Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Top Research Topics at Flora?

Flora focuses on Botany, Ecology, Horticulture, Agronomy and Vegetation. Pollen, Pollination, Germination, Shoot and Photosynthesis are Botany topics of special interest in it. Pollinator is a primary topic of Pollination research in the journal.

Pollinator and Nectar are closely related fields of research discussed in it. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Germination as it also encompasses Seedling. Habitat, Species richness, Plant community, Range (biology) and Biodiversity are all topics related to Ecology research discussed.

Biomass (ecology) is the primary subject of Agronomy works presented in Flora.

• Botany (55.17%)
• Ecology (23.04%)
• Horticulture (7.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Some important physiological selection criteria for salt tolerance in plants (641 citations)
• Non-foliar photosynthesis – a strategy of additional carbon acquisition (255 citations)
• Functional Morphology of Mountain Plants) (238 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Flora:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Botany, Ecology, Vegetation, Agronomy and Photosynthesis. The journal papers link adjacent topics like Botany with Horticulture. The journal papers focus on Vegetation but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Biological dispersal and Ecological succession.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Botany, Ecology, Horticulture, Germination and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are the subjects of interest in the journal. Trichome, Genus, Pollination, Phloem and Pollen are among the areas of Botany tackled. The journal focuses on Ecology as well as the interrelated topic of Biological dispersal.

It connects the study in Horticulture with the closely related area of Abiotic component. The journal covers Germination research under the subject of Agronomy. Pandemic is a major topic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research presented in Flora.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Seed tolerance to post-fire temperature fluctuation of Cerrado legume shrubs with micromorphological implications (2 citations)
• Heat shock effects on germination and seed survival of five woody species from the Chaco region (2 citations)
• Haustorial structure of the holoparasitic angiosperm Cynomorium coccineum L. invading host roots (2 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 Flora (based on the number of publications) are:

• Otto L. Lange (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Meltem Taşbakan (23 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Hüsnü Pullukçu (19 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Gerhard Zotz (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Abelardo Carlos Vegetti (16 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 Flora (based on the number of publications) are:

• Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (93 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (72 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Sao Paulo State University (68 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Göttingen (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Vienna (63 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 37.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.18% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.85% of all publications and 53.49% 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.