Marques

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • Evolution of Approaches to Increase the Salt Tolerance of Crops

    (2022)
    46 Citations
  • On the Role of Transposable Elements in the Regulation of Gene Expression and Subgenomic Interactions in Crop Genomes

    Rafaqat A. Gill;Federico Scossa;Federico Scossa;Graham J. King;Agnieszka A. Golicz

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Genetics, Molecular Mechanisms and Deployment of Bacterial Blight Resistance Genes in Rice

    S. K. Pradhan;S. R. Barik;D. K. Nayak;A. Pradhan

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Omics advances and integrative approaches for the simultaneous improvement of seed oil and protein content in soybean (Glycine max L.)

    Virender Kumar;Sanskriti Vats;Surbhi Kumawat;Ashita Bisht

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Emerging Functions of Plant Serine/Arginine-Rich (SR) Proteins: Lessons from Animals

    Di Zhang;Mo-Xian Chen;Fu-Yuan Zhu;Jianhua Zhang

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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