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Horticultural Plant Journal

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 127 42 57 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 88
Documents by Best Scientists*: 108
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 38
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.589
Impact Factor: 6.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Horticultural Plant Journal?

Horticultural Plant Journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Horticulture, Gene, Botany, Genetics and Cultivar. As a part of the journal, discussions in Horticulture involve topics like Rootstock, Shoot, Flesh, Postharvest and Ripening. Horticultural Plant Journal held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Rootstock and Grafting.

The study of Gene, which falls within the realm of Biochemistry, was the main focus of the presentations. The study on Botany presented in it intersects with the topics under Mutant. Topics like Genome, Phylogenetic tree, Transcriptome, Gene duplication and Transcription factor are tackled as part of the discussions on Genetics.

The majority of Pollen studies in it are focused on the subject of Stamen.

  • Horticulture (39.32%)
  • Gene (26.78%)
  • Botany (19.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A de novo Genome of a Chinese Radish Cultivar (31 citations)
  • Plant Polyploidy: Origin, Evolution, and Its Influence on Crop Domestication (27 citations)
  • Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth in Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Under Salt Stress (27 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Horticultural Plant Journal:

The most cited articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Horticulture, Agronomy, Cultivar, Genetics and Genome. The Horticulture studies presented in the journal publications encompass related topics like Ripening and also examine its connection to subjects such as Bruise. The journal articles about Gene and Genotype under the umbrella field of Genetics overlap with concepts in Heat shock factor.

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Horticulture, Gene, Genetics, Botany and Gene expression. Flesh, Cultivar, Titratable acid, Postharvest and Shoot are all aspects of Horticulture discussed in it. While Postharvest is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Pectinesterase and Food science.

The journal focuses on Gene research as part of the broader topic of Biochemistry. Most of the Botany studies addressed also intersect with Genetic diversity. The studies in Genome featured incorporate elements of Brassica oleracea and Intron.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Exogenous Melatonin Improves Physiological Characteristics and Promotes Growth of Strawberry Seedlings Under Cadmium Stress (5 citations)
  • Light regulation of horticultural crop nutrient uptake and utilization (4 citations)
  • Epiphytic and Endophytic Fungal Communities of Tomato Plants (4 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 Horticultural Plant Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yu-Jin Hao (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Xiaowu Wang (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jian Wu (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jianli Liang (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Feng Cheng (4 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 Horticultural Plant Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shandong Agricultural University (24 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (20 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • South China Agricultural University (18 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Northwest A&F University (16 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Huazhong Agricultural University (15 papers) published 5 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, 8.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 44.74% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.74% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.37% of all publications and 13.16% 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

  • Harvest and Postharvest Factors Affecting Bruise Damage of Fresh Fruits

    Zaharan Hussein;Olaniyi A. Fawole;Umezuruike Linus Opara

    (2020)
    177 Citations
  • Carotenoid Pigment Accumulation in Horticultural Plants

    Anna S. Hermanns;Xuesong Zhou;Xuesong Zhou;Qiang Xu;Yaakov Tadmor

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • Light regulation of horticultural crop nutrient uptake and utilization

    Jin Xu;Zhixin Guo;Xiaochun Jiang;Golam Jalal Ahammed

    (2021)
    94 Citations
  • Root-associated endophytic fungi modulate endogenous auxin and cytokinin levels to improve plant biomass and root morphology of trifoliate orange

    (2022)
    51 Citations
  • Functional Analysis of Flavanone 3-Hydroxylase (F3H) from Dendrobium officinale, which Confers Abiotic Stress Tolerance

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • ERF4 affects fruit ripening by acting as a JAZ interactor between ethylene and jasmonic acid hormone signaling pathways

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • The Variation of Stone Cell Content in 236 Germplasms of Sand Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) and Identification of Related Candidate Genes

    Jiaying Zhang;Jiaming Li;Cheng Xue;Runze Wang

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Genetic Diversity and Structure of Tunisian Local Pear Germplasm as Revealed by SSR Markers

    Rim Ouni;Anna Zborowska;Jasna Sehic;Sarra Choulak

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Transcriptome and Metabolomics Analysis Revealed that CmWRKY49 Regulating CmPSY1 Promotes β-Carotene Accumulation in Orange Fleshed Oriental Melon

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Suboptimal Temperature Acclimation Enhances Chilling Tolerance by Improving Photosynthetic Adaptability and Osmoregulation Ability in Watermelon

    Junyang Lu;Muhammad Azher Nawaz;Nannan Wei;Fei Cheng

    (2020)
    23 Citations

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