Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Plant Biology?

Cell biology, Genetics, Botany, Gene and Biochemistry are the subjects of interest in the journal. More specifically, the research on Cell biology in it is related to Signal transduction. Cell signaling is a focus of the Signal transduction works in Current Opinion in Plant Biology.

It covers various topics on Genetics such as Genome, Epigenetics, Chromatin and DNA methylation. The studies on Genome discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Evolutionary biology and Computational biology. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Botany, it also covered topics in Symbiosis and Auxin.

The in-depth study on Gene also explores topics in the intersecting field of Function (biology). Biochemistry, which encompasses Enzyme, Biosynthesis and Metabolism, is the main subject of Current Opinion in Plant Biology. Current Opinion in Plant Biology links adjacent topics like Arabidopsis with Arabidopsis thaliana.

• Cell biology (30.30%)
• Genetics (18.50%)
• Botany (18.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Regulation of ion homeostasis under salt stress. (1522 citations)
• Regulatory network of gene expression in the drought and cold stress responses. (1477 citations)
• Molecular responses to dehydration and low temperature: differences and cross-talk between two stress signaling pathways. (1444 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current Opinion in Plant Biology:

The journal publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Biochemistry, Cell biology, Genetics, Gene and Botany. The published articles hold forums on Cell biology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Plant cell, Transcription (biology) and Auxin. The most cited articles explore themes in Botany like Cell wall and Meristem and link them with other fields of study like Plant biology.

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 concepts of Computational biology, Function (biology), Arabidopsis, Gene and Root (linguistics) are tackled in Current Opinion in Plant Biology. The research on Computational biology featured in it combines topics in other fields like ATAC-seq, Sensory cue, Cell type and Gene regulatory network. The Function (biology) works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Carboxylic acid, ENCODE, Single-cell analysis, Chromatin and Cell fate determination.

The Arabidopsis study which was featured in it aims to expound on the research in Biochemistry. The Gene study tackling the subject of Genomics is the focus of it. Current Opinion in Plant Biology explores topics in Meristem which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Hormone, Transcriptome and Stem cell, Cell biology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Single-cell analysis of cis-regulatory elements. (1 citations)
• Gene regulatory circuitry of plant–environment interactions: scaling from cells to the field (0 citations)
• Something old, something new: Conservation of the ethylene precursor 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a signaling molecule. (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Current Opinion in Plant Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ueli Grossniklaus (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hiroo Fukuda (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ben Scheres (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Frédéric Berger (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jeffrey L. Bennetzen (9 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Current Opinion in Plant Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (133 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Davis (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John Innes Centre (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michigan State University (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (47 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 37.50% 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.