Frontiers in Plant Science

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Plant Science?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Botany, Gene, Genetics, Cell biology and Biochemistry. While the primary focus in it is Botany, it also dissects topics surrounding Abiotic stress and Abiotic component as a whole. Gene and Computational biology are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

Genome, Quantitative trait locus, Candidate gene, Single-nucleotide polymorphism and Locus (genetics) are among the concentrations of Genetics that garnered much attention in Frontiers in Plant Science. The research on Cell biology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Auxin, Arabidopsis, Mutant and Transcription factor. Most of the works presented in it deals with Arabidopsis but it intersects with the subject of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Biochemistry studies presented in the journal focus on topics such as Biosynthesis and Enzyme. The journal connects research in Photosynthesis with the related topic of Horticulture. The main emphasis of Frontiers in Plant Science is the research on Horticulture, emphasizing the topic of Shoot.

• Botany (21.15%)
• Gene (18.51%)
• Genetics (16.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Control of yellow and purple nutsedge in elevated CO2 environments with glyphosate and halosulfuron. (1878 citations)
• Rapid phosphatidic acid accumulation in response to low temperature stress in Arabidopsis is generated through diacylglycerol kinase (1813 citations)
• Proteomic Analyses Provide Novel Insights into Plant Growth and Ginsenoside Biosynthesis in Forest Cultivated Panax ginseng (F.Ginseng) (1414 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Plant Science:

The most cited publications focus on Botany, Cell biology, Genetics, Biochemistry and Gene. The journal publications focus on Botany but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Arabidopsis, Auxin, Abiotic stress and Horticulture. The published papers explore topics in Cell biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Transcription factor, Abscisic acid, Cell wall and Bioinformatics.

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 Frontiers in Plant Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rajeev K. Varshney (47 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Alisdair R. Fernie (39 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Youssef Rouphael (37 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Kadambot H. M. Siddique (29 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Richard G. F. Visser (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Frontiers in Plant Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (810 papers) published 112 papers at the last edition, 14 more than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (400 papers) published 57 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
• Northwest A&F University (324 papers) published 54 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• United States Department of Agriculture (300 papers) published 49 papers at the last edition, 21 more than at the previous edition,
• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (293 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 6.05% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.19% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.09% of all publications and 56.25% 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.