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EPPO Bulletin

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 476 4 4 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 46
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.355
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Eppo Bulletin?

The main research concerns discussed in Eppo Bulletin are Botany, Horticulture, Agronomy, Ecology and PEST analysis. Cultivar and Inoculation are among the areas of Horticulture tackled. Crop and Fungicide are all areas of Agronomy tackled in it.

  • Botany (18.92%)
  • Horticulture (15.37%)
  • Agronomy (15.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Standard methods to test the side‐effects of pesticides on natural enemies of insects and mites developed by the IOBC/WPRS Working Group ‘Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms’ (220 citations)
  • Sensitivity of different methods for the detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in potato tuber extracts (204 citations)
  • Pest risk analysis (PRA) for the territories of the European Union (as PRA area) on Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and its vectors in the genus Monochamus. (167 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Eppo Bulletin:

The most cited articles focus on Botany, Ecology, Horticulture, PEST analysis and Forestry. Horticulture research in the most cited articles connects with the study of Plant virus. While the primary focus in the most cited papers is PEST analysis, they also dissect topics surrounding Quarantine and Phytosanitary certification as a whole.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Horticulture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in Eppo Bulletin mainly cover the fields of Hemiptera, Botany, Horticulture, Ecology and PEST analysis. The Hemiptera works featured in it incorporate elements from Ceroplastes ceriferus, Coccidae, DNA barcoding and Ornamental plant. It aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating disciplines like Botany and Ipomoea coccinea.

Eppo Bulletin tackles research in Aleurocanthus spiniferus and Orange (colour) as part of the general discipline of Horticulture, however, it also discusses concepts in Scope (project management) and Potential risk. Agrilus and Host plants are all disciplines of Ecology that connect with topics in Sea coast and Urban ecosystem. In addition to PEST analysis, the journal tackled discussions on Drosophila suzukii.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • How does the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) affect ecosystem services and biodiversity components in invaded areas (2 citations)
  • First report from Sicily (Italy) of the orange spiny whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), and its potential risk for the Italian citrus industry (1 citations)
  • First record of Aleurocanthus camelliae Kanmiya & Kasai, 2011 (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) from Italy, on ornamental Camellia spp. plants (1 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 Eppo Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Vittorio Rossi (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vito Nicola Savino (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • F. Petter (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Sarah Brunel (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard Baker (15 papers) published 1 paper 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 Eppo Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (209 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • ANSES (36 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Julius Kühn-Institut (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Food and Environment Research Agency (28 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, 33.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 38.89% 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

  • Facilitating the adoption of high‐throughput sequencing technologies as a plant pest diagnostic test in laboratories: A step‐by‐step description

    Unknown

    (2022)
    71 Citations
  • First record of Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in the Mediterranean scrubland in Southern Italy, and its co‐presence with the co‐generic species X. compactus (Eichhoff) and X. crassiusculus (Motschulsky)

    M. Contarini;A. Vannini;F. Giarruzzo;M. Faccoli

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Guidelines for improving statistical analyses of validation datasets for plant pest diagnostic tests

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • EPPO Datasheet: <i>Celastrus orbiculatus</i>

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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