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GM crops & food
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GM crops & food

2164-5698

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/kgmc20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 266 10 12 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 21
Documents by Best Scientists*: 22
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 45
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.774
Impact Factor: 4.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at GM crops & food?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Biotechnology, Genetically modified crops, Genetically modified organism, Agriculture and Agronomy. The majority of Biotechnology studies are focused on the issues of Biosafety. The in-depth study on Genetically modified crops also explores topics in the intersecting field of Crop.

The journal explores issues in Agriculture which can be linked to other research areas like Agricultural economics, Pesticide, Natural resource economics, Environmental impact assessment and Greenhouse gas. The journal aims to address concerns in Agronomy, specifically in the areas of Glyphosate and Hybrid. The presented Transgene research focuses mostly on Transformation (genetics) and, on occasion, topics in Botany.

It addresses concerns in Botany which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Murashige and Skoog medium and Transformation efficiency. The journal facilitated discussions that integrated Bacillus thuringiensis with the fields of Pest control and PEST analysis. Research on Gene presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Genome and Gene expression.

  • Biotechnology (32.91%)
  • Genetically modified crops (29.71%)
  • Genetically modified organism (20.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Trait stacking in transgenic crops: challenges and opportunities. (147 citations)
  • Potential utilization of NAC transcription factors to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in plants by biotechnological approach. (146 citations)
  • Global income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2013 (119 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at GM crops & food:

The published articles focus largely on the fields of Genetically modified crops, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Agronomy and Crop. The most cited papers explore issues in Genetically modified crops which can be linked to other research areas like Biosafety, Abiotic stress and Abiotic component. The most cited articles with studies in Biotechnology featured incorporate elements of Agroforestry, Genetically modified organism, Resistance (ecology), Genome editing and Food security.

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

  • Gene
  • Agriculture
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

GM crops & food facilitates discussions on Biotechnology, Genetically modified organism, Gene, Genome editing and Perception. The research on Biotechnology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like RNA-Seq, Transgene, Agriculture, Insect and Disease resistant. Food security is part of Agriculture studies tackled in it.

The work on Genetically modified organism tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Genetically modified maize and Crop. The research on Gene tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Solanum and Identification (biology). GM crops & food facilitated discussions that integrated Genetically modified crops and Environmental safety.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Apomixis and strategies to induce apomixis to preserve hybrid vigor for multiple generations. (13 citations)
  • Omics: The way forward to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in Brassica napus L (7 citations)
  • Engineering disease resistant plants through CRISPR-Cas9 technology (7 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 GM crops & food (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Graham Brookes (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Naglaa A. Abdallah (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Rod A. Herman (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Peter Barfoot (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. S. Prakash (7 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in GM crops & food (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cairo University (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Dow AgroSciences (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Iowa State University (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Saskatchewan (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Monsanto (6 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, 13.16% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.15% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.21% of all publications and 42.42% 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

  • Omics: The way forward to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in Brassica napus L

    Ali Raza;Ali Razzaq;Sundas Saher Mehmood;Muhammad Azhar Hussain

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Integrating genomics and genome editing for orphan crop improvement: a bridge between orphan crops and modern agriculture system

    (2023)
    32 Citations
  • Dominance and fitness costs of insect resistance to genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis crops

    Fangneng Huang

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • SlEAD1, an EAR motif-containing ABA down-regulated novel transcription repressor regulates ABA response in tomato.

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Pyramiding of cry toxins and methanol producing genes to increase insect resistance in cotton

    Abdul Razzaq;Arfan Ali;Muhammad Mubashar Zafar;Aisha Nawaz

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Putting CRISPR-Cas system in action: a golden window for efficient and precise genome editing for crop improvement

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • Identification, methylation profiling, and expression analysis of stress-responsive cytochrome P450 genes in rice under abiotic and phytohormones stresses.

    Muhammad Waseem;Feiyan Huang;Qiyu Wang;Mehtab Muhammad Aslam

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Silencing of germacrene A synthase genes reduces guaianolide oxalate content in Cichorium intybus L.

    Milica Bogdanović;Katarina Cankar;Milan Dragićević;Harro Bouwmeester

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Modification of Fatty Acid Profile and Oil Contents Using Gene Editing in Oilseed Crops for a Changing Climate

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • The prohibitins (PHB) gene family in tomato: Bioinformatic identification and expression analysis under abiotic and phytohormone stresses.

    Feiyan Huang;Xianwen Ye;Zhijiang Wang;Yan Ding

    (2021)
    6 Citations

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