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GCB Bioenergy
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GCB Bioenergy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 45 82 141 31
Ecology and Evolution 155 62 72 21
Environmental Sciences 172 87 98 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 282
Documents by Best Scientists*: 279
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 18
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.496
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Gcb Bioenergy?

Gcb Bioenergy covers a variety of subjects, including Agronomy, Bioenergy, Biomass, Biofuel and Agroforestry. The journal focuses on Agronomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Carbon sequestration, Soil carbon, Miscanthus and Biochar. Aside from discussions in Soil carbon, the journal also deals with the subject of Soil organic matter which intersects with Soil classification disciplines.

Environmental chemistry and Soil water, Soil conditioner are some topics wherein Biochar research discussed in it have an impact. Issues in Bioenergy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Natural resource economics and Greenhouse gas. It explores issues in Greenhouse gas which can be linked to other research areas like Life-cycle assessment, Fossil fuel and Environmental protection.

Gcb Bioenergy tackles research in Short rotation coppice as part of the general discipline of Biomass, however, it also discusses concepts in Energy source. Biofuel research presented in Gcb Bioenergy encompasses a variety of subjects, including Raw material, Cellulosic ethanol, Renewable resource and Agricultural economics. Topics in Agroforestry explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Biodiversity, Agriculture, Land use, Land use, land-use change and forestry and Sustainability.

  • Agronomy (46.44%)
  • Bioenergy (42.93%)
  • Biomass (29.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Biochar and its effects on plant productivity and nutrient cycling: a meta‐analysis (844 citations)
  • Production and characterization of slow pyrolysis biochar: influence of feedstock type and pyrolysis conditions (427 citations)
  • Biochar stability in soil: meta-analysis of decomposition and priming effects (417 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Gcb Bioenergy:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Agronomy, Bioenergy, Biomass, Agroforestry and Miscanthus. The most cited articles explore issues in Agronomy which can be linked to other research areas like Carbon sequestration, Soil carbon, Soil organic matter and Biochar. The most cited papers explore topics in Bioenergy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Crop yield and Greenhouse gas.

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Agronomy, Bioenergy, Biomass, Biofuel and Biochar. The research on Agronomy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Soil water and Miscanthus. Research in Greenhouse gas and the interrelating topic of Environmental protection were among the subjects of interest in the Bioenergy studies discussed in the journal.

Biomass and Anaerobic digestion are closely related fields of research discussed in Gcb Bioenergy. Some problems in Biochar that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Environmental chemistry, Carbon sequestration and Nitrogen. Gcb Bioenergy explores issues in Perennial plant which can be linked to other research areas like Cropping, Agroforestry, Cropping system and Energy crop.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The broad impacts of corn stover and wheat straw removal for biofuel production on crop productivity, soil health and greenhouse gas emissions: A review (12 citations)
  • Considering sustainability thresholds for BECCS in IPCC and biodiversity assessments (8 citations)
  • Miscanthus: a fast‐growing crop for environmental remediation and biofuel production (8 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 Gcb Bioenergy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pete Smith (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Astley Hastings (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • John Clifton-Brown (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Niall P. McNamara (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • André Faaij (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Gcb Bioenergy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (99 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Aberdeen (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Hohenheim (43 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Aberystwyth University (40 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (38 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 7.91% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.19% of all publications and 38.28% 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

  • How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

    Stephen Joseph;Annette L. Cowie;Annette L. Cowie;Lukas Van Zwieten;Lukas Van Zwieten;Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan

    (2021)
    856 Citations
  • Biochar in agriculture – A systematic review of 26 global meta-analyses

    Hans-Peter Schmidt;Claudia Kammann;Nikolas Hagemann;Jens Leifeld

    (2021)
    398 Citations
  • Microbial diversity and the abundance of keystone species drive the response of soil multifunctionality to organic substitution and biochar amendment in a tea plantation

    Unknown

    (2022)
    213 Citations
  • A review of thermochemical upgrading of pyrolysis bio-oil: Techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and technology readiness

    Yetunde Sorunmu;Pieter Billen;Pieter Billen;Sabrina Spatari;Sabrina Spatari

    (2020)
    133 Citations
  • Considering sustainability thresholds for BECCS in IPCC and biodiversity assessments

    Felix Creutzig;Karl‐Heinz Erb;Helmut Haberl;Christian Hof

    (2021)
    118 Citations

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