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Journal of Nematology
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Journal of Nematology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 262 16 19 8
Ecology and Evolution 565 11 15 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 72
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.563
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Nematology?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Nematode, Botany, Agronomy, Horticulture and Meloidogyne incognita. Nematode research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Veterinary medicine, Zoology, Inoculation and Biological pest control. The close relationship between Phylogenetic tree and Phylogenetics is one of the points of interest dissected in Zoology research.

Topics in Botany explored in Journal of Nematology were investigated in conjunction with research in Meloidogyne javanica, Host (biology), Nematology and Reproduction. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Agronomy and the similar topic of Population density. Horticulture study tackled is connected to the field of Biotechnology.

Journal of Nematology connects the study in Meloidogyne incognita with the closely related area of Root-knot nematode. Many of the studies tackled connect Root-knot nematode with a similar field of study like Meloidogyne arenaria. Topics in Taxonomy (biology) explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Morphometrics and Anatomy.

  • Nematode (40.44%)
  • Botany (31.13%)
  • Agronomy (23.62%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera-an outline for soil ecologists. (1730 citations)
  • An improved technique for clearing and staining plant tissues for detection of nematodes. (690 citations)
  • Role of nematodes in soil health and their use as indicators. (498 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Nematology:

The most cited papers mostly deal with topics like Nematode, Botany, Agronomy, Meloidogyne incognita and Horticulture. The journal publications with studies in Nematode featured incorporate elements of Veterinary medicine and Biological pest control. The works on Meloidogyne incognita tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Biotechnology and Root-knot nematode.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Nematode, Taxonomy (biology), Horticulture, Zoology and Root-knot nematode are tackled in Journal of Nematology. It addresses concerns in Nematode which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Botany, Randomized block design, Host (biology), Parasitism and Stylet. Botany research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Tylenchida, Rhizosphere and 28S ribosomal RNA.

The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Horticulture as it also encompasses Hatching. Aside from discussions in Zoology, Journal of Nematology also deals with the subject of Phylogenetic tree which intersects with Larva disciplines. Root-knot nematode research presented in Journal of Nematology encompasses a variety of subjects, including Meloidogyne javanica and Meloidogyne incognita, Terra incognita.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Reclaimed desert habitats favor entomopathogenic nematode and microarthropod abundance compared to ancient farmlands in the Nile Basin (2 citations)
  • First report of northern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hapla (Chitwood, 1949) on strawberry in Turkey. (2 citations)
  • Quantification of pH tolerance levels among entomopathogenic nematodes. (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 Journal of Nematology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Howard Ferris (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert McSorley (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robin M. Giblin-Davis (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kenneth R. Barker (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 Nematology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agricultural Research Service (112 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Florida (80 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Riverside (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Davis (32 papers) published 1 paper 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, 7.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.92% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.92% of all publications and 32.43% 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

  • Genome sequence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne luci.

    Nik Susič;Georgios D Koutsovoulos;Cristian Riccio;Etienne G J Danchin

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Multi-locus phylogenetic analyses uncover species boundaries and reveal the occurrence of two new entomopathogenic nematode species, Heterorhabditis ruandica n. sp. and Heterorhabditis zacatecana n. sp.

    Ricardo A R Machado;Aashaq Hussain Bhat;Joaquín Abolafia;Arthur Muller

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Nematicide influence on cotton yield and plant-parasitic nematodes in conventional and sod-based crop rotation.

    Lesley A Schumacher;Zane J Grabau;David L Wright;Ian M Small

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Steam-based thermotherapy for managing nematodes in strawberry transplants

    Churamani Khanal;Mengyi Gu;Natalia A. Peres;Johan A. Desaeger

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • <i>Steinernema africanum</i> n. sp. (Rhabditida, Steinernematidae), a New Entomopathogenic Nematode Species Isolated in the Republic of Rwanda

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode Population Development and its Effect on Pennycress in a Greenhouse Study

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Interaction Studies Between Meloidogyne Javanica and Fusarium Oxysporum f. Sp. lycopersici (Fol) Race 3 on Different Isolines of Tomato Cv. Tasti Lee

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Influences of nitrogen inputs on nematode populations under highbush blueberry.

    Thomas Forge;David Ehret;Aime Messiga;Martine Dorais

    (2020)
    10 Citations

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