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Journal of Agricultural Science
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Journal of Agricultural Science

0021-8596

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-agricultural-science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 103 56 58 10
Plant Science and Agronomy 192 50 55 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 136
Documents by Best Scientists*: 126
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.448
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at The Journal of Agricultural Science?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Agronomy, Animal science, Horticulture, Botany and Dry matter. Crop, Sowing, Yield (wine), Fertilizer and Cultivar are all subfields of Agronomy research that were featured in The Journal of Agricultural Science. The Animal science works featured in it incorporate elements from Rumen, Composition (visual arts), Lactation and Grazing.

The in-depth study on Grazing also explores topics in the intersecting field of Pasture. Germination and Shoot are some of the study areas of Horticulture discussed.

  • Agronomy (36.50%)
  • Animal science (20.90%)
  • Horticulture (11.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The estimation of protein degradability in the rumen from incubation measurements weighted according to rate of passage (3619 citations)
  • Crop losses to pests (2558 citations)
  • Studies on Soil Phyics. (1671 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Journal of Agricultural Science:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Agronomy, Animal science, Dry matter, Crop and Rumen. The journal papers focus on Agronomy but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Soil water which is concerned with Nitrogen. The Animal science studies in the most cited publications expound on topics in

  • Pasture most often made with reference to Grazing,
  • Botany which is related to area like Horticulture..

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in The Journal of Agricultural Science deals with Agronomy, Horticulture, Crop, Agriculture and Animal science. The Journal of Agricultural Science facilitates discussions on Agronomy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Soil water and Water content. It primarily discusses Horticulture topics, particularly Germination, Cultivar, Shoot and Fungicide.

Research on Crop addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Weed. While it focused on Agriculture, it was also able to explore topics like Productivity, Climate change, Socioeconomics and Agricultural science. The Animal science works, particularly on Dry matter are tackled in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Influence of Farmer Capacity Building in Financial Resource Mobilization on Performance of Smallholder Irrigation Projects in Migori County, Kenya (1 citations)
  • Potential of the Dithiocarbimate Fungicides on the Control of Coffee Leaf Rust and Asian Soybean Rust (1 citations)
  • Reproduction of Ooencyrtus submetallicus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and Trissolcus sp. aff. urichi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in Eggs of Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) of Different Ages (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 The Journal of Agricultural Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • F. V. Widdowson (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A. Penny (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Herbert Ernest Woodman (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Wilman (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • R. E. Evans (50 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 The Journal of Agricultural Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • The Hertz Corporation (339 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (334 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aberystwyth University (207 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rowett Research Institute (201 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Reading (155 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

  • Grand challenges for the 21st century: what crop models can and can't (yet) do

    João Vasco Silva;Ken E. Giller

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • The net contribution of livestock to the supply of human edible protein: the case of Ireland

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Performance of 13 crop simulation models and their ensemble for simulating four field crops in Central Europe

    M. Kostková;P. Hlavinka;E. Pohanková;K. C. Kersebaum

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Fermentation profile and nutritional quality of silages composed of cactus pear and maniçoba for goat feeding

    A. G. S. Matias;G. G. L. Araujo;F. S. Campos;S. A. Moraes

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • The effects of cropping sequence, fertilization, and straw management on the yield stability of winter wheat (1986–2017) in the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted, UK.

    J. Macholdt;H-P. Piepho;B. Honermeier;S. A. M. Perryman

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • In situ and in vitro techniques for estimating degradation parameters and digestibility of diets based on maize or sorghum

    B. C. Silva;M. V. C. Pacheco;L. A. Godoi;F. A. S. Silva

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Fermentation profile, microbial populations, taxonomic diversity and aerobic stability of total mixed ration silages based on Cactus and Gliricidia

    F. N. S. Santos;E. M. Santos;J. S. Oliveira;G. R. Medeiros

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Evaluating the potential of different carbon sources to promote denitrification

    Jerry Celumusa Dlamini;D. Chadwick;J.M.B. Hawkins;J. Martinez

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Model-based yield gap analysis and constraints of rainfed sorghum production in Southwest Ethiopia

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Genetic gains in potato breeding as measured by field testing of cultivars released during the last 200 years in the Nordic Region of Europe

    (2022)
    17 Citations

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