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Grassland Science
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Grassland Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 433 9 9 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 27
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 27
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.307
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Grassland Science?

The concepts of Agronomy, Botany, Grazing, Silage and Animal science are tackled in the journal. Presentations on Agronomy include those discussing Forage, Dry matter, Pasture, Grassland and Cultivar. Neutral Detergent Fiber is a major topic of Dry matter research presented in it.

Grassland Science holds forums on Grassland that merges themes from other disciplines such as Agroforestry and Vegetation. It explores studies in Grazing as part of the wider topic of Ecology. Ecology works presented in Grassland Science have a specific focus on Species richness.

Silage research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Fermentation, Microbial inoculant, Butyric acid and Lactic acid. The Lactic acid study featured falls within the wider field of Bacteria.

  • Agronomy (48.82%)
  • Botany (14.30%)
  • Grazing (14.04%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Grassland degradation in China: Methods of monitoring, management and restoration (257 citations)
  • Alpine grassland degradation and its control in the source region of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, China (200 citations)
  • A new primer for discrimination of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with polymerase chain reaction‐denature gradient gel electrophoresis (128 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Grassland Science:

Agronomy, Botany, Ecology, Grazing and Silage are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. The most cited publications focus on Agronomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Bioenergy and Animal science. The published articles in Overgrazing fall within the purview of Grazing but it also intertwines with topics in Habit.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Grassland Science are Agronomy, Forage, Botany, Food science and Grazing. In addition to Agronomy research, it aims to explore topics under Stocking and Temperate climate. While Forage is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Nitrous oxide, Climate change, Amazon rainforest, Livestock and Chlorophyll index.

Grassland Science explores research in Ploidy and overlapping concepts in Lolium, Festuca and Genetic diversity to expand the discourse in Botany. Grassland Science discusses concepts in Fermentation and Silage under Food science and how they intertwine with disciplines like Silicon. Grassland Science explores issues in Grazing which can be linked to other research areas like Herbivore and Weed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effects of LAB inoculant and cellulase on the fermentation quality and chemical composition of forage soybean silage prepared with corn stover (4 citations)
  • Discriminating Pennisetum alopecuoides plants in a grazed pasture from unmanned aerial vehicles using object‐based image analysis and random forest classifier (4 citations)
  • The effects of stage of maturity and lactic acid bacteria inoculants on the ensiling characteristics, aerobic stability and in vitro digestibility of whole‐crop oat silages (3 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 Grassland Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kensuke Kawamura (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ryo Akashi (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nariyasu Watanabe (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Seiichi Sakanoue (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masae Shiyomi (13 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 Grassland Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (51 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Miyazaki (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • China Agricultural University (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (21 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (20 papers) published 3 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, 5.66% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.00% of all publications and 32.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Binary mixtures of alfalfa and birdsfoot trefoil with tall fescue: Herbage traits associated with the improved growth performance of beef steers

    Blair L. Waldron;Troy J. Bingham;J. Earl Creech;Michael D. Peel

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Intermittent stocking strategies for the management of Marandu palisade grass in the Brazilian Cerrado biome

    Lawrene Eduardo Antunes;Denise Baptaglin Montagner;Denise Baptaglin Montagner;Valéria Pacheco Batista Euclides;Carolina de Arruda Queiróz Taira

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Physiological responses and forage accumulation of Marandu palisadegrass and Mombaça guineagrass to nitrogen fertilizer in the Brazilian forage-based systems

    Leandro F. Domiciano;Mariely L. dos Santos;Kenneth J. Boote;Patrícia M. dos Santos

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Effects of litter placement, soil moisture and temperature on soil carbon dioxide emissions in a sandy grassland soil

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Composite effects of temperature increase and snow cover change on litter decomposition and microbial community in cool‐temperate grassland

    Shinpei Yoshitake;Nobuhiko Suminokura;Toshiyuki Ohtsuka;Hiroshi Koizumi

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Osmolyte accumulation in leaves and Na+ exclusion by roots in two salt–treated forage grasses

    Juan Carlos Alvarez‐Pizarro;Kleyton Chagas de Sousa;Johny de Souza Silva;Antonia Almeida da Silva

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Moderate grazing intensities modulate canopy structure that influences short‐term intake rate of heifers grazing a natural grassland

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Irrigation amount and ploidy affect the turfgrass potential of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)

    Joseph G. Robins;Kevin B. Jensen;Blair L. Waldron;B. Shaun Bushman

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • The relative importance of plant‐pollinator network parameters in maintaining seed productivity varies between years

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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