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Crop and Pasture Science
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Crop and Pasture Science

1836-0947

Published by: Csiro Publishing

https://www.publish.csiro.au/cp

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 113 131 152 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 188
Documents by Best Scientists*: 191
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 102
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.459
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Crop & Pasture Science?

The primary areas of discussion in Crop & Pasture Science are Agronomy, Horticulture, Monogastric, Plant nutrition and Pasture. The journal explores research in Agronomy and the adjacent study of Soil water. The research on Horticulture featured in Crop & Pasture Science combines topics in other fields like Poaceae and Trifolium subterraneum.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Monogastric, apply to Animal breeding as well. In it, Biotechnology, Flock and Heritability are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Animal breeding research. The work on Plant nutrition tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Phosphorus, Dry matter and Dry weight.

Perennial plant, Irrigation, Growing season, Forage and Grazing are some topics wherein Pasture research discussed in Crop & Pasture Science have an impact. The Animal nutrition research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Animal science and the closely related topic of Wool and Systems research. Some problems in Plant breeding that were presented in Crop & Pasture Science overlapped with concepts under Germplasm and Anthesis.

  • Agronomy (61.35%)
  • Horticulture (39.08%)
  • Monogastric (32.46%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The analysis of adaptation in a plant-breeding programme (2223 citations)
  • Drought resistance in spring wheat cultivars, 1. Grain yield responses. (1335 citations)
  • Soil Carbon Fractions Based on their Degree of Oxidation, and the Development of a Carbon Management Index for Agricultural Systems (1006 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Crop & Pasture Science:

Agronomy, Horticulture, Plant nutrition, Pasture and Plant breeding are the main subjects of interest in the most cited articles. Monogastric, Ruminant, Crop, Animal nutrition and Animal breeding are all topics related to Agronomy research discussed in the published articles. The journal articles focus on Plant nutrition but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Water use, Soil water, Dry matter and Shoot.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Agronomy, Cultivar, Horticulture, Pasture and Nutrient. While the primary focus in the journal is Agronomy, it also dissects topics surrounding Soil water and Environmental chemistry as a whole. The close relationship between Productivity (ecology) and Oryza sativa is one of the points of interest dissected in Cultivar research.

Horticulture research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Photosynthesis and Waterlogging (agriculture). Pasture research presented in Crop & Pasture Science encompasses a variety of subjects, including Agriculture, Tiller (botany), Medicago polymorpha, Grazing and Animal science. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the field of Nutrient but it branches out to cover the subject of interrelated disciplines, including

  • Biomass which connect with Soil fertility and Dry matter,
  • Bioavailability, Selenium, Grain yield and Phosphorus most often made with reference to Biofortification..

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Growth characteristics, chlorophyll content and nutrients uptake in Tetragonia decumbens Mill. cultivated under different fertigation regimes in hydroponics (4 citations)
  • A root aphid Aploneura lentisci is affected by Epichloë endophyte strain and impacts perennial ryegrass growth in the field (3 citations)
  • Genome-wide mining of wheat B-BOX zinc finger (BBX) gene family provides new insights into light stress responses (3 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 Crop & Pasture Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kadambot H. M. Siddique (57 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Roger A. C. Jones (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John A. Kirkegaard (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • R. J. Lawn (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shu Fukai (34 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 Crop & Pasture Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (613 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Australia (263 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (113 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Melbourne (97 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Adelaide (95 papers) published 3 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, 9.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.10% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.38% of all publications and 38.10% 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

  • Zinc nutrition in chickpea (Cicer arietinum): a review

    Aman Ullah;Aman Ullah;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq;Abdul Rehman;Mubshar Hussain;Mubshar Hussain

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Comparative effects of biochar and NPK on wheat crops under different management systems

    (2022)
    46 Citations
  • Translational research in agriculture. Can we do it better

    John B. Passioura

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Effects, tolerance mechanisms and management of salt stress in lucerne (Medicago sativa)

    Safaa Mohammed Al-Farsi;Ahmad Nawaz;Anees-ur-Rehman;Saleem K. Nadaf

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Biochar actions for the mitigation of plant abiotic stress

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Influence of seed priming techniques on grain yield and economic returns of bread wheat planted at different spacings

    Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq;Mubshar Hussain;Mubshar Hussain;Muhammad Mazhar Habib;Muhammad Shoaib Khan

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Relative efficiency of biochar particles of different sizes for immobilising heavy metals and improving soil properties

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Interactions between crop sequences, weed populations and herbicide use in Western Australian broadacre farms: findings of a six-year survey

    Martin Harries;Martin Harries;Ken C. Flower;Craig A. Scanlan;Michael T. Rose

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Selenium application influenced selenium biofortification and physiological traits in water-deficit common bean plants

    Ruby Antonieta Vega Ravello;Cynthia de Oliveira;Josimar Lessa;Lissa Vasconcellos Vilas Boas

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Morphogenetic and structural characteristics of Urochloa species under inoculation with plant-growth-promoting bacteria and nitrogen fertilisation

    Camila Fernandes Domingues Duarte;Ulysses Cecato;Mariangela Hungria;Henrique Jorge Fernandes

    (2020)
    21 Citations

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