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Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
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Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

1187-7863

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10806

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 287 4 5 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 12
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.599
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics?

The main points discussed in Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics deals with Environmental ethics, Agriculture, Animal welfare, Sustainability and Law. While work presented in Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics provided substantial information on Environmental ethics, it also covered topics in Social science, Animal Welfare (journal), Social psychology and Argument. Pet therapy and Human animal bond are some topics wherein Animal Welfare (journal) research discussed in Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics have an impact.

Topics in Agriculture were tackled in line with various other fields like Natural resource economics, Biotechnology and Agricultural economics. Animal welfare research presented in Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Marketing and Welfare. Many of the studies tackled connect Welfare with a similar field of study like Public economics.

It focuses on Sustainability as well as the interrelated topic of Environmental resource management. The study on Law presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Law and economics. The presented research on Animal-assisted therapy deals specifically with HUBzero but it also addresses topics in Veterinary medicine.

  • Environmental ethics (30.93%)
  • Agriculture (18.01%)
  • Animal welfare (13.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Sustainable Food Consumption: Exploring the Consumer “Attitude – Behavioral Intention” Gap (1345 citations)
  • Amounts of pesticides reaching target pests: Environmental impacts and ethics (482 citations)
  • Dealing with Ambivalence: Farmers' and Consumers' Perceptions of Animal Welfare in Livestock Breeding (304 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics:

The most cited articles investigate areas of study like Agriculture, Animal welfare, Environmental ethics, Welfare and Sustainability. The journal publications explore research in Marketing and overlapping concepts in Food safety and Sustainable consumption to expand the discourse in Animal welfare. The featured Environmental ethics studies in the journal papers mainly concentrate on Value (ethics) but also cover areas of interest in Public relations.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Epistemology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Environmental ethics, Animal ethics, Sustainability, Welfare and Agriculture. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics focuses on Environmental ethics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Scope (project management), Argument, Domestication, Economic Justice and Politics. The concepts on Sustainability presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Race (biology), Sustainable development, Order (exchange), Immigration and Social science.

It facilitates discussions on Welfare that incorporate concepts from other fields like Face value, Animal welfare, Value (ethics) and Fish farming, Aquaculture. The close relationship between Global value chain and Corporate governance is one of the points of interest dissected in Animal welfare research. The presented studies in Animal agriculture fall within the purview of Agriculture but it also intertwines with topics in Physiological responses.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Tying Up Loose Ends. Integrating Consumers’ Psychology into a Broad Interdisciplinary Perspective on a Circular Sustainable Bioeconomy (3 citations)
  • The Case for Welfare Biology (2 citations)
  • Using Breeding Technologies to Improve Farm Animal Welfare: What is the Ethical Relevance of Telos? (2 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 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul M. Thompson (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Amitrajeet A. Batabyal (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hugh Lehman (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frans W. A. Brom (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Franck L. B. Meijboom (13 papers) published 2 papers 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 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (61 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Florida (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Guelph (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michigan State University (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Utrecht University (26 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, 13.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.38% of all publications and 57.69% 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

  • The Ethics of Laying Hen Genetics

    Mia Fernyhough;Christine J. Nicol;Teun van de Braak;Michael J. Toscano

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Minding the Gaps in Fish Welfare: The Untapped Potential of Fish Farm Workers

    Christian Medaas;Marianne Elisabeth Lien;Kristine Gismervik;Tore S. Kristiansen

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Public Awareness, Attitude and Empathy Regarding the Management of Surplus Dairy Calves

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Farming non-typical sentient species: ethical framework requires passing a high bar

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Correction: Farming non-typical sentient species: ethical framework requires passing a high bar

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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