Experimental Agriculture

Top Research Topics at Experimental Agriculture?

The foci of Experimental Agriculture are Agronomy, Agriculture, Environmental ethics, Botany and Crop. Sowing, Yield (wine), Cultivar, Fertilizer and Irrigation studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Agronomy presented. Topics in Agriculture were tackled in line with various other fields like Agroforestry, Economic history and Agricultural economics.

Environmental ethics study tackled is connected to the field of Humanities. The in-depth study on Botany also explores topics in the intersecting field of Horticulture.

• Agronomy (37.73%)
• Agriculture (12.08%)
• Environmental ethics (10.72%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis (3788 citations)
• The Concept of a ‘Land Equivalent Ratio’ and Advantages in Yields from Intercropping (667 citations)
• On-farm seed priming in semi-arid agriculture: development and evaluation in maize, rice and chickpea in india using participatory methods (374 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Experimental Agriculture:

The published articles mostly deal with topics like Agronomy, Crop, Agriculture, Yield (wine) and Sowing. The most cited papers connects the study in Agronomy with the closely related areas of Soil fertility. The journal publications hold forums on Sowing that merge themes from other disciplines such as Cultivar and Priming (agriculture).

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Agronomy, Crop, Soil carbon, Crop yield and Horticulture are tackled in the journal. Experimental Agriculture explores research in Soil water and overlapping concepts in Water content to expand the discourse in Agronomy. The overlapping concepts between Leaf area index and Hybrid, Multiple cropping, Agriculture, Biomass (ecology) and Yield (finance) are the key highlights of Crop study.

Aside from discussions in Soil carbon, Experimental Agriculture also deals with the subject of Soil pH which intersects with Organic matter, Soil fertility, Compost, Fertilizer and Theobroma disciplines. The research on Crop yield featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Sowing, Citrus × sinensis, Orange (colour), Pera and Orchard. The journal explores issues in Horticulture which can be linked to other research areas like Rhizobia, 16S ribosomal RNA, N2 Fixation and Transpiration.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Mid-season sweet oranges for fresh and processing markets in Brazil (1 citations)
• Rice varietal selection in Bangladesh: Does it matter who in the farm household makes the decisions? (0 citations)
• Using cover crops to offset greenhouse gas emissions from a tropical soil under no-till (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 Experimental Agriculture (based on the number of publications) are:

• M. K. V. Carr (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• R. J. Summerfield (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Richard Ellis (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ken E. Giller (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• William Erskine (15 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 Experimental Agriculture (based on the number of publications) are:

• International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (94 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Reading (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (82 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (46 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, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 46.67% 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.