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IAWA Journal
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IAWA Journal

0928-1541

Published by: Brill

https://brill.com/iawa

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 234 27 30 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 50
Documents by Best Scientists*: 47
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.468
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Iawa Journal?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Botany, Xylem, Anatomy, Tracheid and Ecology. Iawa Journal connects research in Botany with the related topic of Horticulture. The Xylem works, particularly on Vascular cambium are tackled in the journal.

Some problems in Anatomy that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Perforation (oil well), Genus and Axial parenchyma. The journal explores research in Tracheid and the adjacent study of Composite material. While the journal focused on Ecology, it was also able to explore topics like Dendrochronology and Physical geography.

  • Botany (57.55%)
  • Xylem (17.05%)
  • Anatomy (16.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • IAWA list of microscopic features for softwood identification (1115 citations)
  • Biophysical Perspectives of Xylem Evolution: is there a Tradeoff of Hydraulic Efficiency for Vulnerability to Dysfunction? (509 citations)
  • TREPHOR: A NEW TOOL FOR SAMPLING MICROCORES FROM TREE STEMS (307 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Iawa Journal:

The most cited publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Botany, Xylem, Ecology, Tracheid and Dendrochronology. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Botany that incorporate concepts from other fields like Anatomy, Composite material and Horticulture. In addition to Xylem research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Hydraulic conductivity and Phloem.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Iawa Journal covers a variety of subjects, including Botany, Ecology, Xylem, Composite material and Microscopy. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Botany as it also encompasses Hibiscus macrophyllus. It facilitates discussions on Ecology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Diversity (politics) and Fossil wood.

Topics in Xylem were tackled in line with various other fields like Resource (biology), Electrical conduit, Aridification, Deserts and xeric shrublands and Membrane. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Composite material, it also covered topics in Surface (mathematics) and Correlation. The Microscopy study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Geometry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Hydraulic function and conduit structure in the xylem of five oak species (1 citations)
  • Spatial and temporal patterns of wound periderm development in Cryptomeria japonica bark (0 citations)
  • Mosaic, block-face microscopy for measuring cell dimensions, cell collapse, and spatial relationships in wood (0 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 Iawa Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pieter Baas (135 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Elisabeth A. Wheeler (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Gasson (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sherwin Carlquist (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roland R. Dute (20 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 Iawa Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Naturalis (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyushu University (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Forest Research Institute (7 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, 15.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.82% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 27.27% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.64% of all publications and 27.27% 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

  • Computer-assisted timber identification based on features extracted from microscopic wood sections

    Frederic Lens;Chao Liang;Yuanhao Guo;Xiaoqin Tang

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Vessel diameter and vulnerability to drought-induced embolism: within-tissue and across-species patterns and the issue of survivorship bias

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • The vulnerability to drought-induced embolism-conduit diameter link: breaching the anatomy-physiology divide

    (2023)
    25 Citations
  • Vessel diameter polymorphism determines vulnerability-to-embolism curve shape

    (2023)
    22 Citations
  • Carlquist’s indices for vulnerability and mesomorphy of wood: are they relevant today?

    (2023)
    19 Citations
  • Hydraulic function and conduit structure in the xylem of five oak species

    Marta I. Percolla;Jaycie C. Fickle;F. Daniela Rodríguez-Zaccaro;R. Brandon Pratt

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Cell-wall fluorescence highlights the phases of xylogenesis

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Parenchyma is not the sole site of storage: storage in living fibres

    (2023)
    12 Citations
  • The functional significance of tracheids co-occurring with vessels in xylem of Eudicots suggests a role in embolism tolerance

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • Cambial phenology in Abies pindrow (Pinaceae) along an altitudinal gradient in northwestern Himalaya

    Rayees Malik;Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Raman Sukumar

    (2020)
    9 Citations

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