Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering

Top Research Topics at Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering?

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering covers a variety of subjects, including Agronomy, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Genetics and Cell biology. The journal explores research in Agriculture and the adjacent study of Green development. Gene is a primary topic of Genetics research in the journal.

• Agronomy (13.05%)
• Agriculture (10.97%)
• Agroforestry (9.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Initiation of Setaria as a model plant (58 citations)
• A review of hydrological/water-quality models (46 citations)
• One-step generation of myostatin gene knockout sheep via the CRISPR/Cas9 system (44 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Agronomy, Environmental resource management, Nutrient, Straw and Water-use efficiency. The journal papers connects research in Agronomy with the related topics of Plant disease resistance. The most cited articles explore topics in Environmental resource management which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Nutrient management, Sustainability, Food security and Site specific management.

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

• Gene
• Agriculture
• Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Agroforestry, Livestock, Agriculture, Food systems and Agronomy are the focal point of discussions in the journal. The studies on Agroforestry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Agroecosystem, Water-use efficiency, Intercropping, Crop livestock and Abiotic component. The Livestock studies discussed in the journal incorporate research from disciplines like

• Clean water and Green development most often made with reference to Crop,
• Agricultural science that intertwine with fields like Manure management..

The work on Agriculture addressed in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering expands to the thematically related Grassland. The Food systems works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Productivity, Agricultural economics, Manure and Sustainable development. In particular, the Agronomy works presented emphasize discussions on Plant density.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Land-Use Intensification Trends in the Rio De La Plata Region of South America: Toward Specialization or Recoupling Crop and Livestock Production (2 citations)
• INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS: LESSONS FROM NEW YORK, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN UNITED STATES (2 citations)
• UNREDUCED MEGAGAMETOPHYTE FORMATION VIA SECOND DIVISION RESTITUTION CONTRIBUTES TO TETRAPLOID PRODUCTION IN INTERPLOIDY CROSSES WITH ‘ORAH’ MANDARIN ( CITRUS RETICULATA ) (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• Fusuo Zhang (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Xuejun Liu (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Shuhong Zhao (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jianbo Shen (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Xiaoqiang Jiao (5 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 Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• China Agricultural University (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Southwest University (3 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Nanjing Agricultural University (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2 papers) published 2 papers 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, 76.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 85.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% 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 0.00% 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.