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Horticultural Science
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Horticultural Science

0862-867X

Published by: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/web/hortsci/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 462 5 6 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 11
Documents by Best Scientists*: 12
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.286
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Horticultural Science?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Horticulture, Botany, Agronomy, Cultivar and Rootstock. The Horticulture research presented places emphasis on topics like Orchard, Titratable acid, Germination, Soluble solids and Prunus. The study on Botany presented in Horticultural Science intersects with the topics under Micropropagation.

It focuses on different Agronomy studies like Crop yield, Yield (wine), Crop quality, Pesticide and Irrigation.

  • Horticulture (44.57%)
  • Botany (30.29%)
  • Agronomy (26.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Total polyphenol and main flavonoid antioxidants in different onion (Allium cepa L.) varieties (98 citations)
  • Studies on salt stress tolerance of citrus rootstock genotypes with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (73 citations)
  • Citrus Greening Disease - A major cause of citrus decline in the world - A Review (66 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Horticultural Science:

The most cited papers mostly deal with topics like Horticulture, Botany, Agronomy, Cultivar and Crop yield. The journal papers focus on Horticulture research which is adjacent to topics in Antioxidant. The most cited articles explore Botany concepts, specifically Shoot but expand to research in Genetic resources.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Horticulture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Horticultural Science investigates studies in Horticulture, Biochemistry, Botany, Ornamental plant and Yield (engineering). The concepts on Horticulture presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Micropropagation, Grapevine Pinot gris virus and Yield (finance). The work on Micropropagation tackled in it brings together disciplines like Rootstock, Malus sylvestris, Bioreactor and Cutting.

It features works in Biochemistry, more specifically Sucrose, and explores their relation to disciplines like Dynamics (mechanics) and Activated charcoal. Many of the research works in Botany, specifically Aceria, closely connected to disciplines like Fertilisation. Some problems in Yield (engineering) that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Greenhouse, Nitrate, Morphology (linguistics) and Seedling.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effects of LED and HPS lighting on the growth, seedling morphology and yield of greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers (1 citations)
  • Grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevines in Romania - Short Communicaiton (1 citations)
  • Evaluation of ElecTIS bioreactor for the micropropagation of Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill., an important autochthonous species of Albania (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.

The top authors publishing in Horticultural Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert Pokluda (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Agnieszka Sękara (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jaromír Lachman (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • František Paprštein (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lubor Zelený (6 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 Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mendel University (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Agricultural University of Athens (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Kragujevac (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (3 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Attenuation of cadmium induced oxidative stress in cucumber seedlings by modulating photosynthesis and antioxidant machinery through foliar applied glutamic acid

    Summeya Munawar;Muhammad Awais Ghani;Basharat Ali;Muhammad Azam

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • The use of plants on balconies in the city

    Agnieszka Krzymińska;Jan Bocianowski;Katarzyna Mądrachowska

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Attenuation of cadmium induced oxidative stress in cucumber seedlings by modulating the photosynthesis and antioxidant machinery through foliar applied glutamic acid

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Evaluation of the total phenolic content, sugar, organic acid, volatile compounds and antioxidant capacities of fig (Ficus carica L.) genotypes selected from the Mediterranean region of Türkiye

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • ‘Mini PS’: A new mini melon breeding line exploiting the “Dudaim” variability – Short Communication

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Minimal morphoagronomic descriptors for Cuban pineapple germplasm characterisation.

    Daymara Rodriguez-Alfonso;Miriam Isidron-Perez;Odalys Barrios;Zoila Fundora

    (2020)
    2 Citations

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