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Crops & Soils
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Crops & Soils

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 424 27 23 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 41
Documents by Best Scientists*: 44
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
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Overview

Top Research Topics at Crops and Soils?

The journal facilitates discussions on Agronomy, Agroforestry, Nitrogen, Agricultural engineering and Phosphorus. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Agronomy and Field (physics) are the foci of the journal.

  • Agronomy (40.36%)
  • Agroforestry (12.91%)
  • Nitrogen (6.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The water conundrum of planting cover crops in the Great Plains: When is an inch not an inch? (18 citations)
  • Persistence of herbicides in soil (17 citations)
  • Are completely weedless crops possible (15 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Crops and Soils:

The most cited papers cover a variety of subjects, including Agronomy, Cover crop, Sowing, Agroforestry and Persistence (psychology). The most cited papers feature works in Agronomy, more specifically Crop, and explore their relation to disciplines like Plant disease resistance. The journal articles explore topics in Sowing which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Pesticide, Weed control and Seed treatment.

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Crops and Soils covers a variety of subjects, including Agronomy, Agroforestry, Soil health, Agriculture and Nutrient. Crops and Soils explores topics in Agronomy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Phosphorus and Soybean cyst nematode. The Agroforestry study featured in Crops and Soils draws parallels with the field of Regenerative agriculture.

Topics in Soil health explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Environmental chemistry, Cycling and Soil nitrogen. Issues in Agriculture were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Water quality, Soil water and Agricultural science. The research on Nutrient featured in Crops and Soils combines topics in other fields like Stewardship and Irrigation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Disease: An Emerging Virus Disease on Cotton in the U.S. (1 citations)
  • From Spreader to Predator: Killing Weed Seeds with the Combine (0 citations)
  • Successful Experiences Managing Salts and Sodium (0 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 Crops and Soils (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John Doe (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tanner Ehmke (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sally Flis (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Green (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Madeline Fisher (13 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 Crops and Soils (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agricultural Research Service (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Montana State University (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Idaho (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • North Dakota State University (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 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, 60.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 44.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 38.89% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • The MRTN Approach to Making Nitrogen Rate Recommendations: Background and Implementation

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Testing in Washington Identifies Widespread Postemergence Herbicide Resistance in Annual Grasses

    Rachel J. Zuger;Ian C. Burke

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Management Practices to Reduce Crop Production and Nitrogen Losses from Waterlogging

    Gurpreet Kaur;Gurbir Singh;Peter P. Motavalli;Kelly A. Nelson

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • The Influence of Nozzle Type and Application Speed on Sicklepod Control with Cadre and Butyrac

    Jesaelen Gizotti de Moraes;Eric P. Prostko;Greg R. Kruger;Camila Chiaranda Rodrigues

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Winter Canola Response to Soil and Fertilizer Nitrogen

    Marissa J. Porter;William L. Pan;William F. Schillinger;Isaac J. Madsen

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • From Spreader to Predator: Killing Weed Seeds with the Combine

    Michael L. Flessner;Steven B. Mirsky;Lauren M. Schwartz-Lazaro;Muthukumar V. Bagavathiannan

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Winter Triticale in the Semiarid U.S. Pacific Northwest Drylands

    William F. Schillinger;David W. Archer

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Is Strip-till a Useful Soil Management Tool for Wisconsin Corn and Soybean Production?

    Derek J. Potratz;Spyridon Mourtzinis;John Gaska;Joseph Lauer

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Interseeding Cover Crops in Corn

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Crop Production and Environmental Impacts under Organic Management with Reduced Tillage and Diversified Cropping

    Myriam R. Fernandez;Robert P. Zentner;Michael P. Schellenberg;Olanike Aladenola

    (2020)
    1 Citations

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