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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 40 28 72 26
Plant Science and Agronomy 56 59 68 26
Biology and Biochemistry 105 101 162 40

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 286
Documents by Best Scientists*: 396
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 119
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.455
Impact Factor: 9.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Integrative Plant Biology?

The foci of the journal are Botany, Cell biology, Biochemistry, Gene and Genetics. It connects the study in Botany with the closely related area of Horticulture. The journal focuses on Cell biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Regulation of gene expression, Arabidopsis, Mutant and Transcription factor.

The study on Arabidopsis presented in Journal of Integrative Plant Biology intersects with the topics under Arabidopsis thaliana. Gene research is the primary subject tackled in it with a focus on Gene expression. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology features studies on Genetics, including topics such as Genome.

  • Botany (28.16%)
  • Cell biology (13.21%)
  • Biochemistry (11.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Abiotic and Biotic Stresses and Changes in the Lignin Content and Composition in Plants (545 citations)
  • Hydrogen peroxide in plants: a versatile molecule of the reactive oxygen species network. (442 citations)
  • Flavonoids: New Roles for Old Molecules (430 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Integrative Plant Biology:

The journal articles aim to foster the development of research in Botany, Biochemistry, Gene, Cell biology and Genetics. The journal articles emphasize research on Botany, which includes concerns such as Shoot. The Cell biology research presented in the journal articles focuses mostly on Arabidopsis and, on occasion, topics in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in Journal of Integrative Plant Biology deals with Cell biology, Arabidopsis, Gene, Arabidopsis thaliana and Mutant. While work presented in Journal of Integrative Plant Biology provided substantial information on Cell biology, it also covered topics in Transcription factor, Transcription (biology) and Abscisic acid. The tackled Arabidopsis research is interrelated with Transcriptional regulation which concerns subjects like Histone.

Gene studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Genetics. It explores issues in Arabidopsis thaliana which can be linked to other research areas like Chromatin immunoprecipitation and Meristem. The concepts on Oryza sativa presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Xanthomonas oryzae, Allele and Crop.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Contribution of phenylpropanoid metabolism to plant development and plant-environment interactions. (29 citations)
  • Melatonin: A master regulator of plant development and stress responses. (29 citations)
  • Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress. (21 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 Integrative Plant Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kuang Ting-Yun (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Li Zheng-li (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sun Jing-san (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yang Hong-yuan (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hu Shi-yi (32 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 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (526 papers) published 40 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (102 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • China Agricultural University (90 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (72 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (69 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than 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, 0.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 59.87% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.84% of all publications and 14.47% 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

  • Abscisic acid dynamics, signaling, and functions in plants

    Kong Chen;Guo‐Jun Li;Ray A. Bressan;Chun‐Peng Song

    (2020)
    1521 Citations
  • Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress.

    Xuexue Chen;Yanglin Ding;Yongqing Yang;Chunpeng Song

    (2021)
    549 Citations
  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades in plant signaling.

    (2022)
    375 Citations
  • Plant immune signaling: Advancing on two frontiers.

    Wei Wang;Baomin Feng;Jian Min Zhou;Dingzhong Tang

    (2020)
    276 Citations
  • Auxin signaling: Research advances over the past 30 years.

    (2022)
    217 Citations
  • Hydrogen sulfide, a signaling molecule in plant stress responses

    Jing Zhang;Mingjian Zhou;Heng Zhou;Didi Zhao

    (2021)
    186 Citations
  • Ca2+ signaling in plant responses to abiotic stresses.

    (2022)
    179 Citations
  • Plant Metabolic Network 15: A resource of genome-wide metabolism databases for 126 plants and algae

    Charles Hawkins;Daniel Ginzburg;Kangmei Zhao;William Dwyer

    (2021)
    164 Citations

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